Morgellons: Unexplained Dermopathy

June 9, 2009 - (Nashville, TN) -Country Music entertainer Louise Mandrell has joined the Board of Directors of The Morgellons Research Foundation® (MRF).

Louise, who has contributed time and resources to a wide range of charitable causes, has offered to support the MRF by raising awareness of Morgellons disease and its effects on afflicted individuals and their families. After two years of ineffective diagnoses and treatments, Louise's husband, John Haywood, was diagnosed via the proposed defining criteria of Morgellons disease developed by the MRF.

The Semmelweis Reflex is a reflex-like rejection of new knowledge because it contradicts entrenched norms, beliefs, or paradigms.

There are a lot of reasons why skin itches. Search the online Merck Manual, the doctor's bible, for "itch or itching," and more than 500 conditions pop up. According to Wrongdiagnosis.com, a clearinghouse of medical information on the Web culled from existing medical literature, there are 703 conditions that can make the skin itch, including diabetes, anemia and iron deficiency, in addition to common disorders such as allergies, viruses such as chicken pox and insect bites. "Swimmer's itch" is the result of an allergic reaction to the larvae of freshwater snails. New research has found that too much calcium in the blood can make the skin itch and that some dental sealants used for fillings can trigger intense itching. Additionally, the site lists 1,742 medications that can cause itching. Those include legal substances such as aspirin, Advil, penicillin and codeine, as well as illegal ones such as cocaine and heroin. "Coke mites" is what the cocaine-induced itching is commonly called, though there are no actual bugs associated with it. Drug or alcohol withdrawal can also cause intense itching. As can the power of suggestion.

And the skin itself is a virtual hothouse of potential infection. Researchers have found that our skin is host to at least 182 species of bacteria, many previously unknown.

So, would it be outside the realm of possibility that these fibers, rather than being delusions, could be something medicine has not seen before? Western medicine has been guilty of closed-mindedness in the past. There is even a name for it: the Semmelweis Reflex, the immediate dismissal of new scientific information without thought or examination. It was named for a 19th-century Hungarian physician who was roundly vilified by his colleagues when he asserted that the often fatal childbed fever could be wiped out if doctors washed their hands in a chlorine solution. He was right. The same knee-jerk rejection of a new idea was true for the bacteria H. pylori, which doctors, researchers and scientists refused to believe was the source of stomach ulcers until the doctor who'd made the connection swallowed some himself to prove it.

And could some diseases, rather than being all in the head, involve both mind and body? Medical researchers are beginning to study the potential link between schizophrenia, a disease of the mind, and exposure to infection in the womb. At the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., doctors are beginning to discover how imprecise a diagnosis of "delusions of parasitosis" can be. In the past five years, 175 people have been admitted to the clinic with that diagnosis. After thorough evaluations, however, with doctors taking the time to search for underlying problems, only half of those patients left the clinic with that diagnosis intact. Doctors found a very real cause of the itching in the other half. The Mayo Clinic is the only other organization in mainstream medicine, outside of the CDC, to include information about Morgellons in its list of human illnesses.


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I KNOW WHAT CAUSES MORGELLONS - more research is needed on specifics, but here are the basics:

One: We drink water infected with a microscopic aquatic organism, most likely Ascellus aquaticus, a common contaminant in water reservoirs. It begins its life cycle in our body. This organism is bright green in color. It grows to a length of 3 inches or so under the skin. When the skin is heated up to very hot with a blow dryer, the "form" of this organism will show up under the skin. You will see three brown dots in the shape of a triangle, the center of its body will be the lesion (if a lesion is present, not all have lesions present at a given time), and then barely visible will be the outline of what looks like a fanned out tail.

Reference Katinka's picture of "hair with black fungus" - this is the aquatic organism covered with the fungus arthrobotrys. Note the eye bulges and arms. This organism is green when not covered by the fungus. There is a link to a woman who took a picture of one after she plucked it out of her bathtub. I'm trying to find that link again. It was on a Morgellons site. She was taking a bath in something that drew it out - she said it wiggled in the water, she took it out, it lived for a short time, then died. Then she took the picture. I need to find that site again. Someone here posted it.

