Has anyone heard or know about a growing health problem called "morgellons disease"?

Question

Has anyone heard or know about a growing health problem called "morgellons disease"?

Answer 1

NO

Morgellons (also called Morgellons disease or Morgellons syndrome) is a name given in 2002 by Mary Leitao[1] to a proposed infectious condition characterized by a range of cutaneous (skin) symptoms including crawling, biting, and stinging sensations; finding fibers on or under the skin; and persistent skin lesions (e.g., rashes or sores). Current scientific consensus holds that Morgellons is not a new disorder and is instead a new and misleading name for known illnesses. Most doctors,[2] including dermatologists[3] and psychiatrists,[4] regard Morgellons as a manifestation of known medical conditions, including delusional parasitosis,[5][6][7] although some health professionals say that an infectious cause could one day be found.[8] Illnesses such as delusional parasitosis can be serious and debilitating, but tested and effective treatments exist.

Despite the lack of evidence that Morgellons is a novel or distinct condition and the absence of any agreed set of diagnostic symptoms,[9] the Morgellons Research Foundation and self-diagnosed Morgellons patients have successfully lobbied members of Congress and the U.S. government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate the proposed condition.[2] The CDC states that while it is not known at present whether the condition represents a new disease entity, or whether persons who identify themselves as having Morgellons have a common cause for their symptoms, share common risk factors, or are contagious, it has begun an epidemiological investigation of the "Unexplained Dermopathy (aka 'Morgellons')."[

Answer 2

Heard of it, but I think it's pretty uncommon. Here's a website I pulled up about it, but there are many more.

http://www.morgellons.org/

Answer 3

It is a condition described by a full time mum who used to be a laboratory research person.  Her ?two year old child had rubbed its chin or elbows on the carpet and the fibres got under her skin.  The fibres were able to be removed from the carpet burns with tweezers by the mother.  

The mother has a mental health condition, however through the wonders of the internet and there being other people with mental health conditions who loll about on couches and carpet allot they have been able to build up interest in the subject much to the dismay of dermatologists and mental health practitioners.