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The name “Morgellons” is derived from a disease recognized in the seventeenth century in French children by Sir Thomas Browne. These children were noted to have “coarse hairs” protruding from their backs. The distinguishing feature of MD is the appearance of skin lesions with filaments that lie under, are embedded in, or project from skin.
Filaments can be white, black, or brightly colored.Furthermore, MD patients exhibit a variety of manifestations that resemble symptoms of Lyme disease (LD), such as fatigue, joint pain, and neuropathy.
A study found that 98% of MD subjects had positive LD serology and/or a tickborne disease diagnosis, confirming the clinical association between MD and spirochetal infection. Conversely, 6% of LD patients in an Australian study were found to have MD.
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Morgellon’s disease is interesting, especially because of its fluctuating acceptance / lack of acceptance by the medical community.
When it was first named in the modern era (early 2000s) it got a lot of attention in the media and initially it was seem as a legitimate condition. Then it was dismissed (to the point of ridicule) by almost of all the wider medical community and seen as made-up (delusional parasitosis). Now it seems like more professionals are willing to accept it as a real condition, although the majority of medical professionals still don’t believe it’s real.
