The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that it is launching a study to learn about an unexplained condition that causes people to feel as if they have foreign substances growing from their bodies.
People with the condition, referred to as Morgellons disease, say they have fibers and other inorganic material growing out of their skin.
“We earnestly want to learn more about this unexplained illness, which affects the lives of those who suffer from it,” said Dr. Michele Pearson, principal investigator leading the study for the CDC, in a press release. “Those who suffer have questions, and we want to help them.”
“We have a team of epidemiologists, laboratorians and pathologists to carry out the study,” Pearson said.
The study will be conducted in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Division of Research. For more information, CLICK HERE to visit the CDC’s Unexplained Dermopathy Web site.
In 2006, a number of Morgellons sufferers told ABC News in interviews that when they consulted doctors, they received diagnoses they called wrong or dismissive. Brandi Koch, the wife of former Major League Baseball player Billy Koch, said that she felt as if she were living in a horror movie, claiming she had colored fibers coming out of her skin.
Koch, of Clearwater Beach, Fla., said that her life was good until one day in the shower when she noticed something strange — tiny fibers running through her skin.
“The fibers look like hair, and they’re different colors,” Koch said.
Koch said she knows that what she experienced “sounds crazy,” but it’s true. “If I had a family member call me up and say, ‘I have this stuff,’ I’d say, ‘I’m sending a straitjacket over. You need some help,'” she said.
Anne Dill described a similar condition. Looking at Dill’s life in Florida, she seemed to be living the American dream — her three daughters excelled in sports and were straight-A students.
But life in the Dill household was far from idyllic. Anne’s 40-year-old husband, Tom, died in January 2006, and she believes his death was due to a contagious illness that has infected her entire family.
Dill described her family’s skin: “There’s this fibrous material. It’s in layers.” Dill said the skin on their hands was particularly bad, very swollen and itchy, and said it felt as if bugs were crawling underneath the skin.
Consulting Doctors
Dr. Greg Smith of Gainesville, Ga., has been a pediatrician for the past 30 years. He claimed that a fiber was coming out of his big toe, and he had video footage to prove it.
“It felt like somebody stuck a pin in my toe and wiggled it, and it just continued to hurt,” Smith told ABC News in 2006.
He said he never thought he had bugs. “I’ve certainly had those crawling sensations, and the fibers which come out of the skin are really bizarre, and really odd.”
Smith was handed over to a hospital psychiatrist when he went to the emergency room complaining of a fiber in his eye. He admits that he, too, would be skeptical if a patient came to him with the same story.
“I would wonder if they’d taken their medicine that day. It makes no sense. It’s totally bizarre. It’s something that — just telling the story is so outlandish on the face of it — that no one would believe it,” Smith said. Dill’s doctor told her to stop scratching, even though many of her sores were in places she could not reach.
Koch went to the Mayo Clinic, where doctors didn’t believe that the fibers she’d brought them had grown from her body.
“I saw the infectious disease doctor, and I showed him some samples that I had and he snickered,” she said. “I can’t go through another doctor blowing me off or looking at me like I’m crazy. I know I’m not.”
Dr. Vincent DeLeo, chief of dermatology at New York’s St. Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center, weighed in on what he’d say to someone who came to him with this condition. “I don’t think this is any different than many patients I’ve seen who have excoriations and believe that there is something in their skin causing this,” he told ABC News in 2006.
DeLeo said the open lesions were most likely a result of scratching the skin.
Relying on Your Own Research
But biologist Mary Leitao refused to accept the medical skepticism surrounding Morgellons.
Leitao’s son, Drew, was just 2 years old when Leitao noticed an odd sore on his lip that would not heal.
“He very simply said ‘bugs,’ and he pointed to his lips,” said Leitao.
Leitao never expected to find herself at the center of a medical storm. But when her son complained about the strange sore, the biologist, who once ran the electron microscope at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, did what any scientist would do. She took a closer look.
“What I saw were bundles of fibers, *** of fibers,” Leitao says. “There was red and blue.” Even stranger, they glowed under ultraviolet light.
Armed with research, Leitao took her son to a doctor at one of the country’s leading hospitals. He dismissed her tale of fibers and wrote to her pediatrician, saying that her son needed Vaseline for his lips and that his mother needed a thorough psychiatric evaluation.
