Morgellons disease
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The primary scientist involved in the syndrome is Dr. Randy Wymore, an Oklahoma State University assistant [[professor]] of pharmacology and physiology. | The primary scientist involved in the syndrome is Dr. Randy Wymore, an Oklahoma State University assistant [[professor]] of pharmacology and physiology. | ||
| − | The CDC deems the disease an "unexplained skin condition" or "unexplained dermopathy | + | The CDC deems the disease an "unexplained skin condition" or "unexplained dermopathy."<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/unexplaineddermopathy/ Unexplained Dermopathy (aka "Morgellons")]</ref> |
Most doctors believe that Morgellon's disease is not an actual skin disease, but is in fact delusional parasitosis.<ref>[http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=241 An article by our own [[User:PalMD|PalMD]]]</ref> | Most doctors believe that Morgellon's disease is not an actual skin disease, but is in fact delusional parasitosis.<ref>[http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=241 An article by our own [[User:PalMD|PalMD]]]</ref> | ||
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Morgellons disease is a term pulled from a very old medical reference, and used by Mary Leitao, of McMurray, Pennsylvania, to describe her child's rash, which doctors described as common eczema. Advocates of the disease describe it as a series of sores on the skin, out of which grow small colored fibers. The sores are certainly not caused by picking at the skin due to drug addiction and the fibers are certainly not bits of clothing that get stuck to the sores in the course of the day, so don't even think about it.
The primary scientist involved in the syndrome is Dr. Randy Wymore, an Oklahoma State University assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology.
The CDC deems the disease an "unexplained skin condition" or "unexplained dermopathy."[1]
Most doctors believe that Morgellon's disease is not an actual skin disease, but is in fact delusional parasitosis.[2]
External links
- See the Wikipedia article on delusional parasitosis.
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