Two: This aquatic organism is infected with a parasitic predatory fungi, Arthrobotrys. This predatory fungi puts out adhesive traps (the lesions of Morgellons) in an attempt to capture nematodes. These sticky traps contain an attractant that lures nematodes to the lesions. The fungus attracts the nematodes to capture and eat them. It is indiscriminate, however, in its choice of prey, and will also attract other insects, like moths, flies, lice, scabies, etc. That is why people pull these insects out of their skin. They have been lured, captured and eaten by the parasitic fungi. Yes, there are many different "bugs" involved in the skin of Morgellons' patients, all lured there by the attractant put out by our predatory fungus.

Three: Parasitic nematodes, heterohabdus bacteriophora, are abundant in our environment, having been introduced by the millions to kill undesirable insects and grubs in crops and on lawns. These look like fibers, but they are really nematodes. (there is a reason they are composed of polymers, more on that later). These nematodes are lured into the sticky traps (lesions) where one can occasionally find them inserted into the hair follicle. Yes, they move and undulate. They themselves are hunters but they have become the hunted.

Heterohabdus has a symbiotic relationship with a bacteria called photorhabdus luminescens. This bacteria helps them digest their prey. Remember, they are normally the hunters, but in this case, they have become the victims. This bacteria is cherry red and glows in the dark. Hence the lesions are cherry red in color (the red gel) and they glow under UV. That red color is the bacteria, not blood. The top of the lesions are often cherry red in color, that is if they are not black, from the fungus. Working down from the lesion, there will be the cherry red (photorhabdus), the black (arthrobotrys) and the green (ascellus) then another layer of black (more fungus, on the "back" side, if you will, of ascellus). Under that you may see tracks and you may pull worms out. These are the nematodes that have escaped being eaten and have taken up residence on our skin. Sometimes they become ONE WITH THE FUNGUS. Again, reference Katinka's picture on this site - the second set of pictures. (if I knew how to incorporate the pictures here I would , but alas, I don't)

Four: Both predatory species (heterohabdus and arthrobotrys) have been propagated on artificial diets of polymers mixed with animal fat. These polymers reduce the cost of production and also increase the shelf life. These fibers are everywhere in our environment, continually introduced into crops and lawns as as "environmentally safe" alternative to parasites. They are not known to attack humans, and they are not attacking us. They are driven by the intense chemical lure of this predatory fungus, to penetrate our skin, especially at the site of the lesions.

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There is an illness sweeping this nation, and others. It is an odd and strange experience that will make you question reality and your own sanity. The symptoms associated with this illness are unlike any normal ailments you've been prepared for or warned of. You will know if it happens to you, immediately. We have grown within the capsule of our own human body since birth. A lot like your personal automobile, when a strange sound or feeling occurs, you know something is wrong, different, broken or malfunctioning. Similarly, the change in your body and the feeling of this 'unknown' running through your  system is unmistakable (your check engine light will alert you!).  

When the symptoms of Morgellons are brought to the attention of a medical professional they seem to want us to believe that it simply 'does not exist'.  This could be due to the fact that they don't know what it is either. It doesn't help that it defies all logic and is unlike anything we have ever see before and it's symptoms are so strange that it becomes terrifying and unimaginable. It is actually optically observable with a hand-held microscope ($10. at Radio Shack), a simple magnifying glass or sometimes.. the naked eye.

When doctors do not know what the problem is or how to help us, they seem to follow the same protocol, "ignore it or say it's all in their head". One would think that a professional who is dedicated to saving humans from illness might show a little interest or a bit of curiosity. That is rarely the case here. It might show us that they do not have all the answers, there just isn't a book definition for "I don't know" in the medical world. If there is no diagnosis, there's no paycheck. Also, for those who do get involved professionally, it can be a career suicide. A definate alteration in reputation can be expected.

Currently this subject remains a great controversy, eventhough it has broadcast on most major news shows. The subject has also published in most major newspapers and made it's way into specialized publications around the world. Finally, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) has initiated an investigation and has begun the recognition of the formerly ignored medical mystery. One that may lead to the admittance of the realization that it could already be an epidemic. 

