Arachnida Collembola

[William Kelly]

Hello, My real name is William. I was once infested with what I believe was Arachnida Collembola. Infested twice and cured myself twice.
After three Doctors and a Vet, they all thought I had acarophobia, I knew I was in trouble. I will make a long story short I hope.
I tried everything imagineable, Rid, Permethrin Topical, vinegar, bleach, alcohol and nothing helped. Finally after about 8 months, they become worse, more numerous, I smeared mineral oil on my face. The crawling, biting and itching sensations abated on my face.
As it evolved I found myself smearing, daubing and pouring the oil all over myself from head to toe 6-12 times a day. Imagine swimming in oil, the bugs suffocate as they breath through holes in their backs. Also, it stops their migration making reproduction difficult. I put plastic sheets over my rocker and bed with a cotton sheet. Then I would sit and read a book or watch TV to pass the time or sleep in the bed
I tried to identify the bug scientifically, more like a stone age Galen, by doing my own skin scraping and viewing under a magnifying glass. I was successful, but these things are very tiny, barely visible beneath that magnification. I drew a picture and went to a Medical Library. Opened the book and there it was, Collembola. That memory was seared into my mind.
What I had leaves a trail, for example they must fall off where you sit or stand and then jump or crawl onto an unsuspecting host. As evidenced by all the people who became hostile towards me, some wanting to assinate. So I would suggest a quarantine as part of your treatment.
Some people get them and some don't. My experience was that these bugs lived within the pores of my skin. They did not eat their way in. This explains two things. Some people have small pores and are immune, I know that mine are large as I was not immune. And secondly, I read that Collembolla are not capable of exisiting on or inhabiting human skin, lacking the biting mechanism or some other bs. Well, they don't, they (larvae) enter the pores only which they are small enough to fit into.
One other thing, I had no signs, no red marks, not a single bite, no striations or tunnels. Nothing! I can just imagine what the Doctor thought! Cukoo! Who's there???? LOL!
When I began researching this subject online I was absolutely amazed how many people were being affected. Some for years! And with children, wow, how terrible a situation. And expecially at the level of denial by Doctors, lack of proper diagnosis and I read where there was no cure whatsoever. Some success with diet.
Everyone has different ideas and their imaginations run wild, but we must all open our minds and confront this problem. I had something twice and I conquered it twice, so I did something right. Just who would the expert be? If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, maybe I will be able to help. Maybe there is a brilliant writer out there who is patient enough to write my life story. God bless you, William

[annesco]

Originally Posted by William Kelly

Hello, My real name is William. I was once infested with what I believe was Arachnida Collembola. Infested twice and cured myself twice.
After three Doctors and a Vet, they all thought I had acarophobia, I knew I was in trouble. I will make a long story short I hope.
I tried everything imagineable, Rid, Permethrin Topical, vinegar, bleach, alcohol and nothing helped. Finally after about 8 months, they become worse, more numerous, I smeared mineral oil on my face. The crawling, biting and itching sensations abated on my face.
As it evolved I found myself smearing, daubing and pouring the oil all over myself from head to toe 6-12 times a day. Imagine swimming in oil, the bugs suffocate as they breath through holes in their backs. Also, it stops their migration making reproduction difficult. I put plastic sheets over my rocker and bed with a cotton sheet. Then I would sit and read a book or watch TV to pass the time or sleep in the bed
I tried to identify the bug scientifically, more like a stone age Galen, by doing my own skin scraping and viewing under a magnifying glass. I was successful, but these things are very tiny, barely visible beneath that magnification. I drew a picture and went to a Medical Library. Opened the book and there it was, Collembola. That memory was seared into my mind.
What I had leaves a trail, for example they must fall off where you sit or stand and then jump or crawl onto an unsuspecting host. As evidenced by all the people who became hostile towards me, some wanting to assinate. So I would suggest a quarantine as part of your treatment.
Some people get them and some don't. My experience was that these bugs lived within the pores of my skin. They did not eat their way in. This explains two things. Some people have small pores and are immune, I know that mine are large as I was not immune. And secondly, I read that Collembolla are not capable of exisiting on or inhabiting human skin, lacking the biting mechanism or some other bs. Well, they don't, they (larvae) enter the pores only which they are small enough to fit into.
One other thing, I had no signs, no red marks, not a single bite, no striations or tunnels. Nothing! I can just imagine what the Doctor thought! Cukoo! Who's there???? LOL!
When I began researching this subject online I was absolutely amazed how many people were being affected. Some for years! And with children, wow, how terrible a situation. And expecially at the level of denial by Doctors, lack of proper diagnosis and I read where there was no cure whatsoever. Some success with diet.
Everyone has different ideas and their imaginations run wild, but we must all open our minds and confront this problem. I had something twice and I conquered it twice, so I did something right. Just who would the expert be? If anyone has any questions feel free to ask, maybe I will be able to help. Maybe there is a brilliant writer out there who is patient enough to write my life story. God bless you, William

What are they exactly? A mite species?

[scabdraggr]

Many of us have some collembola like critters infesting us.They are just one of a multitude of visitors that come to colonize us as we carry the smell of death on our skin due to a skin covering of repro material associated with M.I poured H2O2 on my skin and let it become moist before scraping it with a stainless steel blade.I was amazed at the amount of amber colored mass that I was able to capture.Many different life forms may well be attracted to this phenomonen.I had 50 ticks jump on my legs at one time.I sat down once while hiking and many species of insects started chasing me and caused me to almost have a panic attack.Getting this amber mass off our skin is very important as any tiny break allows the material to enter the skin and start a lesion.I use lavaClean which is an antibacterial scrub that has 10% benzoyl peroxide in it.I have a pic of the amber mass and will try to find and post.Also,I grew one of the collombola larve and have a video on you tube titled morgellons worm.It was 100 times the size of normal collombola.Take a look and see if it matches what you saw.

