Morgellons Disease: Is It Real?

Sufferers of
Morgellons disease complain of invisible parasites biting their skin. And they get skin lesions from which sprout strange fibers. And mysterious black spore-like specks appear on their skin. Cases of this strange disease
seem to be spreading, especially in the Bay area. One theory is that it has something to do with Lyme disease. Or it may be a case of mass delusion. The medical community
seems to think it's mass delusion. Most people who show up complaining of these symptoms get diagnosed with 'delusional parasitosis', which is a psychological problem in which people imagine that they're infested by parasites. Not having any medical qualifications at all, I won't weigh in on whether this is a real disease or mass delusion, but some of the behavior of the patients does sound suspiciously bizarre. Take the case of Theresa Blodgett:
She gathers up the black specks, the mysterious fibers and the small, fuzzy 'cocoons' she finds on her skin and around her home. She tapes the macabre samples to typing paper, but she said no doctor will analyze the collection. Physicians who glance at the specimens dismiss the lot as stray hairs, clothing fibers, scabs and other common household debris, she said.
So either she really is suffering from something and is desperately but unsuccessfully trying to get doctors to pay attention to her, or she's obsessively collecting house dust and stray flecks of dirt and convincing herself that these things are parasites attacking her. (Thanks to 'K' for the links)
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Can someone please tell me what to do? I am not crazy, always pretty healthy. But, this summer I did get bit by a tick and got tick fever. I felt awful and now that I am feeling better well, My entire body feels just as this hoax that most of you are talking about. Yes, it does sound bizarre but, take it from experience, it is uncomfortable and to try to explain it to a doctor where I live is like trying to shove medicine into a three year olds mouth. I feel these bites but, do not see anything. It is not in just one spot its everywhere. People should not judge others, true some maybe just a psychological problem but, I don't believe this many people are gonna have these same symptoms and they are everday down town humans.
I have never had any problems except for hearing, and I don't think deafness is a psychological problem well, some may believe that one just doesn't want to hear. Ha Ha...
Anyway, I dont live in these areas mentioned, not even close to them. But, I do experience the symptoms. After the bite feeling a small area like pimple forms, so does anyone have a clue of how to help stop these symptoms. Because from where I am coming from it may not be psychological but feels like it can drive one out of their mind.....
please let me know if anyone knows something to stop these feelings....
Posted by jasmin on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 04:20 AM
OK I am very open minded in believing all of this about Morgellon's. I was biten by a tick and after getting this out of my system now, I itch and break out in small raised areas. Yes, it is very discomforting. As well, as thinking you are going to be the next person lying on the street someone picking at things not seen by the naked eye. Makes one think they are losing their mind.. Victoria, what are the ways besides the Biaxin to get ease from this... I live in a town where doctors say its all in your mind... I can not get answers here in my town... This stuff is driving me insane not to mention my hair is breaking and thinning out.... As for the person advertising headlice.... Come On, be realistic... We are all adults and I am sure have children that caught that bug in school so we Know the difference in something seen and not seen... That is just Wrong.... Victoria how do you get this out of your home....furniture... to keep others from getting it.... is there something you need to bath with, wash clothes to kill this thing off...please help.... Can't get it in my small hick town of delusional doctors of disbelief of new diseases... The Biaxin I am on.... what else can I do... please help.... you can email me
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please and thanks for your insight....
Posted by jasmin on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 06:30 AM
Posted by cerulean on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 08:57 AM
when are you going to treat this parasite liike you would treat Giardia, or Loa-Loa,,,either diet or meds,,,
come on, I feel sorry for you all,,,,yes doctor don't know morgellons, and parasitologist thank morgellons.org is a rip off, where is the advice from 40 doctors on this????
this is a skin parasite which is prevelant in ASIA,,,it is her enow like Bird Flu which will do more damage than this this year in the WORLD,,,extimate 20M will die world wide,
see my pals site, pal, because his diet and plan helped save my life,,,,,get it and get on!!
http://www.be-healthy-forever.com
I knwo the man wnats to bag it and go out on his boat accross the world, but he really thinks he can help all out!