MeSH Heading..........Morgellons Disease
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Concept UI................M0518290
Semantic Type..........T047 (Disease or Syndrome)
Term (Preferred) ........Morgellons Disease
Term UI.....................T714257
Date.........................11-FEB-2008
Lexical Tag............... NON
Thesaurus.................NLM (2009)
Term ........................Morgellons Syndrome
Term UI....................T714258
Date .......................11-FEB-2008
Allowable Qualifiers...BL CF CI CL CN CO DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RA RH RI RT SU TH TM UR US VE VI
Previous Indexing......Skin Diseases, Parasitic (2006-2008)
History Note.............2009
Date of Entry............20080708
Unique ID ................D055535
Lexical Tag ............. NON
Thesaurus................NLM (2009)
Scope Note..............An unexplained illness which is characterized by skin manifestations including non-healing lesions, itching, and the appearance of fibers. There appears to be a strong association with LYME DISEASE.

Joni Mitchell Hopes To Spread 'Fiddle'

February 20, 2009 03:30 PM ET
Gary Graff, Detroit

With "The Fiddle and the Drum," her collaboration with the Alberta Ballet, recently documented on DVD, Joni Mitchell is looking forward to spreading the piece worldwide.

"The whole thing in a certain way is out of my hands," Mitchell tells Billboard.com. "It's going to be featured at the (2010) Winter Olympics in Vancouver. We've had a request from Alabama, of all places, to play. It depends on money and a lot of things.

"My art dealer spoke to someone who runs a concert hall in New York, and they said they would take it there if I appeared. I don't know how much of that there would be, but I love going with the company. They're my kids at this point. It's just been such a delight working with these people."

Choreographed by Jean Grande-Maitre with Mitchell's full participation, "The Fiddle and the Drum" blends together her music (including several songs from her latest album, 2007's "Shine"), dance and war-themed images from her latest visual art project, "Green Flag Song." It was first conceived as an autobiographical piece -- deemed "a little fluffy for the times" by Mitchell -- then a sort-form ballet before growing to a 48-minute production captured on the new DVD.

Most recently Mitchell and Grande-Maitre have expanded "The Fiddle and the Drum" yet again with four more songs, including her iconic "Woodstock." The full-length piece has already played in Saskatoon, rolls into Edmonton on Saturday [Feb. 21] and returns to Calgary on Feb. 26, which will be filmed for a hoped-for future DVD release.

"The Fiddle and the Drum" remains the primary focus for Mitchell, who's also in the midst of treatments for Morgellons syndrome, an infectious and potentially debilitating skin condition that's put other endeavors on hold for now. "I think it's quite an interesting entertainment," she says of the ballet. "It acts like a play even though it's modular and non-linear, and people respond to it that way in the theater. It's such a joy for me. It's thrilling."
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In an intermission during the conference, Casey rolled back her sleeve and lifted her pant leg to reveal arms and legs covered with numerous lesions and discolored whiter skin where she said previous lesions had healed. "They start out as little pimple marks and then they become open wounds, so I have them in all different stages," she said.

Other patients came up, lifting their skirts and pant legs to reveal the same lesions dotting their skin. Some had lesions under white cotton gloves or hidden under handkerchiefs tied over their head.

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"Follow-Ups from October 30 Meeting
Advisory Committee to the Director Meeting-A meeting summary will be available soon. In response to public comments regarding Morgellons disease, CDC is sending a letter to all state medical associations that offers an overview of CDC's activities and resources related to this condition. The next Advisory Committee to the Director meeting is on April 30, 2009."

A COPY OF THE LETTER IS AS FOLLOWS;
the poor quality is directly from the M.R.F.

Link To Letter

New to 2009

Canada's link here

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This mysterious illness, which has cropped up again recently, displays almost sci-fi symptoms. Sufferers complain of intensely creepy-crawly skin and odd fibrous strands which protrude from open wounds. Some in the medical community blame the "disease" on psychotic delusion, but others say the symptoms are very real. Link To Article

The following 40 members of Congress who have written to or contacted the CDC and asked that they expedite their investigation of Morgellons disease.

