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“Can anyone tell me what stage and type of worm or worm pupa these could be?” asks this reader in his submission regarding the various organisms pictured below. “Any ID help would be greatly appreciated!”
No further context is provided along with these pictures, which are also of quite low resolution. As such, we will not be able to identify these critters. The closest thing that these resemble is some of the organisms/tissue that past readers have sent in, who believe that they are experiencing a parasitic infection. We are not suggesting that this is the case for our reader: we would not be qualified to make such an inference, as we are not medical professionals. However, given that our reader provides no context as to where the creatures were found, we have to take every possibility into account.
If our reader believes that these creatures came from his body, then we recommend that he consult a medical parasitologist, as they are qualified and equipped to diagnose and treat such infections (more so than a GP or ER doctor). What we can recommend is that our reader do one or more of the following:
1) Search for a medical parasitologist in his 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 (name of the closest big city)” or “tropical medicine specialist (name of the closest big city)”.
3) Get in touch with Dr. Omar Amin at the Parasitology Center at https://www.parasitetesting.com.
In conclusion, we do not know what these creatures are, as the lack of context and low-quality photos make it nearly impossible to get any grasp on their identity. Nonetheless, we hope that some of the suggestions we made in this article prove useful, and we wish our reader the very best!
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It is a parasite and they are nightmare to deal with. I started dealing with this a little over six months ago and had no clue what it was or what was going on, doctors were of absolutely no help at all and I only more recently figured out myself that it was parasites and a parasitical infection. The only reason I figured it out was because it had gotten so bad that the things were getting bigger and taking over pretty much. So it was to the point that I was able to actually see them, but at first you don’t. They look totally different in each stage of their lives as they grow, you’ve got the egg sacks, the eggs, the little red dots, then tiny almost microscopic thin transparent stringy worms, then they get a little bigger and have a black head, then a red head but I believe that’s from the blood, then they turn in little completely red worms, then bright red little bug looking things and eventually they almost look like a crustacean… like a cross between a lobster or crawfish/shrimp and a bug. It is the weirdest thing ever. They are in your blood though and you’ll notice anywhere you get a cut or have an open wound, they’ll begin to appear and start coming out. Doesn’t matter where on your body because they’re in your blood basically like a blood fluke. I was literally losing my hair because they had gotten so bad and I was getting no help at all. You have to see an Infectious Disease Specialist if you want or need some real help with this. They specialize in parasitical diseases, infections, infestations, etc. You can also just ask your primary care doctor to prescribe you some anti parasitical medications too if that is something they will do for you if you tell them you know you have parasites of at least some type. Generally if you have this one though, you also have more as well unfortunately and that makes things even more confusing when trying to figure it out. I know it sucks and it’s a nightmare so I’ll list some things I found that actually do help… first thing is anti-fungal soaps, shampoos, creams, sprays, etc. That helps clear them up on the outside as far as the scabs they leave everywhere and hang out under. Something else that helps and will kill them all immediately on contact is this homeopathic “Super Lice” spray. Again, it will kill all of the ones on you but it does nothing for the ones inside of you. Nizoral medicated shampoo helps, as well as K18 Biomimetic Hairsciences Peptide Prep detox shampoo. It’s a professional grade detox shampoo meant to breakdown very heavy buildup on the scalp, breaking down and removing dirt, oils, metals and literally anything that isn’t supposed to and shouldn’t be there. So it helps manage your scalp and keep it from getting so bad that there could possibly be permanent damage and hair loss because of these things burrowing around your hair follicles and causing scalp damage. I did try to take Ivermectin on my own and it really didn’t do anything for me that I noticed at all, but I was finally prescribed a medication by my doctor for it – Albendazole 200mg tablets. I was instructed to take two the first day I picked up my prescription and then 14 days later I will take two more. That’s it. The first dose is supposed to kill all of the adults but when the adults are dying, they all dump their egg sacks immediately in an attempt to hopefully help their nasty babies survive. They also each can lay up to 1 million eggs per day anyway, just in general. So the second dose of two pills the 14 days later is to get whatever is still left since the first dose only usually gets the adults. I took my first dose about a week ago and just yesterday things have really started to get crazy… these things are coming out of me everywhere. As I’m working at my desk, they will just be dropping constantly and I’ll have to clean my desk off every 10-15 minutes. It is insane. So it is definitely working but some of them are still alive and I do still have a couple of places at the hairline above the back of my neck, I know those ones are not dead. I guess it just takes a bit and it all depends on how had the infestation is in you. I actually made mine so much worse because it was actually initially misdiagnosed as a keratin overproduction and then as calcium crystals, so if one of the scab looking places was to the point I could get it off without damaging my skin I would pick it off… well every time you pick at one of those places, there tons and tons of tiny little baby worms (the microscopic ones I mentioned earlier in their beginning stages) that are going right underneath your finger nails. Some of them go into your skin, some burrow under your nail bed, around it and then from there some of them also make their way onto/into whatever you touch with that finger(s) wherever it may be. It made me so itchy so I would scratch too and had no clue there were little parasites undetectable by eyesight alone under my nails that I was essentially aiding in the spread of all over my body. So yeah… don’t do that. They can and will also get in your eyes as well, so definitely do not be rubbing your eyes either. There’s just so much more, I could probably literally go on forever but I won’t. I hope this helps you guys on here and anyone else who happens to come across this forum looking for answers because I know first hand they are not easy to find.
I understand I’ve been to so many doctors and dermatologist just to tell me that I have a mental problem or scratching myself and picking at my skin and I know that’s not what it is so I would love to see some of your pictures. I would greatly appreciate any information you may have on this situation because I don’t know what else to do. Thank you.
So what is your theory? Have you made any headway with this? It’s happening to me as well. I’m miserable.
Yo, something is definitely going on! I would love hear your stories and what you have experienced. Trust me when I say that the same thing happened to me too! You won’t believe my theory!
I have hundreds of quality pictures of Morgallions along with other unidentified organisms.We’ve had this since 2020 . 4 years. I have seen every medical professional in Northern Colorado just to be humiliated accused of being homeles and a junkie…… I’ve been doing my own extensive research studying organisms from my body trying to make sense of everything.
Please contact me …
I need help . please help me.. I have hundreds of samples of organisms unidentified from the past 4 years along with hundreds of quality pictures. We’ve had this since 2020 . 4 years. I have seen every medical professional in Northern Colorado just to be humiliated accused of being homeles and a junkie…… I’ve been doing my own extensive research studying organisms from my body trying to make sense of everything.
Please contact me …