Outbreak of black, tar-like sweat in southern Texas?, page 5

Most commonly the 'tar sweat' is described as black 'seeds' found in the exudate of the lesions. Apparently the first symptoms of Morgellon's Disease is the crawling sensation under the skin. This gets the patient scratching which opens lesions in the skin. They haven't been able to exactly identify the fibers but tentatively believe they are cellulose which, of course, would indicate a plant-like source (including fungi). The only common thread (no pun) found between patients is that the vast majority suffer from chronic Lyme Disease.

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Sorta funny; I go to the Morgellons site www.morgellons.org... and they say "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , physicians who have patients suspected of having Morgellons disease, should engage the public health system" OK, that sounds reasonable but when you go to the CDC at www.cdc.gov and search under under Morgellon(s) a few different ways, nada... First time that's happened to me (normally the CDC site is premo)... might not be listed, that'd be unusual.

Hmmm. I'm gonna hit some the orphan disease sites and see if this disease of bizzaro-etiology (or one similar) is occurring elsewhere, idiopathic or not, stuff like this kills. I'd love to see "the tar-sweat" under a colour slide. I wonder what the results of a heme-occult test would be...

BTW; lupusnet, dermnet have bupkus too... crap I'm even thinkin' some sort of mange with a secondary flora component. Those fibers must be extremely painful as they develop penetrate the various histologies. These folks must be suffering something severe.

Victor K.

[edit on 22-5-2006 by V Kaminski]

You asked for it, you got it Lazarus....more research into it. Looks like someone is actually taking these people seriously.

Oklahoma State University Professor Randy Wymore was the first scientist to conduct research on this disconcerting disease. He says it's the biggest mystery he's ever been involved in.

Guess these people arent crazy after all. It ended a promising bay area baseball players career.

www.ktvu.com...

Maybe now some answers about this can be had.

"Pathologists and dermatologists and lab reports [said] that these were textile fibers appearing in the skin of the sufferers. Now that's just not true, to be perfectly blunt about it," says Prof. Wymore.

Wymore says his tests rule out not only textile fibers, but also worms, insects, animal material and even human skin and hair. He says the filaments are not an external contamination.

Instead, they are a substance that materializes somehow inside the body, apparent artifacts of something infectious. More results are expected soon. And Wymore says skin problems are not the worst symptoms.

Guess its not ingrown hairs or carpet fibers then(i never thought it was, someone else suggested it)

This is great news for Morgellons sufferers. Until now doctors have told patients it's all in their heads but now the CDC is involved and taking this seriously as it seems to have spread to various states around the US.

CDC forming Morgellons task force
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an investigation into the skin condition called Morgellons disease.

rest of story here:

www.mysanantonio.com...

I really do hope they find the cause of this horrible disease to which some have already taken their own lives as a result.

I hate to say this, because it would be beyond vile for the makers of A SCANNER DARKLY to push the movie with a viral campaign...

but it appears that the CDC knows nothing about this situation.
CDC says what?
alternative spelling search

also, the University of health sciences center also has no knowledge of this...
and i ask you...
what is a doctor of Pharmacology that specializes in heart problems doing researching a dermatological/viral problem? (i looked, no reference on OSU website anywhere that i could find)

It appears that history, and present might be staged just for us... to get us to see a movie...

Before jumping on this bandwagon, i am going to call the doctor in question, and get a statement (hopefully).
also, i will look up the obituary of the young man who took his own life... I find it hard to believe that they would fake this part of the viral campaign...

Again... just speculation that is out there now...
according to the CDC, if this was true, they would have info all over the site about it... the spokeperson didn't have a clue about it...

This site alleges that it is a viral hoax, then they apologize, and state that the CDC is taking it seriously...
then on one last research attempt, they called the CDC directly to verify personally the claim that the CDC is working on this...
it was totally new news to the spokesperson (who should know about these kind of things)
find.viral threat, a viral marketing campaign?
again... i shall pursue the horses words from the horses mouth as well...
I'll let ya know what i


[edit on 24-5-2006 by LazarusTheLong]

Update:
i can confirm that the proffessor at OSU is indeed working on this issue...
independantly and voluntarily...
OSU Info page:

he volunteered for the same reason that so many here are interested...
it is a sad situation to not be believed if you suffer from an unknown disease.

The wesite only indicates that the situation will be looked at...
I hope it is...

and if this turns out to be a viral marketing campaign, even after a medical university starts looking into it, then i think some rather hard core legal issues will result...
Not to mention the total destruction of a movie studios future...

I am still a little miffed that the CDC doesn't mention anything, regarding this.
In my opinion, they are the only element that cant be fooled by a marketing campaign... everyone else might...

Again... not proof either way, but it looks like a serious scientist is looking into it with scientific method, and true DNA testing will result.

BTW- both morgellens pages have anonymous registrants... another tip that it might be marketing... I hope not... that would be some serious messing with people

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