1. U.S Representative Mike Rogers, 3rd District AL, 4 letters and one personal visit to CDC
2. U.S. Senator from IA, Tom Harkin, numerous verbal staff communications with CDC
3. U.S. Senator from CA Barbara Boxer, 7 letters
4. U.S. Senator from FL Bill Nelson, 6 letters
5. U.S. Senator from AZ John McCain, 3 letters
6 U.S. Senator from CT Joseph Lieberman, 2 letters
7. U.S. Senator from WA Maria Cantwell, 2 letters
8. U.S. Senator from UT Robert Bennett, 2 letters
9. U.S. Senator from IL Barack Obama, 2 letters
10. U.S. Senator from GA Saxby Chamblis
11. U.S. Senator from VA George Allen
12. U.S. Senator from OR Ron Wyden
13. U.S. Senator from NC Richard Burr
14. U.S. Senator from AZ Jon Kyl
15. U.S. Representative Martin Sabo, 5th District MN, 2 letters
16 U.S. Representative Ron Paul, 14th District TX
17. U.S. Representative Gary Miller, 42nd District CA
18. U.S. Senator from AL Richard Shelby, 2 letters
19. U.S. Senator from FL Mel Martinez
20. U.S. Senator from CA Dianne Feinstein
21. U.S. Senator from TX Kay Bailey Hutchison
22. U.S. Senator from TX John Cornyn
23. U.S. Senator from GA Johnny Isakson
24. U.S. Senator from PA Rick Santorum
25. U.S. Senator from NY Hillary Rodham Clinton
26. U.S. Senator from NY Charles Schumer
27. U.S. Senator from NJ Frank Lautenberg
28. U.S. Senator from CT Christopher Dodd
29. U.S. Senator from SC Jim DeMint
30. U.S. Representative John Mica, 7th District FL
31. U.S. Senator from IL Richard Durbin
32. U.S. Senator from FL Robert Graham
33. U.S. Representative Henry Brown,1st District SC
34. U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio, 4th District OR
35. U.S. Senator from HI Daniel Inouye
36. U.S. Senator from HI Daniel Akaka
37. U.S. Representative Jane Harmon, 36th District CA
38. U.S. Senator from UT Orrin G. Hatch
39. U.S. Senator from MD Barbara Mikulski
40. U.S. Senator from OH George Voinovich

There is no clear and simple diagnostic test yet to confirm or rule out
Morgellons. Still, 100% of the patients, that were felt to genuinely have
Morgellons Disease, have large microscopic-to small macroscopic fibers
visible under their outer layer of skin. These fibers are not associated with
scabs or open lesions, nor are they under scarred tissue. The idea that
Morgellons fibers are mere fuzz and lint, simply sticking to the lesions and
scabs, is not possible based on the observations that were just described.
These fibers are under "normal-appearing" areas of skin. In contrast, such
fibers have never been observed in even one person who does not claim to
have Morgellons. Clearly, there is something different in the skin of
purported Morgellons sufferers compared to the non-Morgellons population.
The writing of manuscripts, for OSU-CHS Center for the Investigation of
Morgellons Disease submission to scientific and medical journals, detailing
our observations is a work in progress. Preliminary observations were
presented at the annual Molecular Medicine TriConference during late
January/ early February in San Francisco, with a title of: "Physical Evidence
in Morgellons Disease".

"Nanotech disease," or "Morgellons disease," is one of the hazards of nanotechnology. Over 12,000 people in the U.S.A. have the "nanotech disease," where nanomaterials grow throughout the body, causing great sickness and pain. It is unknown how the nanomaterials enter the body: possibly through "chemtrails" sprayed in the air, or possibly through food or packaging, or some other way. Scientists are trying to find the laboratory origins of the nanomaterials. Visit the website below to see images of the nanomaterials, and images of the "nanotech disease."

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://kickthemallout.com/im...

Yes, the situation with nanotech is like that of genetically modified organisms: the public is afraid (they should be), and they don't want it. Here in the U.S.A. there are over 800 consumer products, of every type, including foods and beverages, containing nanotech. Most of these products do not have labels indicating they contain nanotech materials. Consumers have no choice whether they are exposed to nanotech.

Also, it appears that our government is using airplanes to spray nanotech materials, for reasons we can only surmise. People are dying, children are suffering medical emergencies. Nanotech fibers are growing throughout peoples' bodies, (including children and infants!) even their brains and central nervous systems. Various nanotech machines, nanotech hydrogels, nanotech biosynthetic organisms, are growing themselves, and self-replicating, in peoples' bodies, and emerging through their skin, their orifices, even their eyes. WTF!