Undaunted, Leitao began poring through medical literature looking for clues. What she discovered was a 17th-century reference to a strange disease with “harsh hairs” called “Morgellons.”
She named the strange fibers Morgellons disease and put the information on a Web site, Morgellons.org. At the time of her interview in 2006, more than 4,500 people had contacted Leitao, claiming they had Morgellons-type symptoms. The name stuck, and the disease was featured on the television show “ER.”
But do these fibers grow from inside the body, as Morgellons patients believe, or do they come from the external environment — a kind of lint — as the medical skeptics say?
Searching for an Answer
Forensic scientist Ron Pogue at the Tulsa Police Crime Lab in Oklahoma checked a Morgellons sample against known fibers in the FBI’s national database. “No, no match at all. So this is some strange stuff,” Pogue said in 2006. He thought the skeptics were wrong. “This isn’t lint. This is not a commercial fiber. It’s not.”
The lab’s director, Mark Boese, said the fibers are “consistent with something that the body may be producing.” He added that, “These fibers cannot be manmade and do not come from a plant. This could be a byproduct of a biological organism.”
Dill said she looks at pictures of her family and finds them unrecognizable. “My kids have to see not only their dad but their mom disintegrating, and that’s gotta be really scary.”
While they wait for evidence that they hope will convince the medical community to take them seriously, some Morgellon’s sufferers wear pink bracelets that say, simply, “Fortitude.”
Pictures of Morgellons Disea
Pictures can be viewed at the following location: Morgellon’s Disease Pictures
Hope you enjoyed the story and pictures of Morgellons Disease
Just a note, I did a blog article on this disease on March 3. Two days ago I contracted an extremely serious case of hives. I was wondering if anyone can say this thing starts out like hives and turns into scabs as such? I took benedryl, an allergy medication, that really helped ease the itching and burning sensation on my skin. Any comments?
Hello,
Already many techniques are discussed in the foregoing posts as to how to control the infestation, like uage of epsom salt, ivermectin,clay treatment and so on. I would caution any body using ivermectin and albendazole to strictly adhere to the dosages and quantity prescribed , as these are notorious for their side effects and should never be taken beyond precribed limits or without prescription. Now, the question remains if there is any reader here who is not able to control the infestation even after using all these methods of control, anf if not, one can safely conclude that the condition we are discussing is probably not all that serious and may be it has been existing for ages without being noticed or discussed over a forum like this, especially because the global communication among strangers has been made possible only recently thanks to the internet technology. And in the past, when it was not possible for such discussions, the doctors could easily cover up their ignorance by hiding behind the fog of Delisional Parasitosis, whereas, undoubtedly it was nothing but a case of ‘Dlusional Judgementosis’ from the doctors concerned. Also, from various posts, it is very clear that people have been carrying on with their routine work for years without any major deterioration in their health due to this condition, and if at all the health got deteriorated, it was only due the stamp of ‘Delusional’ being put on them by the so called professional experts.
As far as I could conclude, it is not a major disease, and it is a disease of inactivity in a biological system. Infact, many of the modern day maladies like Blood Sugar, Pressure and Cholesterol are all gifts of the modern life style characterised by intake of high calorie, high pesticide filled food stuffs combined with reduced body activity and exercise, and high level of mental tension. If the symptoms are under control, the next step is to find out how to eliminate it totally. In this context, it is important to know why the parasite keeps returning to the same host. If the reason for this question can be found out, the solution becomes easy. Some of the points already discussed above for this behaviour of the parasite are:
– The pheromones left behind by the insects
– a queen or a few of the lower life cycle forms still remaining in the body.
– Just a Force of Habit that makes the outside insects to return to the already familiar host’s body.
– the measures taken have only removed the secondary cause, whereas the primary cause still remains in the host’s body which weakens the body’s natural immune system and throw open the body to invading opportunistic parasites. The primary causes may include high blood sugar, intestinal/liver problems, skin disorders, presence of worms or Tinitus with sound produced by the body.
