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Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area!
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Pollyannuh
2/8/2005 11:28 PM
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Mystery Illness Baffles Doctors; Frustrates Patients
Iīve heard about this in the past. Apparently, the lesions start out as bumps that are itchy, little round raised bumps and then thin, tiny fibers start to come out of the bumps!
[link to www.foxreno.com]
Maybe it IS Morgellons!
[link to www.morgellons.org]
Brace yourself, there are some graphic pictures here. |
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Pollyannuh
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
What?
Nobody else is itching after reading this??
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Trac
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Thatīs the body transmogrifying, mutating because of the blast of cosmic rays hitting the planet as the Earth approaches the Galactic Equator. Our DNA is going to start mutating, the body will transmutate into a more crystalline structure rather than the carbon structure we have now. Sounds like theyīve started cocooning. |
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Pollyannuh
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
>>shiver<< |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Probably discoid lupus, very similar, no fibres but bumpy ichy scarring. A little dematology and some topical steroids, no sun and bingo gone |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
prolly just some poofters been doing disgusting things to themselves and each other........
you did say it was San Fran after all |
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General Jack T. Ripper
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
No one is transmogrifying, it is much simpler (and deadlier) than that. It would seem a bioweapon has "misfired" at a MilLab somewhere close to the area, and the local residents are paying the price. |
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Trac
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Yeah, I read the article. Too bad the guy killed himself. I really donīt think his life is in danger. The fact that protein fibers are spinning off the body is a cocoon forming on the outer layer of the skin to protect it during a transitional phase. The carbon based body may actually die according to vital signs but a new life form should emerge out of the cocoon. I am puzzled as I did not know that some humans would actually have to cocoon. Perhaps we all will. Hmmmm. |
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Trac
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
I have to defer to General Jack on this one... |
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Pollyannuh
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
How am I going to get to sleep now? |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
You sure are one dumb fuck Trac |
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hawk - nli
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
please see this thread for more info on morgellons [link to godlikeproductions.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
I am putting anti iching benedryl creme on right now, itchy, scratchy yucky oh, oh oh no 
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Leia
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Just one thing has helped me.
Abreva.
Now . . . Abreva helps viruses. Go figure.
Iīm not advocating people trying anything without doing some looking around . . . but after spending enough money to buy a second house in the Bahamas on "cures" Iīve found that Abreva really helps.
Iīm down to one place near my temple.
And it has been a living hell.
And my heart goes out to fellow-sufferers. |
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hawk - nli
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
[link to kxan.com]
A new, mysterious illness, sounds like it comes straight out of The Twilight Zone. Itīs a rare, skin disorder called Morgellons.
You may be surprised to learn that Texas is second only to California in the number of documented cases of Morgellons.
"Itīs scary. Youīre like are these bugs in my skin?" Morgellons patient Cindy Casey said.
If itīs sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, youīre right.
"Itīs very, very odd whatīs happening to these people. They have little blue fibers, and black specks and white threads coming out of their skins," Morgellons & Lyme Disease Expert Ginger Savely said.
But thatīs literally just the tip of whatīs bugging these people. Under the skin, those fibers are connected to what appears to be a cluster of fibers or in some instances, parasitic looking organisms. Oh, and did we mention they donīt stay still?
"Itīs movement. Itīs actually moving, itīs almost like theyīre intertwined with your muscle tissue," Morgellons patient Eric Roberson said.
Health experts donīt even know what causes the skin condition.
"We donīt know what it is. We donīt have any idea if this is a fungal thing or if itīs a parasite. Nobody knows," Savely said.
Savely says there does seem to be a significant link between Morgellons and chronic lyme disease.
"Itīs weird to be so happy about having a chronic disease, but weīre just happy to have an answer," Casey said.
Cindy Casey is so happy. She travels all the way from San Francisco to Savelyīs South Austin office. Carol Arledge from San Angelo, Eric Roberson is from Austin were told they were crazy and in need of psychiatric help.
"I knew I wasnīt going crazy because obviously you can see it," Arledge said.
Using a $70 microscope, Cindyīs Husband Charles is able to quite literally focus on his wifeīs ailment.
"When you pay close attention and you see things coming of these peopleīs skin, you know that this isnīt delusion, that this is real," Savely said.
Health experts tell KXAN that while Morgellons patients are not cured, their skin conditions almost always improve once they begin receiving treatment for lyme disease.
For more information, check out
www.morgellons.org
The greatest number of reports of this disease have come from California, Texas, and Florida. Several distinct "cluster" areas of this disease have been noted (in order of cluster density) near Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, and Long Island.
Most people with this disease report non-healing skin lesions which are associated with highly unusual structures. These structures, which can be described as fiber-like or filamentous, are the most striking feature of this disease. The filamentous structures, which we will refer to as "fibers", are often misinterpreted by some individuals as worms; however light and scanning electron microscopy has demonstrated that no worms, nematodes, microfilaria, insects, mites, or what might be referred to as "parasites" are directly associated with these fibers.