Link To Public Health Alert News

Morgellons illness is not a medical illness, but simply a specific delusion. Simply, this is not credible because 20,000 things can go wrong with the human body. Why then are the 20,000 possible "delusions" all the same in general content?

We do not believe in "diabetes delusions," because we often do extra basic lab testing to catch early diabetes and because we see a cluster of people with the same problems. Just because this Morgellons cluster tends to be restless does not mean they are psychotic-most heart attack patients are restless and are often given an anti-anxiety medication to decrease their fear, which also decreases the oxygen demand on the heart.

Again, if you only do organ failure blood testing you will not find Morgellons abnormalities. Of course, you could also miss cancer, very early diabetes and a heart attack because these do not usually show up on basic simple lab tests. Finally, I have found rare Morgellons advocates who report they know the SINGLE cause of the disorder. Yet I find 15-20 common abnormal findings and Morgellons is not reducible to one thing. Indeed, I usually find about 4-8 causes of their Morgellons, which combine to cause the symptom cluster of Morgellons.

I have a large number of dermatology books, and some show self inflicted skin damage. These images never look like Morgellons' skin damage to me, unless one only looks at very select areas of itching.

Morgellons lesions are complex, diffuse, deep and have many types of skin presentations all at the same time. If there is any "delusion" to be found in Morgellons, it is that it looks like the skin organ itself has become delusional and shows a vast array of pathology all at the same time.

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We have no doubt this disease is infectious at close contact. Unfortunately, we don't know for sure what the infectious nature of this disease is. Research has proven the blood of Morgellons victims is different. What is/are the actual vector/s of transmission? .......

Is it the unseen 'nano' stage...which could be spread through a cough or a sneeze and then inhaled? (Fibers have been found in all body fluids and orifices) Or touched and then introduced through food or by putting fingers in mouth, eyes, nose, etc? Or, is the 'slobber ball' friends and family held in their hands playing with our infected pets? Or, is it the loving kisses we give each other on greeting? A simple hug and a peck could easily transmit this monster. The only thing we are sure about is that Morgellons turns your life upside down, and your fear of infecting one more victim sits in the back your mind every hour of every day...................

'They' have created the perfect weapon...one that defies all typical medical lab tests. We believe that its baseline size (NANO) invades our cells, and the immune system, and the brain - causing mental and personality changes and pure hell. It then dominates the entire body and finally can make one so chronically ill you cannot continue to support yourself. We are in deep, deep trouble with this one. Many have died. Entire families have become infected, apparently quickly and easily spreading it to one another. And yet, in other cases, some seem to be immune, or at least show no overt signs of having it. ...........

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Thousands of US Families Suffering, Tens of Thousands Worldwide

On December 5th, 2006, Dr. Edward L. Spencer MD spoke to the Berkeley California Mayor and City Council Members on behalf of the Community Environmental Advisory Commission (CEAC).

HERE IS A TRANSCRIPT OF DR. SPENCER'S COMMENTS:

Honorable Mayor and Berkeley City Council Members:

My name is Edward Spencer MD. I have practiced Neurology in Northern California for more than thirty years. I am speaking tonight on the issue of health and nanotechnology.

A very strange disorder named Morgellons disease is among us, and the world wide number of cases is approaching 20 thousand with major clusters in the Bay Area and Southern California.

There now exists strong data indicating that this disorder is associated with nanotechnology, specifically nano machines in the form of nanofibers. The National Science Foundation (NSF) defines nanofibers as having at least one dimension of 100 nanometer (nm) or less.

So-called Morgellons disorder presents as brain fog, fatigue and other neurological symptoms. It is associated with the presence of tiny fibers protruding from the skin, intense itching, the possible appearance of ulcerative lesions ringed by a raised crater rim, and other strange lesions. The fibers have been widely observed to move.

