Fascinating Morgellons images
MD= Morgellons.
Clinical features of Morgellons disease. A, MD patient back showing lesions covering the entire surface, including areas out of patient’s reach. [Bold Schaller insert] B, Back of patient with scratching-induced lesions showing distribution limited to patient’s reach. C, Multicolored fibers embedded in skin callus from MD Patient 2 (100x). B reproduced from Reference 19, used with permission of the publisher.
MD=Morgellons
Evaluation of skin samples from Morgellons disease patients. A, Dieterle silver stain of skin sample from MD Patient 15 showing dark-staining spirochetes (1000x). B, Immunostaining of spirochete with anti-Bb antibody in skin sample from MD Patient 4 (1000x). C, Scanning electron micrograph of skin culture sample from MD Patient 6 showing wavy spirochetes (arrows). D, Hybridization of Bb-specific molecular beacon FlaB with spirochetes in skin sample from MD Patient 3 (400x).
KEY MORGELLONS BASICS
I have been treating it since the late 1990s.
About 1/20 patients have it in my practice.
Outcome has been very good over time.
First: We make you comfortable and more functional with “Band-Aids”Immediately. This may include easing agitation and powerful emotions because you are being treated like garbage, since we are never taught this for more than 45 seconds. And if you are agitated, the doctor feels agitated and uncomfortable. We can handle your feelings.
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Second: Roughly ten things help to create Morgellons, so we try to test for all. If we know anything is positive we start treating that.
We try to use treatments that work together to kill over 1 infection.
Three: We check vast labs if you have insurance over two months with large commercial labs. They are poor at detecting some common Morgellons infections. But good at many other things
Four: We lower each infection very slowly so you do NOT feel worse from blowing up the causative infections. If the lesions suddenly feel alive, you have increased muscle or joint aches, a worse mood, or memory and thinking is worse, you are usually rushing with too high a dose. If you kill too fast the number killed leave debris that can last a day to rarely 4 months needs to be lower.
But we increase often but only if you do not feel worse.
YOU SLOWLY RETURN.
MORGELLONS TAKES OVER TEN YEARS TO BE CREATED BY INFECTIONS
REVERSING THAT WILL NOT BE A FEW WEEKS ON MONTH. LIKE SLOW GROWING TB, TREATMENT IS SLOW, STEADY, WITH COMFORT.
Middelveen MJ, Bandoski C, Burke J, Sapi E, Filush KR, Wang Y, Franco A, Mayne PJ, Stricker RB. Exploring the association between Morgellons disease and Lyme disease: identification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Morgellons disease patients. BMC Dermatol. 2015 Feb 12;15(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12895-015-0023-0. PMID: 25879673; PMCID: PMC4328066.
BMC Dermatol. 2015 Feb 12;15(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s12895-015-0023-0
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