In addition, many people consistently report finding objects described as "black specks", and "granules" associated with their skin and skin lesions. The granules have also been described as "sand" or "seeds". The fibers are often formed into "balls" or what appear to be bundles of fibers, as they grow within the skin. Many people refer to these bundles as "fiber balls", "fuzz balls", or "lint balls". The fibers are clearly hyphae-like structures, and yet, due their immense size (150+/- microns wide), they do not fall within the description of known hyphae or pseudohyphae. The fibers are most often white, but are also consistently seen as blue, black, and rarely red. The fibers exhibit a high degree of autofluorescence and are not, repeat not, textile derived.
It is clear that various wandering organisms may be found on the skin of individuals with this disease, but are likely incidental findings, as the only consistencies have been the fibers, black specks, and granule-like structures. These are the main focus of our investigation....
hawk |
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john gault also
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
any one send this to the spider bite thread guy |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Hmmm texas and california,im guessing this is a meth related illness |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
It does sound like mis-firing mutations |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Um, I believe it has been named AIDS.
But upi gp girl... |
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i is that which i is
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
 Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin.
And the evolutionists say that homo sapians evolved from the Neandrathal. Maybe it was the other way around and this is the way it begins. Not LOL. Doesnīt seem like any fun at all.
Peace, light, and love.  |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
I have a reoccurring dream/nightmare that I am choking from what seems to be strains of hair in my throat. I pull the strains out but they keep popping up faster than I can remove them.
Hmmm,  |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Maybe someone spliced that "goat-spider" DNA into their new experiment and the experiment got away?
So, now there are people walking around with goat-spider DNA inside them and the bewildered doctors decided to call it something new so that nobody would suspect anything.
Maybe it is some sort of a military DNA experiment of some sort? |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Thatīs the body transmogrifying, mutating because of the blast of cosmic rays hitting the planet as the Earth approaches the Galactic Equator. Our DNA is going to start mutating, the body will transmutate into a more crystalline structure rather than the carbon structure we have now. Sounds like theyīve started cocooning.
Sounds like you are an idiot, crap like that will get you killed, or someone else one day, no Iīm not going to the hospital Im turning crystalline. |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Wait...Iīm sure I was alone in the teleporter... |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
I love your posts, Pollyannuh.
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12/8/2005 10:11 AM | |
Pollyannuh
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Thanks, A.C. 8:58.
More on this in the news today.
[link to www.emediawire.com]
All Press Releases for February 8, 2005
Super Bowl Sunday Made Some Peopleīs Skin Crawl
NUSPA helps people cope while trying to bring attention to their plight of what they describe as tormenting skin sensations and excoriation their physicians otherwise attribute to an "imaginary" illness
(PRWEB) February 8, 2005 -- When new diseases emerge, it is invariably the sufferers who bring first notification of it to the scientific community. Since 1998, the NUSPA (National Unidentified Skin Parasite Association) has helped otherwise desperate sufferers by providing them with an internet discussion board where people meet, share observations, come for support, and work together to get help.
Another link...with video!!
[link to www.wtev.com]
Mystery Disease: Part 3
Last Update: 2/9/2005 9:33:14 AM
Video
A mysterious skin disease is currently spreading across Florida, and doctors are searching for answers on how to stop the epidemic.
The disease, called Morgellons Disease, is a parasite-like infection that literally makes the infected persons skin crawl. The disease has already been found in thousands of patients in Florida, Texas and California.
Mystery Disease: Part 3
One research foundation estimates that there are more than 13-hundred people across the country with Morgellons symptoms.
The true number may be a lot higher.
Mary Leitao is a biologist and the executive director of the Morgellons Foundation. The foundation is studying this mysterious skin disease.
They call it Morgellons -- because it looks and sounds exactly like an infection doctors wrote about in the 1600īs.
However, 400 years later, these stories donīt add up to a diagnosis.
However, researchers may be getting the help they need to find a major breakthrough.
Deborah Altschuler is the president of the National Pediculosis Association in Boston, Massachusetts. The foundation was created to increase awareness about head lice and protect children from pesticides.
Altschuler has been studying a disease that sounds exactly like Morgellons disease.
People were calling us with very similar symptoms from all over the country, says Altschuler.
The NPA teamed up with the Oklahoma State Department of Health to study the creepy crawlers.
They took skin samples from 20 patients who claim they have the bugs, but were diagnosed by their doctors as delusional.
Researchers found collembolan, a microscopic critter, in 18 of the 20 patients.
Collembola feed on algae, bacteria and decaying matter. They thrive in wet or damp surroundings, and can be found under leaky kitchen or bathroom sinks, swimming pools, and the soil of potted plants. |
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zazzman
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
I think its the new Hardees burgers. The big one that was all in the news last month. Now, this has started to show up... |
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Anonymous Coward
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
A friend of mine used to use crystal meth and told me she got black head like bumps all over her body. When she squeezed them a thread of īmetalī would come out.
Seems to me these people may have some type of poison in their system and itīs leaking through their skin?
One wild guess is this is due to pollution or some chemical theyīre puttin in our food and beverages.
They havenīt determined itīs a virus or a fungi. The only thing they do know is the threads coming out of the lesions is protein. |
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Dino1
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Polly:
Good post. very strange. |
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Pollyannuh
12/8/2005 10:11 AM | | Re: Ewwwww!!! Little "strings of protein" erupt from skin. Mystery disease in Bay Area! | Quote |
Thanks, Dino.
Did you see the video? Ewwww, all those little bugs!! Iīd be in the shower, all day long, using a scrubbing brush on myself! Just the thought... |
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