Of the above points, the first three causes will vanish if the simple changes in life style discussed to contain the symptoms is continued for some more time. But if the last point is the reason, then the symptoms will return, probably with vengeance, so long as the primary casuse is not controlled or removed. In the biology studies, we often come across this sort of Egg and Chicken situation. A complete solution will therefore emerge only if we can identify the primary cause and remove it, and in the case, the secondary cause will automatically vanish. In this context, it is worthwhile to note one of the comments above regarding how the clay treatment meant for intestinal cleansing has removed the skin parasite in toto. Since there may be other primary causes also which can trigger skin infestation by parasites, the first step to be taken is to ensure that at leat your body does not have any of the above known diseases, and take appropriate medicine to contain them. An active, healthy body should always be able to defend itself.
So, my open question to the readers here of this Forum is ‘ if there is any body here who enjoys perfect health with regard to the above disease conditions, and still suffering from the symptoms of Morgellns’. A positive answer to this question will be a great impetus for continuing this study further.
I have also happened to go through the partial concluding report from Morgellons.Org. It appears to me that the guys over there have virtually got caught in the web of Morgellons fibres. I really do not know why the biologist sitting at the helm of affairs there does not look at the real creature raising its ugly head and gleefully challanging the human kind seemingly uttering the words ‘ Hey man, I am here in your sacred body and catch me if you can ‘. The creature there matches exactly with the springtail nymph I am talking about and the fibers are possibly their adapted mechanisms to live in a highly hostile human body and I strongly feel that these little insects have developed this technology over millions of years and might have been trying it over many of its higher level species during these years. If one of their representatives were allowed to talk to humans, they would have definitely protested against giving all the evolutionay credits to a few scientists from Defence or Corporate Sector.
The above comments are not meant to demean the great work done at Morgellons on fiber side, but my chicken brain is unable to stop the embarassment resulting out of the question why at all they left out the main creature behind and went on chasing the fibers only. On the positive side of the fiber study, if all that told is correct I bet the baldies in the world will pump in any amount of mony in the biofilm based fiber reasearch if such strong and coloured naturally growing fibers can be cultivated on their scalp. Further, if the biofilm it self is capable of developing into any kind of tissues, that will solve the major problem that faces today’s bioresearch, viz., the need to locate a source for continued supply of stem cells. With these findings, I can see a great future for the the morgellons creature, which will be the most sought after creature in the world in the days to come. On the negative side,even if for a moment, I presume that the fiber is the main issue and that they have been created by scientists for various territorial and defence purposes, a big question from me is SO What ?, so long as the creative human brain is active, it is only a matter of time for such things to happen, so why not now? If our collective intelligence and smartness is only leading us to a Dooms Day, well, that is what we truly deserve. So do not worry , be happy, do not get into the blame game, it does not help any body. Also, rest assurred that we are a subset of Mother Nature and if our tendency is to drag ourselves to a point of self distruction, it is built into her design, just enjoy it.
And finally, I do not want to play the role of a ‘ Street evangelist giving his sermons to a way side lamp post ‘, I want healthy discussions in the FORUM like this, both For and Against what is being written, so that the truth and only truth will emerge.
With regards,
Bharathyeju,
Site: http://bharathyeju.blogspot.com
Thought i would put a few things on to hopefully help a few of you.Don’t clean with bleach etc.Use baking soda alternate with salt and vinegar (seperately).Also use essential oils diluted in water.Cinnamon,oregano, thyme,patchouli,peppermint,lemongrass.You can bath in all these things too.You may get a stinging using oils in bath this means the morgs are affected and don’t like it.After bathing slather Grapefruit Seed Extract on body diluted with a little water.
I think i must have tried everything at one time or another,some work better than others.Grapefruit works very well as does hydrogen peroxide.Under my skin is loaded with the black specks which is fungus.Definitely.Recently I started taking anti fungal naturals.Ascorbic acid.Olive leaf extract (liquid) and oregano oil diluted in water.I also rubbed GSE (Grapefruit) into my legs every night.Hundreds of the specks have come out of my skin and under scope they are bunches of tangled fibres.
Bug Arrest is another good one to use in house,garden,bath and on pets.This isn’t caused by pets-they just get it the same as we do.
There is also a worm element to this and I take ivermectin pill every month.On first taking small worms exited my face which i thought were blackheads.Also take a probiotic everyday-87% of immune system is in your gut.My ‘IBS’ has completely gone and so has the gastric reflux.
