You are caring for a female patient who is a long-term alcoholic. She screams, "Get the bugs off of my skin. I feel them all over my body! Get them off!" She is experiencing what type of hallucination?
A.
Auditory
B.
Visual
C.
Taste
D.
Tactile
ANS: D
Tactile hallucinations are false perceptions of the sense of touch that often are described as something crawling on or under one's skin. Tactile hallucinations can occur as part of delirium tremens from long-term alcohol use and withdrawal.
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