A reader recently sent us a concerning message and some interesting photos. She explained that she has been struggling with some sort of parasitic infection for just over a year. She has made 3 trips to the doctor and received a prescription for anxiety medication and lice shampoo, but hasn’t gotten any real relief. During the past year she quickly dropped 40 lbs, which she believed happened at the start of the infection. She also took a pregnancy test that was positive, but miscarried a month later. She was feeling itchy at night and her symptoms pointed to pinworms, so she got the “banana flavored medication” for pinworms, but it didn’t help her at all. Now she believes the parasites have moved to her ears:
She can feel them moving around on her head and hiding behind her ears, eyelashes, and in her nose. While she can still feel movement on her entire body, the parasites on her face and head are the most uncomfortable and impossible to deal with.
She thinks the parasites might be translucent because she can see something on herself, but only in the right light. She explained that she can feel the weight of whatever it is on her body, so she knows it exists. She hopes we are able to help.
We are so sorry that our reader is going through such a traumatic and stressful time. Unfortunately, we are not qualified to give medical advice. We highly encourage her to go see a doctor, specifically one who specializes in travel medicine or infectious diseases. While we are not medical professionals and can’t provide advice or treatment, we do think our reader might find some relief in reading about similar symptoms on the Carnicom Institute page on Morgellons disease.
In conclusion, one of our readers has been experiencing odd symptoms for about a year. She think she has a parasitic infection. Unfortunately, we are unable to give medical advice, so we encourage her to seek out help from a travel or infectious diseases medical professional.
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Reader Struggling with Parasites Should Seek Medical Advice from a Travel or Infectious Diseases Physician
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One of our readers has been experiencing odd symptoms for about a year. She think she has a parasitic infection. Unfortunately, we are unable to give medical advice, so we encourage her to seek out help from a travel or infectious diseases medical professional.
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Dori Franklin
I have these also. Luckily I have a microscope and a jewelry loop, and they ate O. Lupi which cause river blindness. They cause intense itching, holes in my clothes, my hair is 100% infiltrated and falling out and im alreasy losing my vision. When they go hyperactive it feels as if there are spider webs in my eyes, and all over ny body with an intense tingling as they auto infect. This is not the only species I harbor and it just getting to be too much. My skin is losing all elasticity, its sagging, and turning scaley. When i peel a scab off my face (not rip because they arent scabs they are clear larve on the outside layer of skin) and look at it under a loop, you can see the larve, stretch and move and they are always infiltrated with the nematodes too. I also have tapeworms and schistosomiasis.
‘Ive been aware of these in me for 3.5 years. Doctors are worthless first drugs. Well test came back clean repeatedly. Then move to mental illness. Suprise, MRI’s are all normal. They are liars saying parasites not in U.S. .B.S.!!!!! The CDC web site states 20-50% of people have one and don’t even know it. This has forced me to blindly experiment with a WIDE range of “treatments” I assure you NO docs would think, recommend, or suggest. These range from different kinds of body soaps to tire cleaners, from garden parasite killers to Koe pond treatments. I do not recommend anyone try these things. When I have tried “treatments” that no one in there right mind should. I have done so with an over abondance of cation. I understand these things I’ve tried are dangerous, and not meant for humans. My back is up-against a wall. I took a risk based on the belief, whatever is inside of me, is going to kill me. Six one way, half-a-dozen another. With common since and some cation, I will at least learn something. I’m shotting in the dark spinning in circles. I’ve seen 20+ different doctors who offer no help what-so-ever. When the medical world turns it back on you. For that matter on the world. Ask yourself this, If this was (witch I believe it could be) the next plague or a biological attack, who is watching out for it? If You have a kid. Your only concern is about finding a way to save them!! Weather by trying to extract, by picking like a crackhead. Sifting though your own sh*t. Searching for hours and days with a USB microscope, for visual