Posted on 01/18/2008 3:21:00 PM PST by null and void
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An unexplained disease that sufferers say cause overwhelming sensations of bugs crawling, biting and stinging their skin and mystery lesions that never heal is being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The illness is called Morgellons and Florida, Texas and California are states with apparent hot spots for the condition, Local 6 reported.
People who report suffering from the condition identify a range of symptoms including vision loss, mental confusion and fatigue. Some sufferers also said they have experienced tiny fibers that pop out of their skin.
"They typically describe a disturbing skin sensation such as itching or stinging or pins and needles," Centers for Disease Control Dr. Michele Pearson said.
Last summer, registered nurse Cindy Casey said the constant lesions on her body forced her to quit working.
"It's miserable," Casey said. "It feels like you've got splinters coming out."
Thousands of people claim to have Morgellons and a foundation has been formed.
However, some are not certain Morgellons is a legitimate disease.
"The reason we are doing an investigation is to learn more about it," Pearson said.
Researchers plan to follow up with 500 people who claim to have the condition.
Volunteers will get blood tests, skin exams as well as psychological evaluations.
Doctors at Oklahoma State University have been studying Morgellons for years and said they don't know what's causing it.
The CDC's year-long study will try to figure out what's causing Morgellons and if there's any way to treat it.
Are these folks using some medication that has effects like Dilaudid?
Anyone see a common theme here?
You got it.
If your state doesn't have a lot of electoral votes (like those three), you are probably safe.
Agreed, it's not a mystery, it's a secret conspiracy
Been known for some time:
Who told???
Aids wasn’t recognized and denied for years....
This disease has been around for many, many years.
Read up and you’ll be amazed. I feel soooo sorry for sufferers!!! End times curse?
Anyone see a common theme here?
Ummmmm. Texas and California regard themselves as Republics?
Florida and Texas are home to Palmetto bugs?
They all have beaches?
I give...
LSD flashbacks anyone? i’ve heard about this sort of thing happening to people under the influence of it.
this is strange...
No idea, all I did was post the article.
Although apparently that makes me a Key Player in someone's Conspiracy theory.
Imagine how viciously I'd be attacked if I actually knew someone who had it!
{{{SHUDDER}}}
I finally went to the doc and said it felt like bugs crawling under my skin. He took a look and said “That’s ‘cuz they are!” Luckily he had been a medic in Vietnam and instantly knew it was hookworm. He then asked if it was okay for him to round up the rest of his staff to show them. “They’ll probably never get a chance to see this again!”
Turns out the dog poops in the sand, tourist walks through the sand, hookworm tunnels in to tourist. Usually only seen in third-world countries (which nowadays probably includes parts of Florida, Texas and California).
A few weeks of rubbing a hookworm treatment on my foot killed it.
LOL!!!
Omitted from article: brought to the US by criminal aliens.
Nah, It's a conspiracy right Rick.Donaldson?
What do lupus, lyme disease, PMS and fibromyalgia all have in common?
laughing and nodding
They are all part of some Vast Libertarian Conspiracy.
What do I win?
If they're clean, most of them at least, and these symptoms still exist, then there may be something to it.
Naaaahhhh,
First you set yourself up as one of ‘the anointed ones’, then you deny the existence of anything they didn’t teach you in medical school.
If you’re really lucky you can recruit a secret army of ham-fisted electronics technicians who want to practice medicine over the internet to blast anyone who ever quotes someone else saying anything that would imply that your medical knowledge is lacking...
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