Today’s Facts About ‘Morgellons’

by associatedpress on January 26, 2012

  • Morgellons disease probably a delusion, feds say – Morgellons disease – a creepy illness that leaves patients with painful lesions, gives them a feeling that bugs are crawling all over their body, and has them seeing colorful, threadlike fibers poking through their skin… (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Federal study: Morgellons is not a physical disease – Mysterious, multi-symptom skin ailment now dismissed in two studies as existing only in patients' minds (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Mysterious Skin Condition 'Morgellons' Not Contagious, Study Says – The cause of a mysterious condition that haunts its sufferers with sensations of crawling bugs and fibrous material embedded in the skin may be one step closer to being found, a new study suggests. (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Morgellons Disease: CDC Says Weird Skin Disease is Probably Mental Delusion – Morgellons disease is a very strange condition characterized by brightly colored "fibers" that seem to appear out of nowhere underneath affected individuals' skin, as well as pain and lesions. Morgellons patients typically become very agitated by their condition and many have clamored for a rigorous scientific study that would take their condition seriously and stop tossing it out as merely a … (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Mystery disease Morgellons: No clear cause – A strange disease in which sufferers say they find fibers, fuzz and other debris sprouting from sores on their skin is not contagious and has no clear cause, the largest-ever study of the condition called Morgellons has found. (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Study of freakish illness, Morgellons, finds no cause – ATLANTA — Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Study finds no evidence mystery condition Morgellons has physiological cause – TORONTO – Extensive study of people who believe they have a mysterious condition that has been dubbed Morgellons syndrome suggests that whatever is ailing these people probably isn't physiological. (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Mystery Skin Disease Under Microscope – A new study sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling sensations in the skin. (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • CDC finds no cause for strange Morgellons skin condition – Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, U.S. government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had such symptoms. (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

  • Bizarre skin disease Morgellons not infectious, CDC says – CHICAGO (Reuters) – After an exhaustive search, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found no sign of an infectious agent, parasite or environmental exposure that could explain the mysterious skin condition known as Morgellons disease. People with the condition complain of crawling, itching and stinging sensations and they often see tiny fibers or filaments that … (Read more breaking news about ‘Morgellons’ here)

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