Ramadan fasting triggering koro-like symptoms during acute alcohol withdrawal: A case report from Oman

Hamed Al-Sinawi; Samir Al-Adawi; Amr Al-Guenedi

doi:10.1177/1363461508100791

Ramadan fasting triggering koro-like symptoms during acute alcohol withdrawal: A case report from Oman

Hamed Al-Sinawi^*, Samir Al-Adawi, Amr Al-Guenedi

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Behavioural Medicine

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Abstract

This article describes a case of koro-like symptoms from Oman associated with alcohol withdrawal and illustrates how the socio-cultural practices of Ramadan-fasting affected the patterning and timing of presentation of severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms. The patient was severely distressed by the delusion that his penis had been amputated. The acute anxiety involving this delusion appears to be conceptually and phenomenologically similar to koro.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	695-704
Number of pages	10
Journal	Transcultural Psychiatry
Volume	45
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461508100791
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Alcohol withdrawal
Castration anxiety
Erectile dysfunction
Islam
Koro
Oman
Ramadan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Health(social science)

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