Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2018 17:13:52 GMT -5
One of the most enigmatic disease to have emerged in recent times is a little-known and little-understood condition named Morgellons disease. While humans have been battling strange ailments of all kinds for centuries, Morgellons is a relatively new addition to the pantheon of human afflictions, arriving fully-formed in the 21st century. It was discovered in 2001 by a concerned mother and biologist called Mary Leitao, whose young son developed sores under his lip and started complaining of ‘bugs’. When numerous doctors declared that there was nothing wrong with the child, despite his condition worsening, and instead started questioning Leitao’s mental stability, she took matters into her own hands by christening the disease Morgellons and setting up a Morgellons Research Foundation to aid other sufferers.
Right from the beginning, the disease and its diagnosis were clouded by scepticism, disbelief and accusations of mental imbalance. Unfortunately for Morgellons sufferers all over the world, nothing much has changed in the intervening 17 years. One of the reasons for this is that the symptoms of Morgellons are so bizarre that they seem to defy medical diagnosis. The disease is characterised by ulcerative skin lesions that can form anywhere on the body, and are exceptionally slow to heal. These lesions can cause extreme itching and pain for the patient, often described as bug-like sensations just below the skin, leading them to scratch the open sores and further prevent the healing cycle. The other definitive diagnostic test for Morgellons is the presence of fibers or filaments within the lesions, which are sometimes visible to the naked eye but usually require a dermascope with magnification. The fibers are predominantly coloured white, blue and red.
more at this link with photos:
www.makewell.de/1933-morgellons-disease-why-this-medical-myth-is-all-too-real/
Right from the beginning, the disease and its diagnosis were clouded by scepticism, disbelief and accusations of mental imbalance. Unfortunately for Morgellons sufferers all over the world, nothing much has changed in the intervening 17 years. One of the reasons for this is that the symptoms of Morgellons are so bizarre that they seem to defy medical diagnosis. The disease is characterised by ulcerative skin lesions that can form anywhere on the body, and are exceptionally slow to heal. These lesions can cause extreme itching and pain for the patient, often described as bug-like sensations just below the skin, leading them to scratch the open sores and further prevent the healing cycle. The other definitive diagnostic test for Morgellons is the presence of fibers or filaments within the lesions, which are sometimes visible to the naked eye but usually require a dermascope with magnification. The fibers are predominantly coloured white, blue and red.
more at this link with photos:
www.makewell.de/1933-morgellons-disease-why-this-medical-myth-is-all-too-real/