“What is it?” asks our reader about her “findings” on her “scalp” that have been bothering her for five weeks. She discovered the yellow and red markings on her scalp with her comb, and they were “itchy at first”, though she does not elaborate upon the extent to which they are affecting her now.
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As far as we can see, there are no organisms in the pictures to accompany her marking, so there really is not anything for us to identify in these pictures. On top of that, our reader does not provide any more context than what is written above. Either way, seeing as whatever is bothering our reader seems to be leaving these markings behind and causing symptoms of itchiness, we would not be able to identify any organisms even if they were photographed or mentioned. As we are not medical professionals, this is not something we are qualified to do. All we can do is point our reader in the right direction of some resources she can use to seek the advice of a professional, who can better tell our reader what she may be going through.
If our reader does not think an organism is causing these marks, then we suggest that she goes to her GP. If she does suspect that these are caused by an organism, then what we can recommend is that our reader do one or more of the following: 1) Search for a medical parasitologist in their 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 is is our reader is dealing with, and we do not know if there is an organism linked to the markings on her scalp and the accompanying itchiness. Regardless, we would not be able to identify such organisms, nor would we be able to identify the cause of these markings even if organisms were not causing them. For that reason, we urge our reader to consult the advice of a medical professional.
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It looks like what I’m dealing with, along with a gazillion others who have no clue as to what they’re dealing with and “doctors” keep Continue to tell us all that we have Delusional Parasitosis, simply because They haven’t bothered to get curiously determined, like a single-minded hound on scent, to find the critter bringing Everyone So MUCH suffering, the likes of which they cannot begin to fathom.
Are the spots hard, thickishess, sometimes tacky like drying honey, Absolutely Impossible to remove (like they dig in for dear life from every angle) and if you persit, like I did once (OMG – NO pain. Could only feel the tugging – same with the biopsy btw., Never felt the needles or the anesthetic which was supposed to pack a whollaping sting), it’s like playing tug-of-war and not only do you lose – badly, but you get this wicked kind of “let down” (like oxytocin when you’re breastfeeding) in your brain as soon as you begin to really try to remove it.
It’s Morgellon’s and she likely has had, has and will have Many more symptoms, whacky blood labs with normal eosinophils but every other wbc is off the charts and way low rbc’s but HIGH MCV & MCHC. Oral ulcers might become a thing, nasal and ocular discharge. My right nostril ran for 2 years prior to the scary stuff and I was diagnosed with a variety of idiopathic autoimmune disorders; IBC, Fibromyalgia, arthritis, psoriasis, along with lacunar strokes and my blood pressure numbers heart rhythm and platelet counts went crazy out of nowhere.
If she wants to join a group I am trying to get off the ground, she can drop a line to kdk.parasites101 at gmail(dot)com
I have same problem what do I do? Can’t find help in Illinois.
My son has been suffering with some kind of parasite under his skin for 7 months the dr said it was all in his mind and wanted to give him relaxers
In the last 5 weeks these horrible parasite the size of the end of a Q tip my be a bit bigger are now in his noise they cling to the hair and are difficult to remove we have kept some of them for proof so as a Docter can not say he is imagining his skin crawling
We just do not know what kind of doctor to go to we live in Florida, do you know anyone that can help him
Thank you
I believe it could be Phylum Nematomorpha. I do see something on her scalp that does looks suspicious of some sort of parasite. There is a lot of controversy on whether they parasite humans or not. I’ve always been under the impression that they did not but; I no longer believe that. I am extremely hesitant to say I even agree with a lot of the experts that claim they don’t cause problems in humans. These are neglected diseases in the US and mis- understood, I wish more studies would be done. . The larva will use the human face and scalp. I’ve lost all my hair and they destroyed my face. My home is infested with horse hair worms, we even drained our pool and got rid of our pool. We live near a reservoir and right next to a stream in the middle of the woods. So, it’s ideal for them. They just showed up in force and seemed to move into my house; primarily my shower, toilet and washer machine. They come in on all sorts of weird insects, last night a wasp. The most bizarre was when the water bug known as the “toe pincher” showed up in my home, we found a dead silverfish insect. I didn’t know they infested homes and humans but apparently they do. Everything I’ve seen and experienced goes against the very little literature I’ve found on the subject. The CDC needs to step up to acknowledge this parasite is real and address this, it is not something any doctor or person is looking for. It has been a nightmare and I can’t get rid of them. This has been a completely devastating experience which has impacted every aspect of my life. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out sometime in the near future that Phylum Nematomorpha has something to do with Morgellions disease. Just a thought I’ve had. I was just in the hospital for five days due to failure to thrive because of this, they made me very sick. She may have want to keep her eye out for horse hair worms, they aren’t always obvious at first until they move!
Borax in laundry helps. Look up Morgellans Richard Kunes. He can help.