Posted on 03/04/2009 1:27:47 PM PST by Scythian
Or someone working with fiberglass with no gloves, shorts, and short sleeves. I tripped and fell on some fiberglass once, I didn’t know the vinegar trick and damn that stuff itched for days, shower after shower didn’t get it off..
I responded to one of your other threads on this, but to respond again, I would find a good, no extraordinary, herbalist, acupuncturist, chiro, and work that way since there doesn’t seem to be any mainstream answer. The eastern way of doing things will at the very least allow you some calm while doing battle, and it just might cure you too. I’m currently taking liver detox alternating with kidney detox, and taking some stuff for my thyroid, for my auto-immune woes. And it has been working! Slowly, but surely, like the “growth of a flower” as my doctor would say. If I compare how I feel today with a year ago today, there’s NO comparison. So while I’m not healed completely, I’m sure one heck of a lot better.
(Good luck. Sounds like one very nasty ailment.)
Wow. The last I had heard on Morgellons (admittedly probably a year ago or more) it didn’t include the descriptions of the neurological symptoms. There is a lot more information in this article than I’ve ever heard before on this — especially the part about bugs actually coming through the skin. I’ve never heard that mentioned before.
It seems rather odd though that in the article they are talking about such a wide variety of biological classifications though... I mean the fibers, and the stuff about some kind of a fungus changing DNA - that I could understand. When you include BUGS and WORMS coming out eventually - well then that makes it all the more interesting really. It’s not as if the fungal “virus” could cause a change in human DNA to produce worms and bugs, could it??? It seems impossible.
Granted, I don’t have any extensive medical or scientific education in this area at all - but would it be possible for someone making a biologic weapon to combine some type of egg with the fungal stuff? Or, is it more of a case of someone with open wounds then being susceptible to a secondary parasitic infection?
It’s all very strange, regardless. Thanks for sharing this article. I’m glad that there were some doctors a few years ago who took the time to take these people seriously. It seems it’s taken an awful long time to get the word out on this though - I can’t imagine how long it would feel if one actually had the disease...
I saw this on Mystery diagnosis, and this person ended up with a doctor in Texas.
I would recommend taking extra zinc and maybe wear copper because they are both effective against fungi on plants and it sure couldn’t hurt.
I have 2 friends suffering from the same condition. I have examined the extrusions from their eruptions under microscope and found them to be genuine, though difficult to categorize.
The medical establishment has no protocol for dealing with this condition.
Whatever it is, it must be Obama’s fault.
Thanks, I am taking all kinds of natural stuff to build the immune system, I basically attack it as a fungus now, I’ve done all the anti-parasiticals, they are no cure. I’ve already told my story and don’t want to go through all of the effort to re-tell in here (see the above thread link I posted) but my worst fear, and trust me, after having this most people don’t know the meaning of the word, is that they tell me what I have is more horrible than I had even imagined, and there is a real possibility of that, cause what is happening to us isn’t normal, so much so we don’t say, even on our forums to each other, have of what we experience, it will all come out in time.
What’s the vinegar trick?
I’ve worked around and w/ fiberglass for years and haven’t heard that one.
Bar soap rubbed on the skin dry, followed by cold shower gives some relief. Operative word.. some
Itchy stuff.
Clearly it’s aliens.
It is for fiberglass insulation (wasn’t clear before), apparently the small glass fibers dissolve in vinegar’s acid. It’s also recommended to put in your laundry if you work with fiberglass insulation to get it off your clothes.
Then you’ll love post #52
The depth of your compassion is truly stunning.
About as deep as a puddle after a light rain shower.
Perhaps the true diagnosis is Mass Hysteria.
On the other hand, Wikipedia has an entry; so, it must be real.
bttt
not sure you can honestly classify this as a ‘known disease’ at the moment, insofar as science is concerned, and while i empathize with Scythian and don’t mean to minimize or downplay any suffering that person may be experiencing, so far all the data would suggest that ‘morgellons’ is simply a neuropsychological disorder
please remember that ‘morgellons’ themselves are said to be fibrous, and yet cannot, or rather as of this writing have not been studied in situ in a sterile environment - ie an ‘infected’ patient in a sterile environment has yet to have a ‘morgellon’ removed and studied by scientists/medical doctors.
from Wikipedia:
” Dr. Noah Craft, a dermatologist at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, has seen a handful of Morgellons patients and biopsied their skin lesions, but found only normal skin and inflammation, as one would find in a bump that has been picked at. “
the wikipedia entry on ‘morgellons’ is pretty helpful, honestly, and suggests that most sufferers of ‘morgellons’ have self diagnosed said malady/affliction.
the Delusional parasitosis and other neuropsychological disorders section describes the typical ‘morgellons’ sufferer as most often someone with DOP or delusions of parasitic (subcutaneous) infestation.
the wikipedia entry is also quite helpful in describing the role the internet has played in the ‘morgellons pandemic’
Wiki excerpt: “Robert Bartholomew, a sociologist who has studied the Morgellons phenomenon, states that the “World Wide Web has become the incubator for mass delusion and it (Morgellons) seems to be a socially transmitted disease over the Internet.” According to this hypothesis, patients with delusions of parasitosis and other psychological disorders become convinced they have “Morgellons” after reading internet accounts of others with similar symptoms.[50][51] A 2005 Popular Mechanics article stated that Morgellons symptoms are well-known and characterized in the context of other disorders, and that “widespread reports of the strange fibers date back” only a few years to when the MRF first described them on the internet.”
again, not to downplay or minimize anyone who is actually suffering out there, but the one symptom most of those afflicted with ‘morgellons’ seem to share with their fellow afflicted is the need for attention.
I also had an uncle who would complain about bugs and other creepy crawlies on his skin.
Don’t rule out delerium tremens.
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