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Originally Posted by skylark99  There seems to be a lot of people with Morgellons who apparently have an immune system problem, malfunction or immunity issues in general.
I have been wondering for some time now, if this is at the root of Morgellons and that the parasites, bacterias, yeasts, fungi, virus', etc, that so many also seem to be plagued with, are simply opportunistic infections or infestations due to immune function deficiency.
For example: people with functional immune systems can have small populations of any of the above infectious agents, but are generally ok, because their immune system keeps things in check.
For an immuno-compromised individual, that could be disastrous.
There are some good thoughts in this thread about what might be contributing to poor immune function in increasing numbers of the population.
Round-up, an organophosphate weed-killer is sprayed everywhere in the part of the UK where I now live. It is a common hormone-disruptor, with greatest impact on the endocrine system. It is sprayed on pavements/sidewalks, verges and parks, around public buildings and often used as a cost-cutting measure for local authorities as a replacement for repeat weed removal and grass edge trimming.
I asked my local authority several years ago to notify neighborhoods when these sprayings were to take place, so that people could keep their children and pets indoor during spraying and away from freshly sprayed grass areas and sidewalks. I posted that in the local paper and wrote to the council directly.
I got no response.
Last spring in May, I stopped one of the men doing the spraying and struck up a conversation with him. He had been working for the local authority (town government) for seven years and had been doing the spraying yearly. He wore no waterproof pants or jacket, no gloves, no mask, no hat and no eye protection; his work boots and trouser bottoms were shiny with the oily spray residue. I asked him if, as part of his job, he was regularly (yearly) tested for pesticide or herbicide exposure.
He said that he had never been tested, and his employer had never mentioned or recommended it. |
YES. YES. YES. IMMUNE SYSTEM Malfunction. For certain, this was the issue for me. A Toxin overload and lots of nutrient deficiencies led to my immune system dysfunction I believe. My body could not detox properly and I had a high heavy metal load. A few rounds of antibiotics for a sinus infection killed off the good flora in my body. Gut infections (mold/pathogenic bacteria/yeast) overgrew, the yeast in my body great out of control, and at the same time, I got a mold skin infection on my entire body from a moldy showerhead. In addition, the gut infections caused leaky gut, and I had about 80 food intolerances. The food intolerances were also keeping my immune system busy.
My husband was exposed to the same things I was, but only I got ill.
The mold and yeast on my skin attracted all kinds of bugs and those stupid white larva things also.
Now that I have been giving my body what it needs to heal (especially vitamin b12 - I was severely deficient and not absorbing that many nutrients because of the messed-up gut) and working on the known infections one by one, I am recovering. My immune system seemed to "wake up" when I started on the b12 shots. I worked with external treatments long ago and the biting and stinging and bugs left last Fall, but I didn't start to really heal on the inside until I started on the vitamin b12.