Also yes small flies play a part in this they seem attracted to us and i have a garden full of fungus gnats that target me.As already said on here they do lay whatever on you at night,usually accompanied in a yellow goo.Can be found around eyes and mouth in morning,
Brush teeth with baking soda and mouthwash with it.Also mouthwash with hyd peroxide.Use selsun shampoo on hair and alternate with shampoo made up yourself using anti-fungal essential oils.Make up a water spritzer adding the oils and lemongrass which repels flies and keep it handy to spray yourself and on clothes.they don’t like menthol or camphor either.
Vac your bed everyday and spray oils in water on it.For any who use ozone machines use them regularly.But stop using chemical cleaners-it makes it worse.
There’s a ton of stuff besides but this will do for starters,cos I have memory block.LOL/Hope this helps.
I am no scientist, but I have watched under the microscope these fibers form. I use the blood and yellow goo that flows from the lesions on a slide, QUICKLY put it under the microscope and you can watch as the black muck forms in the blood. Once forming it will shoot out pointed tubes that search for more food. The tubes are hollow and will go exactly strait if there is little blood available. I think over ions they have learned, the quickest way from point A to B is direct. When they are not forming in a blood rich enviroment they form tripods which shoot out in three seperate directions. If these tubes intersect with another tube they will connect, this I think they do in hopes that the other tube has alredy found food (red blood cells). The red blood cells do not start the reaction of turning black it seems unless they come in contack with a clear looking cell (possible white blood cell, T cell this I can not say as I am not a blood specilist) anyway the clear cell will have a fine black layer around it. This reation begins as soon as the fluid is removed from the body and put onto the slide. If you do not hurry and look the reaction will have gone from perfect blood and fluid mixture to the black ugly mess. If you hurry you will watch as the most aggressive reation you have ever seen takes place. it is more like an explosion, that is if there is alot of blood available. If the fluid you reap from the lesion is clear with a very tiny amount of blood and yellow goo it will form the tripods that have the never ending extending tubes. Can you make me believe that the researchers have not already seen this happen, NO, that is unless they are all STUPID. I have pictuers of this, soon I should have a movie of the reaction, so nobody will be able to tell me I do NOT know what I have seen.
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My heart goes out to all those effected in one way or another by this devious affliction. I wonder just how many people have this and have no one to tell or don’t have any idea what is happening to them. Reading this article/comments has been an exercise in keeping love and forgiveness in my heart. Those who have orchestrated and created this disease must surely scheme with cold hearts.
Folks, this is just another blatant example of the people being intentionally poisoned for the purpose of depopulation and to dumb as down and create dumb sheeple. Not to sound caustic, but as far as I can tell the plan is working beautifully. We are in a prison of consciousness, and no this is not just the “human condition”, rather this “prison” is an artificial creation by malovent forces seeking to control us. The good news: WE hold the key to the prison. The most stirring comment for me was from charlotte (the first comment), for she brought to light a great truth. We really do have no limits, all that truly limits us is our beliefs. To change your limits, change your beliefs.
I hope and pray that out of this tragedy comes a greater understanding regarding the plight we all face. We are all in a WAR, and like it or not you are involved. You didn’t choose to participate, you were just covertly attacked on all levels: mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Morgellons is just another strand in the web, all with the same purpose: to keep you from realizing your true potential. Or in other words, “To keep you from REMEMBERING”. Our attackers wield hate, fear, anger and logic. But sadly for them, LOVE and LIGHT are of a higher dimension and the darkness cannot pierce the light. And the light is growing………
Hello,
As I read more about this health problem I am getting more confused. It appears that the common symptom of ‘ all body insect crawling sensation at night with or without lesions ‘, categorised by the medical world under Delusional Parasitosis ( DP ) is casused by many reasons and therefore the secondary symptoms can vary widely. Apart from from that, the old and sick persons may feel additional problems due to other diseases which may have noting to do with the condition of DP. Therefore, it is apparent that detailed symptoms are to be analysed by a medical expert and appropriate treatment is to be applied to known diseases to find a complete cure. All that I am interested is to support the theory that the DP by itself is not 100% delusional, and in most cases, is real, caused by an almost invisible family of insects known commonly as Noseeums or biting midges. Looking at the detailed study of the fibers by Morgellons Research Foundation, it also appears that the case I am talking about is only a subset of the detailed study conducted by that great reaserch institute.
