RE: Morgella syndrome

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sp.allshorn wrote:

> Suggest you contact Caroline Galloway about this - it cam up at the

> Hampshire herbalist meeting and she has seen one or two patient's with

> it and was familiar with its aetiology. It sounds really horrid.

It's possible that it's contagious: one or two of the people on the herblist

who have it said they got it just by leaning on somebody's arm.

However, somewhere else it said that it's supposed to be connected to Lyme's,

and you don't get that by leaning on somebody ...

I've seen the fibers explained as a rare symptom of a reaction to mold. Dunno

how far that'll take you: http://www.inspect-ny.com/mold/moldsymptoms.htm

(I think I've seen it explained as a fungal (or was it viral?) infection

elsewhere, but can't find it now.)

You'll get loads of hits if you search for Morgellons (not Morgella). Quite a

few of those are crackpots ( " check your q-tips for moving fibers! " ) - but is

their skin problem the cause or the result of their mental problems? I know

that I'd go nuts if my skin was crawling all the time, with no sleep to speak

of.

I'm really happy that I haven't had to deal with it, so far.

Luck! - and please, if you find something which works, let us know.

Thanks,

Henriette

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Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland

Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.henriettesherbal.com

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THanks - does anyone have Caroline Galloway's email? I do think there is a

nervous element in this, and low immunity, but there was such a sudden onset

(with the foster childres) plus definite bugs visible under the tape that I

think there is something real here.

J Fidler, MCPP, (RH) AHG

Herbalist

Re: Morgella syndrome

sp.allshorn wrote:

> Suggest you contact Caroline Galloway about this - it cam up at the

> Hampshire herbalist meeting and she has seen one or two patient's with

> it and was familiar with its aetiology. It sounds really horrid.

It's possible that it's contagious: one or two of the people on the herblist

who have it said they got it just by leaning on somebody's arm.

However, somewhere else it said that it's supposed to be connected to Lyme's,

and you don't get that by leaning on somebody ...

I've seen the fibers explained as a rare symptom of a reaction to mold. Dunno

how far that'll take you: http://www.inspect- ny.com/mold/ moldsymptoms. htm

(I think I've seen it explained as a fungal (or was it viral?) infection

elsewhere, but can't find it now.)

You'll get loads of hits if you search for Morgellons (not Morgella). Quite a

few of those are crackpots ( " check your q-tips for moving fibers! " ) - but is

their skin problem the cause or the result of their mental problems? I know

that I'd go nuts if my skin was crawling all the time, with no sleep to speak

of.

I'm really happy that I haven't had to deal with it, so far.

Luck! - and please, if you find something which works, let us know.

Thanks,

Henriette

--

Henriette Kress, AHG Helsinki, Finland

Henriette's herbal homepage: http://www.henriett esherbal. com

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Hi,

New Scientist ran a good article about Morgellons last year, called 'The Itch

That Wont Be Scratched', included some DNA testing results.

Trying to find it online, but have hard copy if anyone'd like a read, try

galloway313@... to request a copy.

I'm going to thoroughly wash any new cotton item I buy before I wear it in

future..........

Its a nasty condition, causing psychosis, horrendous scars and intense itching.

Saw my first case 10 days after reading about it in New Scientist, she was in

agony, and very spooked.

Some info about the Collembola insect, from last respondent's link, not sure if

it'll be legible:

Some possible items to consider: Tea tree oil Oregano oil mixed with olive oil

ZenMed Support Serum with essential oils Natural Ginesis - Kleen Free Enzymes

(everything?) MSN - carpet Borax (wash floor, clothes) Benza rid (poison for

furniture, carpet - not for use on a person) Dermasil " S " (S for Scabes mites)

Last night my lungs cramped so that I could not take a full breath. I may have

my back out of place. Not sure if its internal or structure problem.

After 8 years of suffering I finally found something that works, against black

pepper mites. Its cheap and its available everywhere! No I am not connected to

it money wise. Windex! I think its the ammonia but I am not going to monkey with

success and try just ammonia. They can be biting me and I can spray them and

they are dead in 30 seconds. I have chemical sensitivities but it does not seem

to bother me. Just don't spray it in your eyes, but don't panic if you do. I

did. It hurts. But my tears washed it away in a few minutes. If you spray where

you have been scratching a lot it can burn but not anywhere except your eyes

where you have not been.I had friends spray my entire house and I sprayed my

cars and wow, what peace it is to sleep and not be nipped every few seconds all

night long!Don't bother with Kleengreen. It smells nice and the mites stop for a

few seconds, then keep right on biting.

had never heard of collembola or springtail, so I looked it up and found one

abstract report by Laurie Barclay MD in Medscape.The report mentions examining

20 patients, convinced that they were infested with a parasitic infection and

who had skin scrapings performed against control subjects.All 20 had the

following findings in their skin scrapings: pollen, spores, hyphae, mycelium,

algae and 18 had collembola. The controls were clear of all findings.The

conclusions derived were that the symptoms were probably due to allergic

reactions to pollen, fungi and spores. The collembola were thought to be

opportunistic - they do not need to be human parasites in order to be present on

the skin. They are abundantly found in wastewater and contaminated environments

with high humidity and abundant organic debris.No medication was mentioned.

