Morgellons disease is a controversial and poorly understood condition in which people believe they have unusual thread-like fibers under the skin. Someone with Morgellons disease may feel like ...

Morgellons disease causes black, white, red, or blue fibers to appear under the skin or protrude from it. People may also feel like something is crawling under their skin. The exact cause is unclear, ...

In 2012, 15 researchers from a range of medical fields tried to wipe a disease off the face of the earth with a stroke of the pen. The team, brought together by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

CDC scientists search for clues in desperate Morgellons sufferers. Jan. 25, 2012— -- A new study published today sheds light on Morgellons disease, a controversial condition marked by crawling ...

One day in 2003, Mary Leitao plucked a fiber that looked like dandelion fluff from a sore under her 2-year-old son's lip. Three pediatricians, three allergists, two dermatologists, and many ...

A strange disease in which sufferers say they find fibers, fuzz and other debris sprouting from sores on their skin is not contagious and has no clear cause, the largest-ever study of the condition ...

Reports of a mysterious medical condition are cropping up across the country but doctors are divided on whether it is a real disease or all in their patients' heads. Called Morgellons Disease, ...

The sores that cover Cindy Casey’s body are oozy and crusty. “They start out looking something like a mosquito bite that you’ve scratched, and they just sort of erupt and form a raised red lesion,” ...

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Morgellons disease causes black, white, red, or blue fibers to appear under the skin or protrude from it. People may also feel crawling, stinging, or biting sensations in their skin, joint pain, and ...

Morgellons disease (MD) is a rare condition that involves fibers appearing underneath the skin or emerging from slow-healing skin sores. People with MD often report feeling stinging, crawling, or ...