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Oh wait, hahahaha, Marc you had so many spelling errors, and you told me I couldn't spell. Sorry that just made my day.

Cheers

HaHa,,,I am really at SAFE2USE,,,,I hate you all,,,rat mite fever,,,is what this is,,,use pepermint enzyme cleaner,,,and you win, win, win!!!

Yo bozo,,,,,ddon't get so on yourself!!!,,,oh, sorry, Dr. BOZO!!

Safe2use has been treating this for years!!!,,,it's eternal rat mites!!!,,see my skin Dr. Bozo,,,,leave now!

Greetings - I have been infested with Collembola Seira since 3/05. I believe "Morgellon's" (or whatever the appropriate term) and Springtail Collembola are caused by different organisms. "Collemboliasis" has been absolutely horrible, but I have never seen or experienced hair like fibers, nor does it sound as severe. I am not contagious and believe this is associated with a immune deficiency.

So "delusive parasitosis" (the Drs-clueless-so-call-patients-crazy disease;-p) is caused by either Collembola and/or the Morgellons infestations. Is this correct?

Have you read about association with Dental Sealants as a cause?

So how are Morgellon's Disease and Collembola related? Similar mite? Are Morgellon's in the order of Collembola? Do they respond to similar treatments? Is a Morgellon just a hairy collembola? What is the name of the mite which causes the fibers?

My collembola symptoms are (in this order) a reddened area, then itchy red bumps and then open lesions, then small black lines and black specs. Sometimes large collections of bumps appear. The lesions attract additional infestation.
Please, anyone feel free to provide any insights or feedback you may have. I believe I have a treatment regimen that I believe will heal and rid myself of Collembola in the next 4-6 weeks. I am eager to share what I have learned.
ddx in Chicago

Please post your email so others can contact you DDX. I will entertain any remedies to be rid of this!

Hey,

I found out what is was, full diagnosis, and beat it wit diet,,,if you want there all prescriptions,,,,feel free to reach out to me.....beware of others here,,,,for they may want to do the ole,,,rippo-offo!!!

Hi Marc,
I am interested in what you say about having been prescribed thiabendazole for this. Would you be good enough to tell us the actual dose that you had, and exactly how long you had to take it? This is one of the azole drugs, used in worm infestations. Some scientists believe that the primary organism in this new disease is a fluke shaped nematode, which has other 'parts' to it, including mucus like worms, hairs, and the grey and coloured fibers. If this is so, I can see why you were prescribed medication from the azole group.
Please say more about the diet that helped you too. I do not see how a diet in itself would cure anyone, but it could certainly help, perhaps alongside medication, as you said.
I think that entrenched infection could attract collembola (which research has proven)and perhaps other arthropods.
Anyone with this horrible condition is likely to have, in addition to the brain fog, high levels of irritation. Please do not let this get in the way of realising when someone might be indicating the right answers, as that really would be a tragedy.
For those who claim to have been cured solely by diet, please post more details. I do not think it fair to expect anyone to pay for a diet sheet when they are so ill and desperate.
Marc, I hope that you tell us of the medication regimen that you were prescribed, thus allowing fellow sufferers to request the same, (or perhaps a similar drug), from their doctors.
With best wishes to you all,
Mo.

my daughter has these same symptoms. where can we find help in illinois? she is a patient at Mayo Clinic for other health problems and we would like to see if any of these health problems may be connected to Morgellons. at first I was doubting her skin problems, thinking because she is going through so much, she was imagining these feeling of bugs under her skin, but I have seen the spots and figers, they are realy. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Hey, I spent mucho dinero, how many doctors see you for free?

I cannot prescribe Thiebendazole, I am not a doctor.

40.00 for diet is peanuts!!!,,,buying the herbs and suppliments needed are big bucks,,,,

I am sorry that I charge to keep my site open.

If you can tell my bill sto stop billing me for a while that will help, until then, good luck!

my time is money,,,,sorry!,,I have a family and life.

If you want to get cured (and you will receive the prper way of curing yourself) go see my site http://www.be-healthy-forever.com

by the way,,,it is named THE CREEPING NEMATODE of BORNEO,,,now asia!

Take care, & good luck!~

marc and paul!

Man, The world would be better off without people like you, marc or whatever your name is today. Buzz off, fkn idiot, jerkoff schlocker.

The world would be way better off without clowns like you- go crawl under a rock you freak, sorry i tried to help.

Good luck wart face!

Lester, customer service mananger

sounds like annoyed is a real loser,,,go away loser!!

Only a dr could prescribe anthelminthics. These, plus diet, and other measures, could possibly help. Has anyone been so treated?

