Legendary Singer Joni Mitchell Helps to Raise Profile of Morgellons Disease

Morgellons disease is one of the most controversial medical issues of today’s world, with sufferers facing a continuing battle to have their affliction receive more recognition from doctors. With Morgellons, symptoms are particularly uncomfortable, with patients complaining of itching skin, burning sensations, and the feeling that unseen things are crawling underneath the skin (such as bugs); they also describe strange materials emerging from lesions, with the look of threads, fuzz, or hair.

However, Morgellons is not medically accepted as a diagnosis, as researchers have been unable to definitively explain where these fibers stem from. In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control …read more