There is no satisfactory treatment, physicians and dermatologists are unfamiliar with this chronic disabling disorder and tend to ignore it. Patients become labeled as having Delusions of Parasitosis, and this psychiatric diagnosis is stuck to the patients by dermatologists who have not examined the skin under magnification, and who have not completed the extensive evaluation necessary to exclude all parasitic skin disorders before making a psychiatric diagnosis.



Pictures of the fibers are provided in the packet and I will direct your attention to the blue fiber with the gold tip. This was removed from a patient. This fiber did not burn until it has been heated to 1700 degrees F. Compare that with hair, which is easily burned producing a characteristic odor and has a cellular structure. The fibers are shed regularly and some grow to long lengths indicating fiber production in the human body. Dr. Janovy has stated of this blue fiber, 'it has no eukaryotic cells, it has no cell membrane, it is not a parasite, it is not biological, it is a machine.' Web article: Gold Nano Anchors Put Nanowires in Their Place is appended. Also included are microphotographs by Dr. Hildegarde Staninger of a blue Morgellons fiber removed from a patient. Note the similarity of structure.

There is evidence that Morgellons disorder(s) is carried by insect vectors, as some type of bug bite frequently precedes the onset of the disorder(s). The agent(s) producing Morgellons are in the sewer systems.

Also included are photomicrographs of very strange skin lesions. Morgellons appears almost biblical in its characteristics%u2026. like something described in Exodus. Dr Randy Wymore of the University of Oklahoma sent fibers to the FBI. No matching fibers were found in the FBI forensic database. A contact in Naval Intelligence has recommended looking into Smart Dust. (Specks in field arrays).

The National Register of Environmental Professionals has assigned a task force to look into environmental causes behind Morgellons Disorder. I ask the Berkeley City Council to request that the University of California devote its considerable intellectual and technical resources to studying these nanofibers and this disease.

Under the wise guidance of Wall Street and insurance companies, American Medicine has fallen into an amazing state of degeneracy. Medical care is unavailable for many, access is limited for most, and research money is frequently unavailable except from major drug companies. Using technical terms, American Medicine is in the toilet. The response of the CDC has been lethargic to the point of being alarming.

A simple electronic microscope such as you see here allows inspection of the skin at 50x to 400x and allows the clinician to document the existence of fibers. Eyeballs at two feet won't do it, and simple equipment like this should be available in the UC Clinics. And, of course, we need methods of treatment.

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Morgellons Disease
New Lab Findings Point To Silicone/Silica
and High Density Polyethlyene Fibers,
Are These Now Being Sprayed On Meats and Vegetables?

It appears, new lab findings using tissue and bone specimens have solved some of the mysteries of Morgellons Disease.

Eighteen specimens, taken from a 57-year-old woman reveal bone, synovium and joint tissue having extensive degenerative fragmentation, roughening and bony formation and underlying extensive degeneration of the bone. Chronic inflammation with fibrosis, calcification of the bone and surrounding soft tissue of the joint shows presence of crystalloid fragments consistent with silicone and silica. Further, a private study to determine the chemical and biological composition of fiber specimens taken from a second woman in Florida has shown that the fiber's outer casing is made up of high density polyethylene (HDPE). The fiber material is used commonly in the manufacture of fiber optics. Click here for New Lab Findings


Texas: Health Authorities Baffled By Mysterious Condition -
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb-20061005-wfaajc-morgellons.b6607d0.html

Morgellons: Is skin rash real or imagined?-
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20060820/localnews/118795.shtml

Latest food additive: Viruses: Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer28aug28,0,3552892.story?coll=la-home-health

New York Times:
Nanotechnology Viruses Creating Other Diseases?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/technology/10nano.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

ON Fox New Channel 10-10-06
Texas: Health Authorities Baffled By Mysterious Condition
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb-20061005-wfaajc-morgellons.b6607d0.html

HUGE PAPER FROM THE FRANCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
GM Viruses as Biopesticides Being Sprayed on Food in U.S.
http://www.indsp.org/statement.php

Virus Replication http://www-micro.msb.le.ac.uk/3035/3035Replication.html

FDA Approves Spraying Of Viruses On Our Food Supply
http://www.rense.com/general73/virus.htm

Part of the problem seems to be that like the AIDS virus, Morgellons has no cell membrane surrounding it, so standard methods of interfering with viral reproduction by attacking its ability form an enclosing cell membrane don't work. The lack of a cell membrane also make it much harder to see, even under the most powerful microscopes, so proper diagnosis is pretty much impossible for the average dermatologist who has little choice but to call it delusional in nature. Finally, my understanding is that diagnosis as anythying BUT delusional paracitosis without access to electron microscopic evidence, and then treating it as anything else opens the medical professional to all sorts of problems including malpractice, negative peer review including the loss of medical license, and severe governmental backlash which should NOT be the case if the government would allow open investication and really can't be proven to have engineered this and similar illnesses with the help of Merc since the mid 1940's in its biological weapons creation research programs.

