Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2017 11:52:37 GMT -5
The itchy spot of Morgellons is like Scrapie where the sheep scratch to the bone, just as an FYI.
Scrapie and Mad Cow are Connected as is Morgellons
www.dovepress.com/morgellons-disease-a-filamentous-borrelial-dermatitis-peer-reviewed-article-IJGM
Authors Middelveen MJ, Stricker RB
Received 6 July 2016
Accepted for publication 15 September 2016
Published 14 October 2016 Volume 2016:9 Pages 349—354
DOI doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S116608
Checked for plagiarism Yes
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Peer reviewers approved by Dr Lucy Goodman
Peer reviewer comments 4
Editor who approved publication: Dr Scott Fraser
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Video abstract presented by Raphael B Stricker
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Marianne J Middelveen, Raphael B Stricker
International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, Bethesda, MD, USA
Abstract: Morgellons disease (MD) is a dermopathy characterized by multicolored filaments that lie under, are embedded in, or project from skin. Although MD was initially considered to be a delusional disorder, recent studies have demonstrated that the dermopathy is associated with tickborne infection, that the filaments are composed of keratin and collagen, and that they result from proliferation of keratinocytes and fibroblasts in epithelial tissue. Culture, histopathological and molecular evidence of spirochetal infection associated with MD has been presented in several published studies using a variety of techniques. Spirochetes genetically identified as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto predominate as the infective agent in most of the Morgellons skin specimens studied so far. Other species of Borrelia including Borrelia garinii, Borrelia miyamotoi, and Borrelia hermsii have also been detected in skin specimens taken from MD patients. The optimal treatment for MD remains to be determined.
Keywords: Morgellons disease, dermatitis, Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, spirochetes