Why Do Doctors Refuse to Recognize Morgellons Disease?

In 2006, the United States’ medical community became aware of a mysterious condition afflicting people across the country: patients complained of bizarre sensations, as if something unseen was crawling over their skin, and fibrous filaments were oozing through open wounds. Curiosity and an urge to better understand the condition peaked when a Texan teenager committed suicide as a result of his extreme discomfort.

Prior to this, no clinical studies had been performed to evaluate and treat the condition – known as Morgellons – but in 2008, the CDC launched an investigation, in partnership with Northern California’s Kaiser Permanente health plan, and …read more