World Net Daily Morgellons Article

[Sadsack]

Hope this isn't a duplicate...

Scientists debate cause of feared 'worms-under-skin' disease

SCIENCENETDAILY
Scientists debate cause of feared 'worms-under-skin' disease
Victims complain of inflammation, lesions, fatigue

Posted: May 15, 2008
10:25 pm Eastern
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Scientists are debating whether a debilitating condition called Morgellons disease could be caused by bacteria or a fungus on plants in California, Texas and Florida, though many agree that research is leaving them with more questions than answers.
While there are many unfounded theories about the cause of Morgellons disease, including alien abduction and government conspiracies, some have attempted to draw a link between the mysterious illness and genetically modified food by suggesting engineered crops may contain bacterium responsible for the disease.
What is Morgellons disease?
Dr. Vitaly Citovsky of the Morgellons Research Foundation said the condition has many reported symptoms that have virtually stumped scientists.
"Generally, people complain of an appearance of fibers in their skin," he told WND. "It itches. There's some inflammation, skin lesions, and they complain that it generally affects their well-being with fatigue similar to Lyme. Some people complain of psychological conditions. We cannot define it precisely."






Other commonly reported symptoms include:

• Multi-colored fiber-like strands or crystals protruding out of skin
• Fatigue
  A feeling of parasites or worms crawling under skin
• Black specks in lesions that do not heal
• Joint swelling and/or hair loss
• Memory loss or general brain fog with difficulty concentrating

The Morgellons Research Foundation reported that approximately 10,000 U.S. families with Morgellons symptoms registered with the organization prior to February 2007. Of all individuals reporting, 24 percent lived in California, and a disproportionate number resided in the San Francisco metropolitan area.

Magnified image of fibers from Morgellons sufferer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Jan. 16 statement indicating that Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research has received a $338,000 grant to to learn more about Morgellons, an affliction it refers to as a "skin condition."
However, Dr. Ahmed Kilani, president and CEO of Clongen Laboratories and a specialist in infectious disease detection, told WND the illness is much more than a mere skin condition.
"It spreads between individuals," he said. "Unlike infection, this is something much more serious. People die from complications because the disease is more than skin deep. It's not just a skin condition that causes lesions. It goes into the stomach and impacts the G.I. tract and causes brain conditions."



Link between Morgellons and genetically altered crops?

Plant tumor caused by Agrobacterium
Citovsky sees a connection between the mysterious Morgellons disease fibers and a type of bacteria that causes tumors in plants, called Agrobacterium.
"Agrobacterium species are known to be found in patients in hospital settings," Citovsky told WND. "The person is often weakened and has some skin lesions or some other roots of infection, and like any other bacteria, Agrobacterium can go there and just proliferate using the skin as a medium for its growth. So, if you have a lesion, and you work in the garden, you'll get all kinds of dirt in there and germs among the Agrobacterium."
Citovsky explained that the bacterium is present in virtually all soil and is often used to genetically alter crops.
"A year ago, we took biopsies from the skin of patients," he said. "We looked for the presence of genetic material of Agrobacterium mutations. Agrobacterium is bacterium that is used also, among other things, in genetic engineering of plants."
Dr. Stanton Gelvin, a professor at Purdue University College of Science who has studied the bacterium for nearly 30 years, said, "Agrobacterium is the means by which DNA is transferred to the plant. After the DNA is transferred to the plant, [genetic engineers] use antibiotics and kill the Agrobacterium. So there's no Agrobacterium around, and now you have a plant with new genes in it."
Both Gelvin and Citovsky said there are no traces of the bacterium in plant tissue following genetic alteration. Though many patients have tested positive for it, they vehemently protest any suggestion that humans can have genetically altered cells and contract Morgellons disease by eating engineered crops treated with Agrobacterium.
"That idea is total lunacy," Citovsky said. "It has nothing to do with it. Forget this mumbo jumbo people use, environmentalists for some unknown reason, when they are protesting against genetically engineered plants. Those plants feed millions of people who are hungry and dying. It has nothing to do with the disease."

Bacteria or fungi?
Dr. Kilani reviewed two samples of fibers from Morgellons patients and extracted DNA from the strands. His research indicated the fibers could come from a fungus.
"Everyone has their own theories about this, but I don't think it's connected to Agrobacterium," he said. "I think it's another organism that has not been described in clinical medicine. It could be a fungus or a parasite or something more complex than bacteria."
Kilani said he thinks Morgellons disease could be linked to areas of the U.S. with swamp land and wet areas because there has been a high prevalence of disease reports in the San Francisco Bay Area and other places with bodies of water and high levels of humidity, such as Texas and Florida.
"There is something in the environment," Kilani said. "It is probably linked to plants, yes. Maybe it lives on plants, and it adapted to the human host."
Citovsky, however, provided a simple explanation for increased Morgellons disease reports in the three states.
"Who knows," he said. "Maybe people complain more there."
A scientific mystery
Kilani said scientists don't have the support to investigate Morgellons disease because they are short on funds and resources.
"Nobody thinks it's a disease, so that is part of the problem. Until they do, it's going to continue spreading. It's in households, so when one individual is infected, we find out that the rest of the household is infected."

