Is it for real? Well, the CDC wants to definitively find out.
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I am dreading the tide of self-diagnoses of Morgellons that will inevitably follow this newspiece.
WTF?! Can’t someone put one of these fibers under a scope and take a loot at what the hell it’s made of?
I have seen a few of these looney toons in the ER. Several of them brought in samples in plastic bags that included carpet and yarn fibers, tissue, seeds, and other obvious plant material. All those who consented to testing had urine drug screens positive for methamphetamine. I have not seen anything mysterious that is not explained by mental illness but I will keep my mind open.
They have been removed from many people by many physicians. They burn at 1700 degrees without melting and have an outer shell of High Density Polyethlyene. The only popular use of that material is in fiber optic cables. However, once an MD is convinced something is psychosomatic you could have arrows sticking out of your back and be told it’s all in you head. Amphetamine abuse can cause some nasty skin problems and those people may have heard of Morgellons and think that is what they have. That doesn’t mean people who DO have the condition are dopers. Cocaine users think people are following them, but it doesn’t mean all people being stalked are on cocaine.
I am an RN who gives infusions of gammaglobulin to a young woman with CVID.She developed the itching, stinging, biting and crawling sensations on her skin about 9 months ago. She had previously been exposed to a mice infestation in her home which was a converted barn. I think she also was exposed to bird mites.
This woman is covered with lesions and I have seen the “fibers “that she pulls out of her skin. She has been to countless doctors who for the most part think she is nuts, and gave given her the diagnosis of “delusional parisitosis”
I am appalled at how these dermatologists and infectious disease doctors have “turfed” thier responsibilities to care for thier patients.We probably will never know what the heck these fibers are, but we have many people who are SUFFERING with horrible symptoms. Saying that these people self mutilate is ridiculous. This woman would have to be picking 24/7 in order to have all the lesions that cover her body. Not to mention being ostracized by family and friends. I think the medical community should start treating these patients symptoms, and push the CDC to do thier job.
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