Red biting fiber video

[hurtin1]

Hey all,,,I was sittin by the computer when a red fiber either jumped or landed on my hand,,and it started to sting..
It made the mistake of doing this while I had instant access to my tweezers..
I sandwiched it between a glass slide and cover glass to immobilize and flatten,for exam..
Heres the vid

YouTube - Morgellons Red biting fiber

A tiny dab of Aleene"s clear tacky glue is excellant for securing down,, either samples,or cover glass to slides..On cover glass use a toothpick to put a dab on two corners,,and stick!! No need for expensive balsam....

[Jo]

That's a great vid hurtin. That fiber looks like its been breached in places, by matter inside it maybe? Also bulges - all suggests its a tube like filament...to channel what?

What's the width and length d'ya reckon? (in mms or microns)

Jo

[hurtin1]

This one was about 1/4 inch long,,and I first looked at it on my other scope and noticed black strands(microfilaria??) inside of it,,but were absent when I mounted (permanantly),
the cover glass ,which took a couple of minutes to prepare..
I might have ruptured it when tweezing also...it now looks a little more transparent ,to when I first scoped it....
I have observed other strands with a smaller MOVING filiment inside,,the outside being almost like a "sheath"....,,,I seen this alot with the cobwebs,,as you pull them apart..

Is morgs part microfilarial disease???

[Morgan]

Dear hurt1,


Great capture and picture.
You probably already have this but in case you do not here is
a image library of parasites to seek out a potential match.
DPDx - Filariasis Image Library

Well hurt1, I had a few moments and went through the ENTIRE library and the only pics that had the snail type end with the little antennae looking things were these.

DPDx - Angiostrongyliasis Image Library

and this

DPDx - Oesophagostomiasis Image Library



Morgan

[hurtin1]

Thank you Morgan,,,I did not have that image library,,and is excellant,,thanks again..
My new microscope set-up is alot better,,and am waiting for other lenses in the mail..
This vid was at 10x...

I have been looking into the filarial disease/strongyl/micro-filarial aspect of this lately,ever since I noticed the strange mirofiber-like worms that are found in this crazy cobweb stuff in my warehouse...

The Angiostrongyliasis looks a little like it....
I had seen a you-tube video where a guy mentioned a strongyle,,he said they were in the pressboard of a new computer desk,,and coming out from the pores of the wood...
From china too..

Has this theory been thought of??

A colony of micro-filarial worms living in the lymphatic system(nodes),,come out of lymph vessels and grow larger in skin???

[Morgan]

Ooooooooooh yes,

Filariasis has been kicked around for a while now. The first
that I had heard about it was in relation to Dr. Harvey. A loooong
time ago there was reference to him looking into Onchocerciacis but
the only references I find to that are on this webblog.

NPM's WebLog

There were several articles, one of which was the Washington Post article.

Figments of the Imagination?


The Savely/Stricker article was another one on Page 4.

Morgellons - infection or delusion


That is all I could find in limited time. Gotta fly. Have a great day.

Morgan

[Morgan]

One more thing and I will leave it alone. Here is a wonderful
artists rendering of a hookworm.

Similiar spicule things on one end as the red fiber.

http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VV/B/B/F/K/_/vvbbfk.jpg

The above rendering was taken from this website:

Google Image Result for http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VV/B/B/F/K/_/vvbbfk.jpg



It said this on the Oesophagostomum link:

"Adults of Oesophagostomum spp. are bursate nematodes, related to and morphologically-similar to, the hookworms."

DPDx - Oesophagostomiasis Image Library

Best of luck.

Morgan