Fibers removed from facial lesion of 3-year-old boy
Though many people, even members of the medical science community, do not believe Morgellons is a legitimate disease, Kilani said he receives as many as 10 calls every day from people who identify themselves as having the symptoms. He refuses to accept the notion that it is a fabricated illness.
"No, this can't be," he said. "Not almost a half-million patients, no. I have met people from all walks of life: High-powered attorneys, physicians, nurses, actors, actresses, athletes. They go nuts after awhile. They become socially rejected because of the way they look. The whole thing is just a disaster."
Kilani said Kaiser Permanente is the first and only recipient of funding for Morgellons research from the CDC, but he doesn't think the grant will be enough to help scientists determine if Morgellons disease is caused by bacteria, fungi or any other environmental factor.
"I'm not sure how far that will go because $338,000 is a drop in the bucket," he said. It'll be spent in a week. It's just not enough money. Whoever gets funding and can investigate this problem is going to make a huge contribution because there are lots of people with this illness."

[kmar]

I remember this article. Cuz I remember this photo below of crown gall disease on plants. I had a pic similar to it.

The article is "posted" May 15th 2008

It may have been out earlier than that
date and just posted in 2008 to the
WORLDNET Daily.

Thanks for posting, nonetheless!

[Kritters]

Hey SS!
Those fibers from the 3 year old boy look like they are surrounding some type of fly that isn't yet formed.

Kritts

[Sadsack]

Kritters -
Who the hell knows; you think we would by now, though.
It absolutely is mind blowing that all these pictures and youTube videos of these creatures from the beyond are plastered all over the internet - and we are still delusional.
If things were right with the world, wouldn't "they" be all over this???
Now, don't be paranoid. All this conpiracy talk. Give me a break - what other explanation is there???
Sorry, a just bit of rage simmering beneath the surface today.
SS

[Kritters]

That's okay, SS! Bring it out, girlfriend!
xoKritts

[kmar]

Originally Posted by Sadsack

If things were right with the world, wouldn't "they" be all over this???

SS

Well stated, and proves things definately are NOT right.

I have to pinch myself just to make sure that I am not dreaming. This just can't be happening,
but it is happening.


I posted this on another thread but going to bring it up again here.

Hulu - Bitter Harvest - Watch the full feature film now.
(true story happened in 1973)

I watched this movie (it is free online) and to my horror, it made me realize just how long these stupid, selfish, and careless policies have been enforced by our Federal Government Agencies because they don't want to "cause panic".


"They" will let people die to prevent panic.

[Sadsack]

It is incredible that after years of having this, there is still no "getting used to it". I mean, I think some people may have to some degree, but it's like nothing else. Any other affliction, we'd be at the "acceptance" stage by now. Below are the 5 stages of grief in death and dying, or of other kinds of significant loss.
What Are The Stages of Grief?

Many people have tried to explain what grief is; some have even identified certain stages of grief.
Probably the most well-known of these might be from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' book, "On Death and Dying." In it, she identified five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis.
The stages Kubler-Ross identified are:

• Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
• Anger (why is this happening to me?)
• Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)
• Depression (I don't care anymore)
• Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)

What other affliction would keep the victim in the "denial" stage for years??? OK, maybe there's anger at times, and I do recall a bit of "bargaining"...and I sure have depression...but I still keep reverting back to "this can't be happening" (not just to me, but that reality that Morgellons even EXISTS).

I am NOT afraid of dying. I am afraid of living, year in and year out, in this "altered state".

SS

[spotted dog]

"i Am Not Afraid Of Dying I'm Afraid Of Living"

ditto Sadsack, I Too Am Afraid Of Living, Quite Fed Up With Living, Its Not Living, Its Hiding From The World & People Who Look Normal, & Wishing The Queen Or Somebody Else Who's Stinking Rich, Dodgy Politicitions Etc.....spots

[spotted dog]

Forgot To Put The Queen Etc Would Get This Stinking Disease..spots

[tcmgpt13]

Thought of today:

“If you keep your vision elevated, your chin will automatically keep up” His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman’s sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman. “You saved my son’s life.”

“No, I can’t accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer.

At that moment, the farmer’s own son came to the door of the family hovel.
“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked.

“Yes,” the farmer replied proudly.

“I’ll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he’ll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.”

And that he did. Farmer Fleming’s son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted

Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the same nobleman’s son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman?

Lord Randolph Churchill.

His son’s name?

Sir Winston Churchill.
Someone once said: What goes around comes around.

This story from: What Goes Around Comes Around The Ultimate

We never know where a bit of good will lead us--just as we do not know where ill wishes heaped on others will land (perhaps squarely on us).