Makes Your Skin Crawl

Ever have that sensation that your skin is crawling? For those with Morgellon's Disease, that sensation is a reality. In addition to that feeling that you've got creepy-crawlies under your dermis, you might also experience skin lesions with white, black, blue, and red fibers protruding from the wound and adjacent healthy skin. The fibers, thus far, have no resemblence to naturally-occuring fibers from, for example, clothing.

Although cases have been reported in all 50 states, most cases exist in California, Texas, and Florida. The disease name was derived from a condition involving "black hairs" emerging from the skin of children which was documented in France in the 1600's. While most of the medical community dismisses these patients with incorrect diagnoses of scabies or delusional parasitosis, the CDC has formed a group to study this mystery disease further. While some feel it may be related to Lyme Disease, a definitive cause has yet to be identified. Likewise, there is currently no cure.