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Ivermectin has been a great help to me in reducing what I feel are parasites in my lesions. Rather than making me feel worse, I have seen great improvement from using this drug. Skin symptoms have lessened over time. I think that Morgellons people have different symptom pictures. Dr. Harvey mentioned finding parasites in some of his patients' samples. I believe the number mentioned was about 50%. IMHO it is very hard to make hard and fast generalizations that everyone has the same symptoms with this illness or that there are never any parasites involved. To say that no one has parasites is to continue discounting those who do have parasitic Morgellons symptoms. I personally find the declarative generalization (there are no parasites involved) both unhelpful (possibly leading to even more declarations of DOP by doctors) and extremely hurtful to those who actually do have parasites involved with their symptoms.

I have seen some very tiny bugs burrowing under my skin and have also have seen live critters jump off the lesions and crawl on the floor. As far as I know only a bug is capable of that. Still since no one has tested my lesions, there is no identification of what it is. Also, the darn things are not always in evidence which is what makes this seem a fantasy of the mind to those not so afflicted. I believe that treatment of this disease is so far quite protracted because there is so far no exact identification of the diseases and parasites people have. Perhaps there is also the need for some new and more effective parasitic treatments and/or medications or maybe even some new treatment approaches entirely.

Of course, removing excess toxins (heavy metals for one) stored in the body is also quite important and is paramount to regaining future health.