Now coming back to the specific issue of biting midges, in the absence of proper medical treatment, the major way to control them is to keep oneself away from being bitten by the flies. These flies respond to normal insect repellents and appears to be easy to control. But the real challange lies in eliminating them completely from one’s body as a part of its life cycle is spent within the host’s body and there is abundant supply of these insects in the environment, so that, even if the life forms within the body is removed once, it gets replenished in no time from outside. Spraying insecticides to kill the flies is of limited use, since most of the flies will will fly away and return back with more vengeance to fill up the vacuum created by the dead flies. Futher, a part of the insecticide sprayed in the envornment gets back into our own body and also the insecticide kills helpful predators of these flies, like spiders, lizards etc. So, one should concentrate on the body side only and not very much on the environment.
The process of treatment should start ideally from inside of the body to drive out the living forrms from inside. Special attention should be given to the health condition of the patient in administering the internal medicine, as any medicine to kill the parasites inside the body can cause a major load on the clensing organs of the body like liver, kidney etc, and especially so, if the patient already has problems with those body parts. Apart from this, the medicine itself may have its own side effects. An ideal solution will be to use some herbal remedy to drive the parasites out of the body to the skin surface. In this case, the clay treatment described above could be a good solution, but, should be used in consultation with an expert physician in the field, as persons suffering from poor bowel movement may find it difficult to discharge the clay material from the body and thus complicating the case further. Also the salt treatment even applied externally, may not be suitable for some persons.
Escaping from the bytes of the insects is very essential to control the infestation. This could be done by using insect repelling non-poisonous herbal shampoo in the bathing water for the final wash and should be done on a daily basis. Combing the hair using combs with closely spaced teeth a few times daily will help to remove the eggs and larval stages/flies trapped in the hair. If the comb is dipped in insect/lice repelling non-poisonous lotions, it will also help to keep the flies away for some time. During the day, try to move around and do not get stuck to one place for long hours. Expose the body to morning/evening sun for some time daily. Night time during sleep, use any mosquito repellent to repel both mosquitoes and the midges. Keeping the flies away at night is very important as our body is least reactive and these flies are most active at night. Use insect trapping plastic window screens for the house.
The patients should also understand that the above procedures are slow acting, but least harmful techniques and should be continued for some time to get control of the situation. At the same time, if they are suffering from other health issues like sugar complaints, intestinal or liver disorders, appropriate medication should be taken, as all symptoms are not contributed by the insect infestation..
Another issue that came up during the study of the biting midges is their association with the filarial worms. It is said that these insects help to inject microfilariae before sucking the host’s blood. While I am a little sceptical about how these micro flies, light enough to float in the wind current, can carry another parasite, their association with filarial worms is an important point to note, and at least some patients would show additional symptoms of filarial worms along with DP. And, going by the complementary rule, for whatever reasons, the flies themselves may get latched on to the hosts carrying these worms, again I would suspect, the worms may be producing ultrasonic sound to attract these flies as well as mosquitoes to help dispersal to other hosts. In such cases, may be, removal of these worms may remove DP for ever ? Again clay treatment?
And finally, sorry for the long post, I sometimes wonder, how inefficient we are in expressing an idea by stringing words into sentences, and sentences to present an idea and finally to learn that the listener has only misunderstood. Some of the ideas for treatment in this post are repetitions of the earlier posts, but are given here for consolidation and to stress the importance of those simple, but effective methods of treatment.
With rehards,
Bharathyeju,
Site: http://bharathyeju.blogspot.com
I’ve had this thing for 3 years now. Have the leasions, fibers, crystals, specs etc. Worse for me is what would make me seem crazy. They come out of my skin and feel like creatures crawling on me. Even recognize them. They have diferent ways of moving. Thesre is one that feels clearly like a cat. I actually feel connected to her and call her harriot. I feel like she protects me from the other creatures which are more creepy and bite and leave claw marks. I wonder if its demonic or alien. I hoped I was delusional cause that is treatable. But the anti phycotic meds I was put on did nothing to diminish the symptoms.