Posted by headlice@headlice.com in CA on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 09:04 AM
Look for all of you smart people out here in never ever land... i came on-line to ask this simple question because of our arrogant doctors of this so simple minded world don't believe none of this... and I too mean what you are saying as well.... but, as for the other part of you that get your rocks off by coming on line to try and piss people off that you do not even know a thing about... only makes me believe you were also part of that not so popular group in which stayed in trouble smoking behind the vo-tec buildings during high school.... if you could use your brain cells for maturity and not so much on you sarcastic remarks.... people might want to hear your views... but, some of you are just down right jerks on here...
Posted by jasmin on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 10:51 AM
so, what are you talking about?
not me babe!!
get well!
Posted by marcFROM safe 2 USE.com/scabies we sell scabies in CA on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 10:55 AM
And as for you others that think its a
joke....
"buzz off"
Find a freebee chat room to argue with people...
your views and sarcastic remarks make me hate that we are living in the same world...
As for you who keep bringing up scabies and lice... Come out of your dark age world... Lice is a bug... not a f**king parasite... and you can see it.... Save that for another rainy day...
But, as for those of you that feel your own veiws should be believed then why not allow someone else's views being looked into as well, but, no you obviously are a male... why do i say that? Egotistical, arrogant, self-centered....
Leave your arguements for the court room bud...
People come on line to discuss things to see if someone else has the same symptoms... not to argue with people... If you want people to see your side... where is your website Huh?
Get a Life... But, dont lash out at people when they don't even know what the hell they are dealing with... No one really knows until the facts are proven Right.... Are yours proven...
Posted by jasmin on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 10:59 AM
Dear,
you don't want to see beyond the word "headlice" in
http://www.headlice.org.
Yes, their mandate is to spread awareness about lice...BUT...when they started getting reports about this strange new skin disorder (which some refer to as "morgellons) the NPA decided to study it (along with the state of Oklahoma Health Dept)
What they found was that collembola (springtails not headlice) were infesting people.
Yes it is proven scientifically:
http://www.headlice.org/report/research/index.html
here's another independant study from swedish researchers in 1955 (which has been ignored by dr's):
http://www.headlice.org/swedish
Now, just because they say "headlice " in the web address, doesn't necessarily mean that they are talking about headlice. So try and work past that.
once again:
http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/59h812451976037.html
It's a species of collembola---and no they aren't visible--they are microscopic, in fact the first juvenile stage of these creatures are no bigger than a human liver cell--to top that off they are non-pigmented, so they blend in with you skin.
Collembola infestation=morgellons (you're not supposed to name a disease before it has been properly recognized by the medical community, the morgellons people don't understand that)
Posted by cerulean on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 12:45 PM
Dear and Deary!
Understand the springtails are but one of the problems,,,look beyond that to Tropical Disease Creeping Neamtode of Borneo,,,spreading like wild fire,,,even CDC acknowledges it now. All the Morgellons symptoms and more,,,,so look beyound,these are larval migran mircoscopic worms,,,,see them in your skin,,,look like miniture veins, but they are not!,,,feet area.
And Collembellia (or whatever they are do eat nematodes!!!),,,where there is fire, there is something burning!!!,,,get it!!!
I know if you have real good healthy immune system you don't get this!!!!,,,food for thought,,,think next time when your at Dunkin Donuts!!!
Posted by LESTER THE MAN in Fl on Thu Sep 22, 2005 at 02:25 PM
And as for you others that think its a
joke....
"buzz off"
Find a freebee chat room to argue with people...
People come on line to discuss things to see if someone else has the same symptoms... not to argue with people... If you want people to see your side... where is your website Huh?
Does anyone else find it ironic that these views were posted NOT on a Morgellans website, but on the Museum of Hoaxes?
Posted by Boo in The Land of the Haggii... on Fri Sep 23, 2005 at 12:43 AM
get yourself checked out for parasites, that sounds like what you have, I had this last year, and did a diet and beat beat it. SOme prefer to do medicines. Thiebenazole seems to work.
Good luck, and yes spreading like wild fire!
Posted by LESTER THE MAN in Fl on Fri Sep 23, 2005 at 03:33 AM
I see a lot of people here know about Morgellons or even have it. Could somebody PLEASE e-mail me in order to get in contact with me. I am desperately trying to find out more about this. I am trying to write a news story about it and really want to get the word out, but need all the truth and information I can get. Please contact me if you know anything. Thank you.
