How Do You Diagnose Morgellons Disease?
Although Morgellons disease has received increasing attention in the media, doctors first described Morgellons disease over 300 years ago. Patients have reported Morgellons disease across the world, although the number of reported cases is higher in Florida, Texas and California. Pay attention to symptoms involving the skin. Morgellons patients have sores that don’t heal and a feeling that insects are crawling under their skin or biting them. Fatigue, joint swelling and memory loss accompany these symptoms. Look for fibers protruding from the skin. Morgellons patients describe fibers protruding from lesions in red, white, black or blue colors. Fibers vary in thickness from as thin as a hair to as thick as a strand of spaghetti. Eliminate the possibility of delusional parasitosis. Skeptics in the medical community attribute the symptoms of Morgellons disease to this psychiatric disorder, since Morgellons isn’t recognized in medical literature. See a psychiatrist to rule out any underlyi