[tcmgpt13]

Just thought to mention that although it is fairly rare (anywhere from 1-5% of the population) some people may be allergic to benzyl peroxide. I once used some 10% benzyl peroxide and experienced a severe reaction to it, including vertigo which is not mentioned on this list. I had severe swelling and redness of the area which was treated along with itching all over my body:

Symptoms of benzoyl peroxide allergy include:

Swelling of the skin, lips, or tongue
Severe redness, burning or itching
Rash or hives
Serious skin irritation, peeling, or cracking

These symptoms will continue to worsen until you stop using benzoyl peroxide.

[scabdraggr]

What good alternatives can you suggest?Alcohol helps somewhat.

[scabdraggr]

will you view my morgellons worm video on utube and see if it is what came out of your leg?

[tcmgpt13]

Products which contain chlorhexidine may help somewhat if bacteria are involved. Witch hazel also. Janice suggests Grandma's Lye Soap to help skin issues. Strong sulfur soaps. Salt. Normal strength 3% hydrogen peroxide. One person suggested to me extra strength Lubriderm but I was not helped that much by it. The person who saw some benefit with this product said it helped slow the spread of the individual lesions by softening the skin areas which has that white dot involvement around lesions. Probably extra strength Lubriderm works by adding a thick oil barrier which slows the spread by smothering any of the dots which might with lesion goo and dampness start growing into a larvae. Lubriderm has a lot of mineral oil in it. At the time the person was also using a specially imported Thai herbal brew so that might have been part of the good results with lubriderm picture for that individual.

From wiki:

Chlorhexidine is a chemical antiseptic.[1] It is effective on both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, although it is less effective with some Gram-negative bacteria.[2] It has both bactericidal and bacteriostatic mechanisms of action, the mechanism of action being membrane disruption, not ATPase inactivation as previously thought.[3] It is also useful against fungi and enveloped viruses, though this has not been extensively investigated. Chlorhexidine is harmful in high concentrations, but is used safely in low concentrations in many products, such as mouthwash and contact lens solutions.

As a skin cleanser, it is marketed under brand names such as Hibiclens, Savinox plus (Bioshields), Surgiprep-CHX (Bioshields), Hibiscrub, or Dexidin mainly as a surgical scrub, Hexigard 4 as surgical hand wash, Hexigard HR as hand rub (Mil Laboratories Pvt Ltd) and is also available as a wound wash. It is also used in some acne skin washes. It is also used as part of a treatment for athlete's foot. In some countries, it is available by prescription only.

Sorry, there are a lot of videos on youtube which are marked morgellons worm. Which one?

quote=scabdraggr;85123]What good alternatives can you suggest?Alcohol helps somewhat.[/quote]

[confused]

I have always had a high amount of static electricity in my body, when I pick-up a styrofoam cup I can not put it down it attaches to me. I am wondering if that is why lint is so common in all the symptoms. Can these buggies carry a positive or negative charge, my body chemistry is very acid unless I constantly monitor it, TRYING TO KEEP MY UNRINE PH ALKALINE, SO I DON'T FEE LIKE I AM PASSING SHREDDED GLASS. Would a Tens unit change that charge in our body maybe killing the bugs(something to do with mold or fungus)that are attacking me and my house? Maybe that is why so many people feel fabric softener helps around the house; it is not the odor, it is that it gets rid of the static electricity. Should we add fabric softener to our bath soaking, especially when we leave the house and maybe we will lose the lint that jumps on everybody that is our opposite charge. Kind of like a magnate? How can these tiny bugs be so complicated? Or is the solution in plain sight.

Still CONFUSED!!!!

[tcmgpt13]

Sorry confused, I am the wrong person to ask about TENS units and static electricity as I do not know much about them or the zappers which are the main discussion on the link below. This old forum thread mentions mostly the use of zappers but also alludes briefly to TENS Units. The discussion includes frequencies to use with the zappers:

morgellons-disease-research.com/Morgellons-Message-Board/complementary-alternative-therapies/365-zapper.html

Nice to meet you confused and welcome to MDR.

best, tcm

quote=confused

I have always had a high amount of static electricity in my body, when I pick-up a styrofoam cup I can not put it down it attaches to me. I am wondering if that is why lint is so common in all the symptoms. Can these buggies carry a positive or negative charge, my body chemistry is very acid unless I constantly monitor it, TRYING TO KEEP MY UNRINE PH ALKALINE, SO I DON'T FEE LIKE I AM PASSING SHREDDED GLASS. Would a Tens unit change that charge in our body maybe killing the bugs(something to do with mold or fungus)that are attacking me and my house? Maybe that is why so many people feel fabric softener helps around the house; it is not the odor, it is that it gets rid of the static electricity. Should we add fabric softener to our bath soaking, especially when we leave the house and maybe we will lose the lint that jumps on everybody that is our opposite charge. Kind of like a magnate? How can these tiny bugs be so complicated? Or is the solution in plain sight.

Still CONFUSED!!!!

[scabdraggr]

Can you help me figure out how to post a link of something on utube like others do here on mdr?Brain fog must be returning.