Mary Mahmud
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Posted by Mary Mahmud on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 04:57 PM
WANT THE TRUTH, GO HERE, at least you can gather some information of what it is
My findings are that it is a skin worm from South AMerica, creeped its way here. There are sightings all over the world with countries with smarter doctors!!
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Posted by marc@bhf.com in Tampa, Florida on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 05:03 PM
Marc,
are you the same marc from safe2use who claimed his problem was the tropical rat mite?
Posted by cerulean on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 09:26 PM
Posted by cerulean on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 09:28 PM
Actually the CDC has not said it isn't a disease, they can't declare it a disease until somthing like 10000 people have had the same symptoms, or they get a scientific laboratory specimen of it. I can't say anything about whether it is real or not, obviously I'm not righting a story to say it's real or fake, because journalists really aren't supposed to do that. the CDC's role in this, is simply "we're not involved until we have to be" it is not so simple as to say the CDC said it's "not a disease" that sounds misleading, they haven't studied it to know one way or another. Anyhow, saying that, I won't lose credibility because it is something that is referred to as Morgellons, I am not calling it a disease, I'm giving the facts, and the fact is, they're calling it Morgellons, whether it is physical or psychological has nothing to do with this. Of course I will explain further, and make it clear it's not a medical term. That said, why is everybody on here so tense and defensive? The people who don't believe in this disease need to calm down, you're speculating, nothing more. For the people that have these symptoms, you can call it Morgellons, or Boogeyman syndrome, or poppycock, the fact is, the pain is real, the symptoms exist, and these peoples lives are harder because of it. IF people wanna say it's because of something psychological, I will gladly interview that side of it too.
Thanks all, take care.
Posted by Mary Mahmud on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 10:09 PM
writing that is, not righting, Freudian slip
Posted by Mary Mahmud on Thu Sep 29, 2005 at 10:10 PM
Hi MARY,
I have to correct you, only the MORGELLONS FOUNDATION (most professionals debate) say it is Morgellons. Morgellons name is a term of the 1600's in France where skin worms (hookworm type) disease inflicted humans.
My doctor, and close to about another dozen doctors I spoke to say Morgellons is a self named disease/disorder by the Morgellons Foundation. Doctors and the CDC do NOT call it Morgellons,
Happy paper writing, but I am way ahead of you with state, federal government contact!!
skin worms like Creeping Nematode of Borneo is 99% what this is. Bottome line!!!,,,stick a foriegn substance in the USA, and you get new symptoms......BIRD FLU, SARS and other crap come from ASIA,,,so did this!!!
So, open your eyes,,,Morgellons excepts donations,,,what the hell have they done for this??? I did more as a sales rep for IBM!!!!, becuase I had to beat it and havea life again. The coach of teh Chicago Bulls, and a feww Very Important people have gotten this, and beaten this.
People should either diet (holistic) or go get Thiebendazole and take it for 2 to 8 weeks.!!
Simple, don't give this skin worm/parasite the Morgellons name, I personally think they are crooks!!!
Posted by marc@bhf.com in Tampa, Florida on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 02:33 AM
The original marc (safe2use- was not a good scene!),,,and you sound like a clown,,,sorry Mary, for an author, you can't write or spell. Try to perhaps find a new career, as sales for the Morgellons foundation.
Posted by marc@bhf.com in Tampa, Florida on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 02:36 AM
Wow you're miserable people, and I'm amused by that. By the way, it's called a typo, genius. Obviously nobody wants to listen to anyone but themselves. So that's cool. I am very happy doing what I'm doing, and really damn good at it. But I'm happy to leave you all to your sad lives that revolve around nothing but yourselves.
For the record, I never said Morgellons was an actual disease, I never said doctors call it that, so talk about checking your facts, because that's what I've been doing. And I've already contacted the CDC, so I think I'm well off without your opinion.
Anyone who is not an ass can e-mail me if they would like. I won't waste my time here anymore.
Take care.
Posted by Mary Mahmud on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 03:44 PM
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