Coprophagia in a Nigerian patient with paranoid schizophrenia: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Coprophagia is the ingestion of one’s own faeces. It is associated with severe psychiatric disorders and in certain medical conditions. Both electronic and manual search on this rare disorder yielded no positive findings among Nigerian or African literature. We here report a patient with paranoid
schizophrenia who smeared her faeces on the wall and also ate of it. The psychological and clinical management are also discussed.

Key words: Coprophagia; Paranoid Schizophrenia;
Lagos; Nigerian