X-Files Disease is REAL?

[Tom]

To clarify LSPE's post:

My mom (a former medical research scientist, recently retired) did a quick search for Morgelleon's disease. She found that it has not been mentioned in any scientific journals (there's a searchable online database for medical reasearch) and is not mentioned anywhere in the Library of Congress. But she does point out that this isn't necesarily definitive - as she said, at one point, there was no mention of AIDS anywhere in the medical research, which didn't mean that it didn't exist.

She went to the Morgellon's Foundation website and found the description of the disease as something that could happen - basically a hyperallergic reaction to parasites.

So nothing absolutely definitive from this end, but some more info for ya all to chew on. Enjoy.

[innerSpaceman]

Mmmm, chew on.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Thank you, Gregory.

Now, on to necrotizing fasciitis, my favorite real X-Files disease!

A form of that is what nearly killed my father.

---after a little more research---

...hmm, perhaps not. He had a cellulitis, which is one of the early symptoms of necrotizing fasciitis, but n.f. progresses much faster. It was simply my dad's decission to wait 3 days before seeing a doctor about a painful rash that threatened his life.

[Disneyphile]

This disease sounds like a bunch of dilusional and paranoid people with zits.

[Gn2Dlnd]

No, that's us.

[Prudence]

The CDC is going to investigate Morgellons.

"Not a day passes when I don't talk to somebody who claims to have this," said CDC spokesman Dan Rutz. "In the absence of any objective review, people have jumped to conclusions and found each other on the Internet and formed their own belief structure. We really need to debunk this if there isn't anything to it or identify if there is indeed a new, unrecognized disease that needs attention."

[BarTopDancer]

I'm channel surfing tonight and this was on PrimeTime live (or whatever news show is on ABC).

They are blaming it for neurological damage too now.

[€uroMeinke]

I just saw DOA - it's Luminous Toxin that I'm more curious about now

[Stan4dSteph]

I'm with the folks crying BS.