Fearful Mom Wants to Identify Worm or Parasite

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One of our readers, a mother of four with many pets, sent us a series of photographs of specimens found in her sink. She is concerned with keeping her family healthy and wonders if any of the photos resemble any parasite we have identified in our research.  To address her concern and complaint of multiple sores on her body, we certainly recommend that this reader seek medical advice, and take a list of her household pets with these photos when she does.
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We cannot make diagnoses or provide advice of a medical nature. However, we do observe hairlike lines across at least two of the images she sent which may indeed be hairs. With animals present in the house, we might suggest that if the objects she photographed came from the nasal (nose) or tracheal (windpipe/throat) of herself or a family member, she might consider mucus as evidence here.  Mucus acts as a lubricant and protectant of the membranes of the body. Its job is to catch, collect, and prevent dirt, debris, (pet)hair and fiber from irritating these membranes. Sometimes mucous secretions can emerge in ropy, stringy, or tough forms that may be mistaken for worms. Sometimes mucus can build up around foreign bodies and change shape around the bodies as they are blown or coughed out, looking very strange indeed.
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Another possibility, given her skin eruptions and the presence of animals, is larvae. Myiasis (Google warning: VERY graphic images that may be disturbing) is a condition in which the larvae of true flies infest live human and vertebrate animals. Some researchers observe the possibility of a micro-myiasis, focused on the larvae of very small primitive fly species, like fruit flies. If these small flies infest vertebrates, their anatomy, physiology and secretions may explain symptoms like those of “Morgellons Disease”(read more here) in which itching, abrasions or lesions, and a sense of worm infestation are common. This theory suggests that very tiny larvae may be living, shedding their skins, and emitting or excreting toxins that the body tries to fight, or responds to like an allergic reaction.

Some researchers consider that Morgellons may be “delusional parasitosis.” As such, we recommend to our reader that her open mind and desire to know, documentation and a well-  supported question (with your photographs and possibly samples) can keep the flow of communication going and help keep fears in check. Seek medical advice, step up housekeeping to disinfect and remove damp areas that foster possible invaders. Finally, keep an eye on pets and their food for flies, gnats, or other small insects that may be attracted by the animals’ traffic, odors, and habits, and really, just want to start families of their own.

 

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Fearful Mom Wants to Identify Worm or Parasite
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Fearful Mom Wants to Identify Worm or Parasite
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One of our readers, a mother of four with many pets, sent us a series of photographs of specimens found in her sink. She is concerned with keeping her family healthy and wonders if any of the photos resemble any parasite we have identified in our research.
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4 thoughts on “Fearful Mom Wants to Identify Worm or Parasite

  1. I may have that same thing I don’t know it started on my finger just playing around with a scope I look in my ear with it look like that sore on my finger was moving I can send pic ..so I video it and had other people look at it to make sure I wasn’t crazy .went on line asking some one to help me find out why it is and how to get rid of it cause it all over my body I can’t sleep it constantly itching stinging burning and fells like something crawling across my skin ..my Dr ask me was I on drugs ..I can’t sleep it microscopic and it looks like a little white worm going in and out like it’s going up for air ..I’ve bleached my skin got burns from tea tree oil..grated onions and garlic grated helps slow them down and in due time they seam to die..someone please help me

  2. Morgellons and I do mean fir real. The more they put this off as a delusion the more spreading it is doing. From hotel to hotel for the last 2 years I’ve seen a increase in the amount of rooms infected.
    The battle USB ritual and the more stay closed mouth the more likely it will spread.
    It is not a fun thing to witness and I am first hand battling thus crazy worm. My studies have been o. Myself . Yes I do live with morgellon and I onky hope that a Dr start to name and start to handle this infestation of what I call ?The Aiians Pet.?Morgelloms us real tounare nit crazy and you are not alone. I’m urging Dr’s to please help put some relief to this.

  3. Hi I have had an Ongoing battle with this parasite on the back of my neck then my scalp then face and back to my scalp over the space of 10 years years. All doctors I’ve ever told me is it is it next month or Apple problem and I have had countless antibiotics with the result of periods of clear for up to 3 months but then it’s back eucalyptus oil is the only aggressive way of killing but at the same time and also cause the skin to become dry and inflamed.

  4. Hi I found something like this and I am driving crazy to what is it, doctors don’t believe it’s a worm but it moved very very slow , I have a video

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