Could be strongylus monspinigerum?
I strongly suspect that not all sufferers on the various boards have the same condition. Too many variables as to symptoms. Even the fibers and lesions are not consistent as a symptom- many do not have the fibers and lesions but do have the majority of the other symptoms such as the deep fatigue, brain fog, vision issues and so on. An irony for a so-called skin condition?
Dr Steven Doggett mentions e coli. The word jumped out at me today whereas in the past I would have skimmed over it, having read about the association countless times.
Thanks for posting Seasprites link, Fracty.
The reason for the focus on the e-coli is due to a movie that I watched recently, "Food Inc".
The movie told of the food industry in the US and the methods of raising animals for consumption. It should have been listed as a horror movie.
Official Food, Inc. Movie Site - Hungry For Change? Trailer at this link
At one point in the film, a farmer uses a contraption to view inside a cows' stomach. He claimed it did not hurt the animal. What he stated is that due to the diet of the cows, we now see as much as 80% e-coli
(0157:H7) in the feed lot animals where in the past the percentage was minimal. It has to do with the diet of the confined animals. Cows were meant to eat grass and not corn.
Sadly, if these confined animals were put out to 'pasture', they would lose this overage of the
sometimes deadly bacteria according to studies. This news should drive up the market for Amish meat. The pathogenic E coli is absent in grass feed animals.
Is it any wonder that there are so many recalls on food products these days? Especially meat and poultry?
The situation with the chickens raised for slaughter as shown in the movie is even more detestable that that of the cows.
Where does the manure from these sickly animals go? Used as fertilizer for the crops of course. Spread the pathogens around-
Nematodes? No doubt of their role in this condition. The question is (like the old question about the chicken and the egg) which came first- the nematode or the other pathogens such as the nematode food- fungus?
Our bodies have to sustain these nematodes and their food is fungus.
Not to forget the parasites of the nematodes- Catenaria anguillulae.
These parasites are sourced from sugarcane:
SpringerLink - Journal Article
The sugar or glycol source is important in the disease cycle of this condition. It is my opinion from
all the years of reading about this condition that sugar is key in the cycle: nematodes/fungus/bacteria and so on.
Ironically, sugar enables cancers to grow as well.
Because Caternaria anguillulae (parasite of nematodes) is a member of the Chytridiomycota family, which is the ONLY major group of true chitin-walled fungi that produce motile spores (termed zoospores), it grows easily.
Chytrid- mentioned as a component in the Phase I Morgellons study (MRF) re: the hot water tank
Chitin- mentioned by the MRF in earlier days as a component of the fibers
This never mentioned (by 'researchers') parasite, Caternaria anguillulae should receive some attention. It is KEY, IMO, to this condition. Supplies the missing links to the Chytridiomycota family (Chytrids)
as well as to Chitin. Another key in the presence of the Caternaria is the production of vesicles and Rhizoids. At a stage of development, the vesicles produced by the Caternaria become sporangia, their contents will then be 'cleaved' to produce zoospores which, in turn, are released to repeat the infection cycle.
(vesicles mentioned by Mark Darrah)
These overlooked parasites answer many questions about the cycle going on in the bodies of those with this condition.
The sporangia produced by the Caternaria - is a plant, fungal or algal structure containing spores:
Sporangium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Excerpt:
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see also:
Robert Smith's Excellent Research give answers & confirmations - Page 36
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