Morgellons is a
multibacterial infection. Later, fungal infections arise. ( http://www.morgellons-research.org/morgellons/morgellons-intro.htm
)
First Record: 17th century
French “harsh hair” fiber, this may be Morgellans disease described.
Many people report
symptoms but still very rare (20,000)
Symptoms and Notes
- · Fibers
(in many colors)
- · Contagious
(close contact?)
- · Multisystemic
- Permanent disorders come from it
(ALS symptoms similar? Also seem to see Foot drop, palsy, neurologic
decline, brain fog, thyroid issues and sometimes a correlation with iodine
and/or Vitamin D deficiency)
- · Mistaken
for other issues (fibromyalgia)
- · Coinfection
(including skin based bacterial issues)
- · Texas,
Florida, 2002 California Outbreak (prompted CDC investigation)
- · Suffering
and pain (cause and cure not known)
o Muscles
and walking hurt
o Feeling
of something under the skin (blanket? Feeling)
o Personal
Accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfxCLy8Fz6Q
§ Feeling of
a string like one is surrounding the body
§ Can weigh
up to 30 lbs?
§ Strings Will
react to stimulation (being cut)
Fiber Qualities
- · Grow
from inside the body?
- · Does
not match anything in FBI database (not a known synthetic or natural
fiber)
- · Glow
under UV light
- · Different
colors
- · Fibers
resist gas examination
- · Keratin?
- · Need
to use microscope to see fibers
- · Small
lesions may look like a pimple but have fibers
Treatment Ideas (with
medical guidance)
- Light Therapy https://www.omicsonline.org/morgellons-disease-a-chemical-and-light-microscopic-study-2155-9554.1000140.php?aid=5477
- Vitamin D (if a blood test indicates low Vitamin D)
- Iodine (BE CAREFUL! ASK FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL
GUIDANCE)
- Check for coinfections (treatments)
Veterinary Findings
In Cows (bovine digital
dermatitis): https://www.lymedisease.org/morgellonsandcattle/
and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257881/
and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072536/
and plenty mooooore
Pet Industry Risk
Coinfections
- Borrelia
spirochetes https://www.lymedisease.org/new-studies-morgellons/ http://www.thecehf.org/what-is-morgellons.html
(Borrelia spirochetes was found by researchers [3 were Morgellons
Disease Foundation affiliates] in one study)
- Borrelia burgdorferi primary cause of lyme disease
- Borrelia mayonii* newly discovered (confined to upper
Midwest US) and also causes lyme disease https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0208-lyme-disease.html
- Lyme Disease (Babesiosis)
- Opportunistic infections
- Fungal coinfections (Aspergillus Fumigatus infection?)
·
*New Lyme-disease-causing bacteria species discovered in
early 2016. Borrelia mayonii closely related to B. burgdorferi.
Symptoms are a fever, headache, rash, and neck pain in days followed weeks
later by arthritis. Exposure first causes nausea and vomiting, diffuse rashes
(not a single “bull’s-eye” rash), elevated bacteria concentration in the blood.
Carried by blacklegged (or “deer”) tick.
2002 California Outbreak (prompted CDC investigation).
Biofilm
Want
to learn more about biofilm a protective coating made by bacteria? Here are a
couple of videos about another pathogen I suggest:
Unusual Reports
It forms biofilm ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23962172
), do they take over the body and
stimulate keratin structures? Or like many fungi, is it a reproductive, spore
releasing structure?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCbLF8v4wo
<---removal of morgellan debris
A report of seeing
something moving for a fraction of a section in the site where the lesion
begins
Agrobacterium- The signs
of a two person study indicate that pathogenic Agrobacterium, which is shown to
create cellulose fibers located in sites of infection inside the host tissues.
This would be a case of plant bacterium moving into a human to cause
disease. http://jim.bmj.com/content/55/1/S123.4
CDC Report
Delusions of parisitosis
(imagining something in the skin) studied by CDC Study of North California.
https://www.cdc.gov/unexplaineddermopathy/ argues against the disorder and one
interesting things is it actuality shows coinfection results by those with the
complaint which are actually pretty compelling correlations for a multibacterial
infection. Which is kind of funny they found so many bacterial infections and
said they "found no pathogens." As confusing as their results found,
they cited the fibers as most likely cotton. Their studies were based
off skin (biopsies by a dermatologist), blood, urine and hair.
The Basics on Pathogens
and Disease (primers I wrote)
Pathogens: The Basics http://unicornsandanimals.blogspot.com/2016/02/discussion-6.html
<--a primer I wrote on pathogens,
parasites, bacterial infections and more
Study and Control of
Pathogens and Diseases http://unicornsandanimals.blogspot.com/2016/02/discussion-3.html
What Spreads disease and
toxins: http://unicornsandanimals.blogspot.com/2016/02/discussion-4.html
(a primer I wrote)
Resources
Savely, V.R., Leitao, M.M. & Stricker, R.B. Am J Clin
Dermatol (2006) 7: 1. doi:10.2165/00128071-200607010-00001. https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00128071-200607010-00001
Filament formation
associated with spirochetal infection: A comparative approach to Morgellons
disease. Article in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology ·
November 2011. DOI: 10.2147/CCID.S26183 · Source: PubMedhttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1014.1344&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Med Mycol. 2014
Jan;52(1):2-9. doi: 10.3109/13693786.2013.819592. Biofilm formation by
Aspergillus fumigatus. Kaur S1, Singh S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23962172
ABC News. 2008. Alien
Fibers: Morgellons Disease – ABCs
Clinical, Epidemiologic,
Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy
Michele L. Pearson,
Joseph V. Selby, Kenneth A. Katz, Virginia Cantrell, Christopher R. Braden,
Monica E. Parise, Christopher D. Paddock, Michael R. Lewin-Smith, Victor F.
Kalasinsky, Felicia C. Goldstein, Allen W. Hightower, Arthur Papier, Brian
Lewis, [ ... ], for the Unexplained Dermopathy Study Team [ view all ]
Published: January 25,
2012 . http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029908
Morgellons disease,
illuminating an undefined illness: a case series
William T HarveyEmail
author, Robert C Bransfield, Dana E Mercer, Andrew J Wright, Rebecca M Ricchi
and Mary M Leitao
Journal of Medical Case
Reports20093:8243
DOI:
10.4076/1752-1947-3-8243© Harvey et al; licensee Cases Network Ltd. 2009
Received: 28 November
2008Accepted: 17 March 2009Published: 1 July 2009 https://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.4076/1752-1947-3-8243
287 CONTRIBUTION OF
AGROBACTERIUM TO MORGELLONS DISEASE. R. B. Stricker, V. R. Savely, A. Zaltsman,
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Published 12 January
2016 http://jim.bmj.com/content/55/1/S123.4
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