IF YOU have fatigue, skin lesions, aches and pains and a sensation that insects are crawling around under your skin, you most probably have Morgellons disease. Be warned though, that it may actually not exist. Whether or not Morgellons is a real disease, no one knows..
Something like the symptoms described above, supplemented by the appearance of strange fibres or filaments growing on or just beneath the skin, was reported by the 17th-century physician Thomas Browne. There were no other reported cases, and the disease seemed to disappear. Then, in 2002, the mother of a child with a skin ailment championed its comeback. Her child, she insisted, had Morgellons.
Delve into the medical literature, though, and Morgellons disease is frequently described as "unexplained dermopathy" or "delusional parasitosis" - a psychiatric illness that results in people mistakenly believing their skin to be infested with parasites.
In the internet age, such provocative delusions can spread easily, according to a letter published this year in the journal Psychosomatics (vol 50, p 90). Morgellons is an internet meme, say Andrew Lustig and his colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Canada. "With widespread reports dating back only about three years, Morgellons has seen explosive growth for a concept dormant for more than 300 years," they say.
We may soon find out more. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in the middle of a large, systematic study into Morgellons. The study aims to determine whether there is actually a physiological basis to the disease. The CDC is keeping an open mind on Morgellons, says Michele Pearson, who is leading the study. "CDC has approached this as an unexplained condition," she says.
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