Perhaps it only feels as if there is movement in the skin. Fungus readily attaches itself to and colonizes human hair, root hair itself is magnetic to dictate the direction of growth. Certain fungi also have polarity to aid in colonization and reproduction. People suffering from tinea capitis may have hairs that attract and repel each other. The fuzz balls collecting on morgellons sufferers may well be household fuzz that has been colonized by dermatophites. The black specks and some of the fibers shown on the morgellons site really resemble filamentous fungi. Labratory tests for fungal infections are inacurate at best for known species with their geonomes mapped. The majority of species have unknown genomes. I would advise the physician to not dismiss all meth users as simply being delusional when it comes to fungal infections, they are probably the highest risk group behind AIDS sufferers for harboring strange molds, chronic yeast infections etc.

I almost hate seeing this crap e-mailed to me, sorry I do not have patience for stupid behavor.

Infectious Desease doctors know what skin worm from ASIA this is. OK. Some form of CLM, OK!

Get on Thiabendazole pills for 60 days, get the hookhorm blood work ups, and stop waisting your time.

I happened to beat this holistically, and I have repeatedly asked this ASSHOLE firm to take me off the list.

Regular MDs don't treat this. Southern Doctors in ID/TD can fix up up or lay off the sugar for 90 days OK,

Good luck everyone, this site is clowns!

Chris Schott - can we connect off line from this site re help for your child? I am also in chicago.

I've been researching since I was last here and found this topic is finally getting attention in scientific circles. Some of it reads like a sci-fi novel.

Morgellon's and Collembola are caused by separate, but perhaps related afflictions going on here-- and none of them are delusional. I found some amazing images a Morgellon's and they looked like hairy nematodes to me. Thousands of families around the world are reporting infestation. A group of scientists has been studying them -- did you know they glow under black and UV light? And they definitely move and jump, so forget the fungus theory. Early, unpublished analysis shows indication of labatory, or synthesized origins.

One reason there is so much controversy is that there are actually a number of crawling mites which create creepy, stinging, biting or crawling sensations...scabies, rat mites, bird mites (etc), collembola (springtails) and Morgellon's. Springtails, for their part, are highly opportunistic moving in existing infestations, which is what happened to me. I believe many sufferers of Morgellon's also have springtails biting them. (I'm lucky in that I only have springtails, and after reading so about the Morgellon's worms I want to know what I can do to avoid them!)

I'm going to order the diet, anything can help. I believe these are systemic infections which require an integrated and wholistic approach to curing them.

Good luck to all the sufferers out there. Read and learn as much as you can.

DDx

More...

London re Garlic advice

Morgellon's are classified as Quorum Sensing, so as it turns out Garlic is an effective Quorum Sensing inhibitor. I would not only injest it but will try spreading directly on lesions and areas of infection. The abstract from the University of Zurich
http://botserv1.unizh.ch/site/site/research/projects/QSBlocker.php
describes how quorum sensing inhibitors "interfere with bacterial cel to cell communications".

In summary, all Morgellon sufferers should be ALL OVER garlic (I'm guessing part of diet plan referenced??). Yet another example of the powers of garlic!

Great advice, London, thanks.

DDX

Hey folks. Listen to mialabu!
That person is definitely on the right track. Srangely enough, many people have been cleared of this strange condition by receiving lyme disease treatment. Is this a rare form of lyme disease? Lyme disease is more common than many people think. I, at first, thought ofr ure there were bugs on me but it turns out that microscope images determined that there was indeed dermatophytic fungus growing all over my skin. A dermatophyte fungus causes the crawling sensations because it is a plant type fungus. that is, it actually grows roots- thus causing the sensations. Also the info which mialabu offered says that the airs attract each other. this sounds tru too as that's what it feels like.
Good luck everyone I know what you're going through.

If you can not afford Thiabendazole, fenbenzadole (similar drug from same group) is available under the name "Safeguard". I becently bought a tube large enough to treat a 1000lb critter, from wallmart for like $8. It's an oral horse wormer and extremely safe. The dosage is easy to adjust, the tube is marked in 250 lb intervals. Just be sure to dose yourself for 3 days, and do not under or overdose. The combination of that and topical antifungal spray seem to be helping.

I respect everyone's input on this condition however...when people recommend chemicals for this condition and it's not correct I feel , since I know a bit about this infection, that I should inform you all of the possible dangers. Somebody posted a comment about Thiabendazole or fenbenzadole to treat this condition. the problem with this is that your condition (if in fact you have morgellons) is not a worm or insect of any kind. This is a blood infection which closely resembles LymeDisease. Lyme disease treatments have proven to cure this condition 100%. be careful with chemicals because they wnon't alleviate the symptoms nor will they cure you. you'll only unecessarily ingest or coat yourself with dangerous chemicals. Good luck!