How does Morgellons Disease Affect Those Afflicted
Have you ever had that creepy, crawly, feeling like something was crawling all over your skin? Maybe you saw a disturbing scene in a movie or watched a gross scene on ‘Fear Factor.’ Now, could you imagine having that felling all over your body all the time? That is what people with Morgellons Disease face all the time whether a rest or awake. Thousands of people have been diagnosed with this disease that has the most presence in Florida, California, and Texas. People have lost their lifestyle and their comfort zone from the nasty disease.
Not only does Morgellons sufferers have the constant itching and the feeling that there are bugs all over their body, but they also have to deal with sores on their body that emit a fibrous material. These fibers can be in or on the sores. These symptoms cause the patient public embarrassment as they scratch and squirm to alleviate the itching. The simple recreational act of going to the movies can be an embarrassing situation as you scratch the entire time. No more dinners out, no more out of the house family activities, and no more interaction with a public that does not understand.
Morgellon sufferers also have a symptom of chronic fatigue. The patient can be so tired that it can affect their work, how they interact with their family, and how they maintain a social life. They are simply to tired to do anything. People afflicted with Morgellons Disease simply cannot live life as they once did. It even affects the mentally. The Morgellon patient will start to lose short term memory or lose their ability to concentrate. If the person has a high attention demand job, then this could easily put that job into jeopardy. The fatigue was reported to be so bad that mothers were afraid to drive their children to school because they were afraid they would fall asleep behind the wheel. There have been other incidences that have included a woman giving up her children to a foster home because she felt she could not stay awake to take care of them. Since Morgellon Desease has such a huge impact on the people that have it, it is amazing that there is so little information about it.
The most disturbing thing that Morgellon sufferers go through is the lack of knowledge about the disease. Some doctors go so far as to say that the disease does not even exist. These skeptics link Morgellon disease as a symptom of mental illness. Still others refuse to admit its existence until there has been more research on the condition. Whether it is a defined disease or not, the sufferers can contest to the miserable existence Morgellon has given them. Most Morgellon patients have to do their on research and in doing so find many dead ends in the search for a cure or at least some relief from the constant itching or scratching. There are many theories to the origin of Morgellon Disease, but all are unsubstantiated.