Ok... here we go... been battling with this since the end of 2005, and I hope

what I post here helps. Bare with me, it's long.First off, for the (God bless

you hon) lady who lost 25 pounds and her 4 year old son-- when I was at my

worst, in addition to skin regimens, which I will outline, you need to do an

internal detox.You need vitamins! (Please take the vitamin c separate from the

others if you can)Vitamin C-- 2000-3000 mgs a dayA, D, E, the b vitamins,

l-lisene, omega 3 fish oil, calcium/magnesium/zinc, and selenium.Take twice a

dayNature's perfect food: I forget the distributor offhand. It tastes like sh*t,

but it works.MSM, you can get this at msm-msm.com -- if this link don't work,

let me know and I will find it. It's a natural antibiotic. I mixed it with the

perfect food, just to take one horrible tasting drink at one time.You need to

get a vacuum that uses bags, clean everyday if possible, and change bags daily.

Beds: they nest in the beds and will keep biting you. Wrap and seal your

mattress in plastic sheeting all the way around. Leave no holes, and don't get

the textured porous plastic. Stay away from thick bedding-- use as thin blanets

you can get away with, and change your sheets daily and wash them. Buy yourself

a steam cleaner for your carpets. I always used ammonia in mine, but you really

have to ventilate. I do suggest kleen-free-- one person said don't bother with

it, but it worked well for me. You can put it in a soothing bath, spray your

clothes with it, and put it in your steamer. Go to a shaklee distributor and buy

some basic H. It draws out the bugs and both you and your son can use. Soak in

it for 20 minutes nightly. With the kleenfree-- you can also put it in a

spraybottle with water, and spray yourself and your son at night before you go

to bed, and again before you dress in the morning. be sure and air dry if you do

this. Get diatomaceous earth. this can be sprinkled onto your carpets, and you

can also rub it into your skin like a powder. in fact, it looks like loose face

powder. sprinkle it in your shoes as well. there are places online this can be

ordered. if you find they bite your feet in your shoes and you have trouble

getting them out of your shoes and you cant afford to keep replacing them. get

saran wrap, plastic packing tape, extra socks and buy a cheap pair of shoes 1

size too big. put on 1 pair of socks, saran wrap your feet and tape, then cover

with another pair of socks, then shoes. if u dont use that first pair of socks,

your feet will sweat. Sunlight! Bathe and swim as much as you can when summer

comes. In the meantime, go to a tanning booth. Get some exfoliating skin lotion,

put it on and go in for 8 minutes. You'll have a dandy sunburn, but they will

fry and peel off with the skin.diet: eliminate as many carbs as you can. For a

while i ate almost no carbs and it helped greatly. stay away from sugar and

refined products.Other things: braggs apple cider vinegar with mother, mixed

with sea salt. It burns, but is very good.One thing to know about these things:

if you see what I call a track, which looks like nothing more than a scratch,

give that place special scare immediately, that means eggs are gonna hatch.Other

things I have done and still do, just not as much: Bleach baths with 1/2 cup

bleach to a tub full of water, alternate this with the basic h. it will dry your

skin out, but it works amazingly well. soak 20 minutes, 10 as the symptoms

reduce. It will appear you are getting worse, but it actually brings them out,

and as you keep doing it, symptoms will lessen. after the bath, shower off, and

you can follow up with vinegar if you can stand too. follow up with a spray of

kleenfree, and powder yourself down with the diatomaceous earth.I moved

southwest to the desert 9 mos ago, and I only have lingering annoying things, as

the last bit of this likes to stick around. I have no furniture to speak of,

what I do have is wrapped in plastic.Oh yes!!! PLASTIC SHEETING!!! Throughly

clean all upholstery with the steamer, including your car. Cover ALL in plastic

sheeting, including your car seats.laundry: AMMONIA!!!!!Another thing that

works, esp. with the tracks: freedom-pharmacy.com, you can order permethrin

cream there, far cheaper than drug stores and w/o a prescription. Use this on

your tracks, and for really bad places. Get a rough scrub brush, and use that in

your baths instead of wash cloths.Too all of you, my best-- I feel your pain. I

am at the end of a long tough road, and I am hoping one more summer in the dry

heat will finish these things off. I recommend joining the morgellons group on

yahoo, a lot of good stuff can be found there. They speak highly of colloidal

and sovereign silver, of which I have never tried.Good luck to all of you, and

if you need help, just ask.Much love,SS

Much love,SS

To: ukherbal-list@...: .Allshorn@...: Wed,

2 Apr 2008 09:57:33 +0000Subject: Morgella syndrome

Suggest you contact Caroline Galloway about this - it cam up at the Hampshire

herbalist meeting and she has seen one or two patient's with it and was familiar

with its aetiology. It sounds really horrid. Allshorn

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