evidence. Lets not forget what led me here endless hours searching the web. Or as previously mentioned doing experimentation on yourself. Well for three-and-a-half years, countless different doctors, that’s the only option I have left. So that’s what I’ve been doing. The only hope, that gives me peace, I have left. Is by encourage there growth, as I’ve been doing. I will out pace my son. In the development, of what I have to assume is a deadly disease. I’d like to say. That I can open the eye’s of one doctor and they could save him. Sadly and shamefully that’s not it. By that time it be to late to stop Heart, Kidney, Liver, etc. disease. No, my only hope is for me to save both of us. . Due to what I see as a abnormal ability to feel these “bugs”, I am driven to the edge of madness every night. As anyone with this condition knows they are far mor active late at night. I can say after years of research. Thousands of dollars. Hundreds possibly even thousands of different products. I have found many thing that I believe reduce infection. Some I will not mention. I dont want anyone harming themselves. Giving out some of the products openly. I fear could lead to that. However there are some tips, I can give, that are harmless. Such as, I have found, these bugs are attracted to some common bathroom hygiene products far more then others. First I recommend using Irish spring bar soap. Use the original, the scented variants are not as effective., nor are the liquid (i.e bottles). I recommend using them in shower setting. Soaking 2-3 bars in a hot bath is effective as well. I find however lathering up using a couple full bars at a time. The force from a good sprayer head work best . It seems they like the flowing water. it encourages them to go after whatever it is they like about the soap. Keep the lights dim if not off. Try this for seven days straight. Make sure you spend an hour or more each time. You will feel a difference, I promise. If I am crazy well… at least you will be clean. I have more tips like this . This past few years has made me a little cynical. Not sure how much I am willing to give away. Hope this helps. In resent days I have found something that maybe the savorer I’ve been looking for. I will update later .
Please I think this is killing me, what else have u found that works? I’ve done dog dip baths. Sulfur rubs, ivermectin cattle drenches, lice shampoos, horse shampoos, my son is living with my parents they all think I’m crazy, Dr said I’m delusional. Accused of drug use. I just want this gone and out of my house. Recently been covering my body I lotrimon it helps for a minute. Please help me find relief. I used cylence pesticide spray in my home but I believe I need a strong fungicide. I even had orkin do the bed bug treatment on my home. Didn’t work and they refunded my money. Unreal clearly something isn’t right
DOD you ever find relief? Have same issue
I also for months have had odd changes in my body, house and children. I have marks all over my skin, and if I shine a light on to my legs and such I can see the creature moving. I noticed at night they are very active when I lay in bed or if my skin gets too hot. I’ve lot so much weight, I’m fatigue all the time. I can see them moving in my bed and blankets.already went to the doctor 2 times to be told I’m fine and asked if I had a drug history?!! My children started getting the same marks or bites on them and got very ill. Also same symtoms. I am the worst of all at this point as my immune system is not the greatest and for weeks I have been down. I feel like I’m already past the parasite stage and into the disease stage. I’m desperate for help. There in my food. My floors. They burn as if fiber glass is in an open would. I’ve had very irrigular periods for a couple months now and also had a postive pregnancy test. Than negtive? What is this thing?
I’ve battled this for 6 months. I think it’s a micro moth/fly that is breeding in sewage or in soil. I saw them once in my magnifying glass. Inside a little thread/dustball. They were maybe 5 coming out if it, white/yellowish with a brown head, similar to an indian meal moth but smaller. They were so tiny they can easily live on a human or in clothes where they spin cocoons i think.
Clean your walls with TSP and spray everything in your house with enzyme based cleaners.
Then order Ivermectin on Amazon (for horses/cattle) same ingredient as for humans but without prescription and for abt 10 dollars! Take it internally and use it externally by mixing it into a lotion. Scrape your body and face with a credit card or similar to remove the biofilm they produce. This is important!
Also use hydrocortisone and sulphur cream on your face and scalp.
I’m almost free of them now and my hair is coming back!
How long can I use the ivermectin and about how much dosage per pound of weight