[mmarsha]

Originally Posted by skylark99

I think that there are two -or possibly more- culprits involved in this illness.

First, from observation, it would seem that there is some type of skin mite, which I think has mutated from chemical exposure -whether environmental or in the food supply or chain, or both, I am not sure. Many of the initial stages of this illness resemble Demodex infection, which infect dogs and humans; it is not widely known, but most dogs have Demodex present in their skin without symptoms. It is possible that the recent popularity of topical flea treatments for pets and insect growth regulators for home flea treatments have caused Demodex to mutate.

Secondly I think that there is a second, possibly a third culprit involved possibly as yet unidentified or unclassified, perhaps a new zoonose that previously did not infect humans. I suspect that these organisms or parasites exist in symbiosis, and eradicating one would naturally make the host unsuitable for the other(s).

While conventional treatments for scabies usually fail in early stages of the illness, there is this oddity: the presence of all those black specks. While not associated with mites, these have to be significant because so many people report them, they are uniformly described by all with this illness, and they are almost without exception, classified as "dirt" or 'debris" upon examination by entomology labs. I believe these may be the other culprit, or one of them.
I suspect that the second and third stages of the illness are precipitated by the second or third culprit evolving and mutating from exposure to chemicals in the environment or genetically modified foods in the diet.

My blk specs for identified as aspergillus mold...
This is after the entomologist at UT said it was dirt.... several times as I kept sending them until they finally would not except samples from me anymore... LOL I thought they were not looking at my samples because these specs would bite or at least feel like they were.And they thought I was CRAZY.. But it was the reaction of the mold on my skin.
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