They do provide some entertainment. My hair has basically been taken over by fibrous hair. If I pull some out, its quite something watching them attack each other or try to connect and entertwine.
Vitamin E has helped with deadening some lesions. I also do best when I stick to vegetables, fish and chicken.
shirley
I can’t believe that so many doctors don’t think this is REAL!!! There’s a special place in hell for them.
I use a salve called “Epsal” (purchased online only) for rashes. It has epsom salts and ointment and acts as a drawing salve. I wonder if it would be helpful for Morgellons. It’s expensive but you can use peanut butter or plain mud or clay as a drawing salve too. I also wonder if “suffocating” the skin would help. In South America, for instance, they use bacon fat to smother the skin when they have botfly eggs under their skin. The larvae can’t breathe and crawl to the surface. Maybe slathering butter all over yourself would help. I have no idea. It’s just a thought.
Hello,
Looking at the various posts, it appears that the symptoms are not the same for all individuals and probably, we are also looking at different diseases.The one I am presently talking about is the one reported by many persons, which gives rise to an all body insect crawling sensation, body itching and associated lesions. The affected individuals also feel small insects flying into their nostrils and eyes and they could collect sand like hard particles from their eyes. The physical symptoms like lesions and itching in this case vary considerably with individuals and some people get only few lesions and in some cases, no lesions at all. Unfortunately, with all such complaints from patients, the majority of doctors all over the world exhibit an ostrich syndrome by calling the condition as ‘Delusional Parasitosis’.
As far as I could conclude, one of the causes for the itchinmg and lesions is the allergic reaction caused by the chemical released by the newly laid eggs of the insect and or the hatching larvae, when they come in contact with the skin.Some individuals’s skin probably is not allergic to this chemical. Itching is also caused when the insect bytes or when the larva or the the nymph burrows into the skin or moves under the skin. More details of my study is available at my blog site http://bharathyeju.blogspot.com.
Now, coming back to the life cycle of the insect, I would like to adopt the concept of springtails as mentioned in the above post by SLOLadyBugged!. Both the insect and the nymph are characterised by their ability to hop around on the host’s skin. I would presume that the nymph is using its springtail for jumping around. May be the larval stage I am seeing is nothig but the growing nymph with the Morgellons fiber attached to it, which it sheds during its development. The affected body shedding shows a lot of white egg shells, dropped off during hatching, as well as loose Morgellons fibers. I would also think that there is no pupa stage at all, and a few pupa like objects seen on the body are nothing but young flies trapped in a mesh of statically charged Morgellons fibers as the flies keep crawling on the skin. To those readers who wonder why I am so much bothered about the life cycle and characteristics of the flies, I would like to clarify that once the pathogens and their behaviour is well understood, it becomes easy for the medical world to find a proper solution for the problem.
Another point I would like to raise is, probably, the main method of multiplication of these insects are not through animal hosts. Noseeums are best known to live in moist places including open drains and they need not look for animal hosts for their life cycle support. They are known to byte animals for blood and that clould be the only reason why they visit humans too. I now feel more strongly to suggest that the statically charged, low weight eggs deposited on plants and tree leaves are dispersed by the wind and may be attracted and collected by our body hair under attraction of static charges. Once fallen on to our hair, they get glued to the hair due to the chemical on their surface. More eggs therefore can get collected if you spend more time near these plants or trees, or if your work place has a window opening to these trees and plants . If your body is exposed to sun, the eggs will dry up and die, or else may be in a day, the fresh eggs will hatch and the larvae will burrow into your skin, assisted by the bytes of the flies or mosquitoes. So, it is quite possible that the infestation that we are talking about is just accidental and not intentional, but once a hosting cycle is started, probably it continues. So, one method to cut into the life cycle of the insect may be to reduce the exposed hairy portion of the skin and to wear perforated plastic caps on head. May be wearing synthetic clothes may also trap the flying insects on to their outer surface and both the clothes and the caps may be dipped and washed in ditergent water on every evenings to clear off the accumulated insects/larvae/eggs.
Will return with more ideas,
With regards,
Bharathyeju,
Site: http://bharathyeju.blogspot.com