Morgellons Disease

Morgellons disease is an interesting disease that is very rare and often hard to diagnose correctly. This particular disease is very hard to clarify. The symptoms can be different from varying patients. However, general symptoms include crawling senses under the skin, itching, black dots in the skin, thread-like fibers coming from the skin or underneath the skin, joint pain, trouble sleeping, panic attacks, memory loss and skin rashes. Not all patients have these symptoms but the two that almost every patient has been the crawling senses and the fibers. Although the CDC have taken Morgellons disease from their webpage, they did do a study before concluding that it is a psychiatric condition. This was a small study because Morgellons disease is so rare. The CDC said that people affected did not have any parasites and the samples of skin sometimes showed normal like any other skin sample. Nevertheless, the ones with the fibers did show that it was mainly composed of cotton that could have been from anywhere. The CDC did say that these people are grieving but it is not a medical disease. …show more content…
From a study conducted in London, over five years only 18 people were found who had Morgellons disease (Mayo Clinic, 2015). There are differing opinions in the medical field for this disease. Most medical professionals are keeping their thoughts to themselves until there is more information about Morgellons. Though, those who have emerged with their opinions declare that there isn’t much evidence about the disease and we need to continue scientific research. Alternatively, others say that it is connected to a mental illness and should be treated as such (The CEHF,