Posted by David Curtis on July 05, 2008 at 02:06 PM PDT #

Morgellons (also called Morgellons disease or Morgellons syndrome) is a name given in 2002 by Mary Leitao[1] to a proposed infectious condition characterized by a range of cutaneous (skin) symptoms including crawling, biting, and stinging sensations; finding fibers on or under the skin; and persistent skin lesions (e.g., rashes or sores). Current scientific consensus holds that Morgellons is not a new disorder and is instead a new and misleading name for known illnesses. Most doctors, including dermatologists and psychiatrists, regard Morgellons as a manifestation of known medical conditions, including delusional parasitosis, although some health professionals acknowledge that an infectious cause could one day be found. Illnesses such as delusional parasitosis can be serious and debilitating, but tested and effective treatments exist.

Despite the lack of evidence that Morgellons is a novel or distinct condition and the absence of any agreed set of diagnostic symptoms, the Morgellons Research Foundation and self-diagnosed Morgellons patients have successfully lobbied members of Congress and the U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate the proposed condition. The CDC states that while it is not known at present whether the condition represents a new disease entity, or whether persons who identify themselves as having Morgellons have a common cause for their symptoms, share common risk factors, or are contagious, it has begun an epidemiological investigation of the "Unexplained Dermopathy (aka 'Morgellons')."

**Some examples of this technology**
that applied to a private research study addressed the composition of the fibers used current terminology to address the researcher's findings.

**Carbon nanotube injectors~ ­ a nano carbon nanotube, conjugated with streptavidin-coated quantum dots. Developed by Xing Chen, Andrax Kis, Alex Zetti, and Carolyn Bertozzi fromt eh University of California at Berklely. Unique feature is its ability to deliver genes.

**Nano motor~ Carlo Montemagno of Cornell University made a molecular motor less than one-fifth the size of a red blood cell. The key components are protein from E. coli attached to a nickel spindle and propeller a few nanometers across, which is powered by ATP, the energy-intermediate that the body itself uses to power all living activities. But this molecular motor works with the efficiency of only 1 to 4 percent, comparing poorly with those in living organisms that could work at close to 100 percent efficiency.

**Nanobombs~ Researchers in Michigan have designed smart "nanobombs" that are said to evade the immune system, to hone in on diseased cells to kill them or deliver drugs to them.

**Nanoelectrosensor ~ Electronic devices that can tell cells to make specific hormones when the body needs them, and electricity generators that self-assembling inside the cell.

**Nano-pharmaceuticals~ ­ Another idea is to interact directly with cells, so they can be harnessed as pharmaceutical factories to produce drugs on demand. Milan Mrksich, chemist at the University of Chicago, plans to hook up cells to electronic circuits by tethering them to a carpet of molecular arms. Carbon chains between 10 to 20 atoms long attached to a gold-plated glass plate with sulphur atoms. The strands are packed so tightly that they have to stand upright on the surface. That creates a thicket of free sticky molecular ends to capture and manipulate cells.

Quantum dots, nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes (in microelectronics) and other throw-away nanodevices may constitute whole new classes of non-biodegradable nano-junk and nanosmog, environmental pollutants that could make cancer-causing asbestos seem tame.

The prospect of adverse immune reactions has already been pointed out. Scientists have yet to develop artificial materials that don't cause at least some problems when inserted into the body, starting with silicone breast implants. Nanoscale devices are worse. As David Williams an advisor to the European Union on problems of public perceptions of medical technologies says, "The human body is best designed to repel or attack things the size of a cell." Worse yet, the devices could clog up our immune system for good.

