What is the History of Morgellons?
Morgellons, as the name for a collection of symptoms, was first created in 2002 by Mary Leitao, to explain her 3-year old son’s skin problems. Leitao looked at her son’s skin under a microscope and found fibers on it, and decided she had discovered a new disease characterized by fibers emerging from lesions, and started a foundation. Her son’s eczema cleared up naturally. His symptoms did not include those of the more recent claims of Morgellons. The list of symptoms has rapidly expanded as more people registered. Leitao encouraged people to seek out fibers in their lesions. The idea of Morgellons has since spread over the internet. Leitao has been diagnosed several times as having Muchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy.
