
“Can you identify these please?” asks this reader in Olean, New York who has been plagued by these organisms for almost two years. His dermatologist says he is better off getting help from an exterminator to diagnose his skin ailment.
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To begin with, it is vital that we let our reader know that we will not be able to identify the organisms in the pictures he sent us. This is because our reader has disclosed that the matter is medical in nature, and since we are not medical professionals we cannot diagnose his problem. Similarly, an exterminator is not a medical professional either, and to be quite frank, it was rather irresponsible of our reader’s dermatologist to suggest that our reader should consult an exterminator for a medical issue. What we can do is point our reader toward some resources he can use to find someone who is genuinely qualified to deal with this type of problem. As our reader’s photos and story implies, the organisms are negatively affecting his skin and body, and so we think it would be worth consulting with an infectious disease physician, as they are trained in the field of parasitology, fungal infections, and more ailments of the body caused by living organisms.
What we can recommend is that our reader do one or more of the following: 1) Search for a medical parasitologist Olen area using this directory of medical parasitology consultants: https://www.astmh.org/for-astmh-members/clinical-consultants-directory. 2) Search for a local parasitologist by doing a Google search for “medical parasitologist Olean New York” or “tropical medicine specialist Olean New York”. 3) Get in touch with Dr. Omar Amin at the Parasitology Center at https://www.parasitetesting.com. Whichever resource our reader does end up using, we urge him to get in touch with someone as soon as possible. As our reader has been dealing with this for two years, we can guess that he is quite eager to have this over and done with, and having a medical issue for that long cannot be good for one’s emotional health.
To conclude, we are unfortunately not able or qualified to directly help our reader with his issue and identify the organisms in the photographs he sent us. That said, we hope that the resources we did provide do come to use and that our reader makes haste in getting his problem resolved. Any updates he can provide us on his journey toward good health are welcomed, and we encourage him to write any such updates in an email to us or in the comments section below.
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Same problem 4&1/2 yrs now. Have been to infectious disease, 3 dermatologist,
3 rheumatologist, 4!primary care and have moved 5;times. Got rid of all furniture, bedding, blankets anything and everything fabric that wouldn’t go into washing machine. Washed all other stuff in hot water soaking for hour per load with detergent, Lysol laundry, and pest and mite killer. Repeatedly treated house my lol de me husband and dog. Oh only affects me and dog but identical. I have rheumatoid arthritis and she is a service animal so no option except to keep her with me, without her I am unable to do many things. Oh and one home was brand new first tenant also in my cars, trucks etc. even those treated thoroughly my house treated thoroughly daily ceiling to floor with vacuum and all floors mopped. I am beyond miserable and have been for a very long time. So anyone gets any info please let me know I will be glad to do the same in return. sa***********@gm***.com.
I am the same as far as my service dog and I mimicking each other with skin and hair/fur issues. I’ve lost almost all of my hair now and it’s so painful. Today is my birthday, and I’m sitting on the bathroom floor crying because a bunch of bugs just washed off my dog when I gave her a bath, after treating her for fleas and mites and worms. I’m ready to give up.
I have had this for 3 years I’m in horrible shape from it they are all over my property here in my home my detached garage I see this every where I have treated my property so much. I tell people what’s wrong with me they look at me like a crazy person or I’m on some kind of drugs causing it. So I just shut up and I have been fighting this myself alone for 3 years . If anyone has any information please share it with me. Thanks
Has there been anything found out? I too and my Husband have the exact same thing.
I have been frightened out of my mind this last 2 weeks especially the last week… I apparently have some sort of something that I’m developing all over it’s painful and the pictures I have taken look frightening like the pictures I’m seeing on here. And these pictures that I see on here nobody seems to know what these are either!
I am going tru so many of the same things as multiple ppl are going tru. I have at least 10 different things inside of me. I’m scared to death. It’s driving me crazy. I have witnesses. So I’ at least have ppl that are all trying to help since none of the 12 Dr’s iv seen so far didn’t believe me. And they wouldn’t give me the time of day to show them none of my 100s of specimens and pix and videos. I’m going to call the Dr’s that are suggested. It’s horrible. It’s ruined my life. I have quatliy of life what so ever. I wouldn’t wish this upon anyone.
As far as these things being medical. I have also found them in my walls at home and at work on the building outside and in. These things are everywhere if truth be told, I have been all over my state of North carolina in the past three years since I started noticing these microscopic parasites, but everywhere I have gone these creatures are there. Some people are not as sensitive to being bothered by any symptoms these evil things inflicte upon us. Not sure way some it don’t effect and others feel to be eattin alive.
I just keep hoping that they will be discovered by the right people and figure out that they are plaguing a lot of people.