And if so small as to not stimulate the immune system at all, "What will be the effects upon the cellular membranes, organelles or the nuclear material (DNA) or its membrane. If the nano material is made up of DNA plasmids of fungi, bacteria or viruses will this new material mix and bind to our own internal cell constituents?

******Current studies on the use of nano tubes on rat lungs have shown that the rats become ill or died after the procedure.**************

I have searched and read and read and searched for 4 years now, thousands of hours. Til I almost drove myself nutz, haha. No? ok.
Well, in the beginning I noticed a lot of different groups had similar symptoms which seem to always ask the same question, "What is it?" The problem was that the different hypothesis' created to slip through the guess-nostics by each group did not seem to want to relate to each other, though it was apparent the underlying issue was all the same. Once I was asked, "If queen for a day, what would be my wish?" Reply, "That everyone trying to solve this problem were all in the same room." The time and energy (not to mention funds) used toward the research could be directed more specifically if properly organized. Some theories presented as 'current' by one group was the same information released by another group, A YEAR AGO !

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May 19, 2008

Dr. Doug Buckner & the Morgellons Research Foundation are pleased to announce their participation in today's NIH Undiagnosed Diseases teleconference during which Dr Buckner advocated for continued research into the cause of Morgellons Disease. Participants of this teleconference were aware of Morgellons disease and voiced support for further research into the condition.

The purpose of the teleconference was for NIH to share information about their Undiagnosed Diseases Program, a pilot program aimed at answering questions about medical conditions which have eluded diagnosis. Please note that patients with this, and any other, undiagnosed disease can be considered for this special program by first being referred to NIH by their physician or health-care provider. Although only 50-100 patients will be accepted into this program annually, we feel that it is a wonderful opportunity for all undiagnosed patients. Please see links below for additional details on this program including strict eligibility requirements.

If you are referred to this program, and would like to share any information with us, we would be very happy to hear from you.
Best wishes,
Morgellons Research Foundation

Frequently asked Questions: Undiagnosed Diseases Program:

Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Some patients wait years for a definitive diagnosis. Using a unique combination of scientific and medical expertise and resources at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Undiagnosed Diseases Program pursues two goals:

To provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis
To advance medical knowledge about rare and common diseases

The program is trans-NIH in scope. It is organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) and the NIH Clinical Center. Many medical specialties will contribute expertise needed to conduct the program, including endocrinology, immunology, oncology, dermatology, dentistry, cardiology, and genetics, which are represented among the dozens of participating senior attending physicians who may participate in the program's clinical research.
Any longstanding medical condition that eludes diagnosis by a referring physician can be considered undiagnosed and may be of interest to this clinical research program. Of the total number of cases that may be referred to this program, a very limited number will be invited to proceed in the study at the discretion of the program's medical team.

If you are interested in participating in this clinical research program, discuss the option with your primary physician or health-care provider (nurse practitioner or physician's assistant). Information specialists at the Clinical Center's Patient Recruitment Call Center (1-866-444-8806) can provide more information about eligibility and what kinds of medical information referring physicians must submit for review by the program's medical team. You or your health-care provider can call.
Patients must be referred by a physician or health-care provider. Information your physician must provide directly to NIH includes:
A summary letter describing your condition, when it was first noted and your current health status
A list of treatments and medications that have already been tried and their effects
Copies of reports and results of pertinent diagnostic tests, along with X-rays, MRI results, and other imaging records/studies. Copies of the actual imaging studies are preferred.

Information for Patients

Information for Health Care Providers

NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program

NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) - Undiagnosed Diseases Program

For more information call: 1-866-444-8806
Referrals to the program for potential acceptance must be made by primary care providers.

Morgellons Research Foundation Website

Forensic scientist Ron Pogue at the Tulsa Police Crime Lab in Oklahoma checked a Morgellons sample against known fibers in the FBI's national database. "No, no match at all. So this is some strange stuff," Pogue says. He thinks the skeptics are wrong. "This isn't lint. This is not a commercial fiber. It's not."

The lab's director, Mark Boese, says the fibers are "consistent with something that the body may be producing." He adds, "These fibers cannot be manmade and do not come from a plant. This could be a byproduct of a biological organism."

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