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	<title>Comments on: Neurotic Excoriations and Compulsive Skin Picking</title>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1632</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, that&#039;s the way it goes. You get an A+!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s the way it goes. You get an A+!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Morgellons Watch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Fibers on CNN</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1589</link>
		<dc:creator>Morgellons Watch &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Fibers on CNN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Let’s take a simplistic explanation. Say someone suffers from something that has symptoms of neurotic excoriations (they pick at their own skin, consciously or unconsciously). They are going to have many open lesions on their skin (forearms and faces being common areas). Now lesions are wet and sticky, so naturally they will have several tiny fibers stuck in them. Lesions also heal, so the tiny fibers become embedding in the new skin. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Let’s take a simplistic explanation. Say someone suffers from something that has symptoms of neurotic excoriations (they pick at their own skin, consciously or unconsciously). They are going to have many open lesions on their skin (forearms and faces being common areas). Now lesions are wet and sticky, so naturally they will have several tiny fibers stuck in them. Lesions also heal, so the tiny fibers become embedding in the new skin. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1631</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is listed within MRF&#039;s &quot;case defintion&quot;...

2. Most of these patients feel
abandoned by the traditional medical care system and have sought alternative care providers or have self medicated, seriously compounding an already difficult medical situation.

Since the MRF is held in such high esteem, and so looked upon by morgies as a team of kind and caring individuals, with nothing but their best interest in mind, why has there never been a cautionary statement posted on morgie message boards warning people that they have to refrain from the acts which are &quot;...seriously compounding an already difficult medical situation&quot;?

Sick.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is listed within MRF&#8217;s &#8220;case defintion&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>2. Most of these patients feel<br />
abandoned by the traditional medical care system and have sought alternative care providers or have self medicated, seriously compounding an already difficult medical situation.</p>
<p>Since the MRF is held in such high esteem, and so looked upon by morgies as a team of kind and caring individuals, with nothing but their best interest in mind, why has there never been a cautionary statement posted on morgie message boards warning people that they have to refrain from the acts which are &#8220;&#8230;seriously compounding an already difficult medical situation&#8221;?</p>
<p>Sick.</p>
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		<title>By: abac68</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1630</link>
		<dc:creator>abac68</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>abac68 said...
You Sick, twisted, individual. How dare this blog site allow material to be written about &quot;a little boy named Drew&quot; and the late &quot;Tavis Wilson&quot; and his mom. LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE!

8:24 PM</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>abac68 said&#8230;<br />
You Sick, twisted, individual. How dare this blog site allow material to be written about &#8220;a little boy named Drew&#8221; and the late &#8220;Tavis Wilson&#8221; and his mom. LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE!</p>
<p>8:24 PM</p>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1629</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Upnapishtim, the ways you&#039;ve caused upset, is through the blatant exhibition of your state of mental health. You&#039;ve harbored and nursed resentments towards us that you&#039;d kept concealed until now, and chosen to cite us, here, for specific devastations that you think we brought your way in the past.

Yes, Linda, go back and read your words.  You blamed us, when all of it was unbeknownst to us, and completely unintentional. I posted things on lymebusters in hindsight, three years after recovering, and so did my fiancee. He was still ill up to a point in time before arriving there. And now, with your saying that you didn&#039;t blame us, that indicates just how mixed up you really are.

It&#039;s very misfortunate that your life has been so sheltered that your only point of reference to Christianity is a confused high school acquaintance on a school bus, from long ago, that experimented with drugs and scared you. That&#039;s too bad.

With the all the concerns that are currently overstressing you, considering that disease you&#039;d tested positive for, that you shared online with everyone, from back when you&#039;d entered the military...( airing dirty laundry, you say?)... well, it has definite neuropsychological effects in the late stage.

Approximately one-third of cases of it in the early stage will result in a spontaneous cure, and previously antibody-positive individuals will become antibody-negative. Another third of cases will become the latent form, with positive serologic tests indicating infection, but will never reactivate. The remaining third will progress to late or the tertiary form.

I think you should seriously discuss that with your doctor, in depth, because even though you weren&#039;t sexually active, it can be passed through birth, if your mother had it.

Many people infected with it do not have any symptoms for years, yet remain at risk for late complications if they are not treated.

If you weren&#039;t treated when you tested positive, in the secondary form, rashes may occur, sometimes resembling rashes caused by other diseases. Sometimes the rashes associated with it are so faint that they are not even noticed. In addition to rashes, symptoms may include fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches, and fatigue.

The signs and symptoms of the secondary stage will resolve with or without treatment, but without treatment, the infection will progress to the latent and late stages of disease. The latent (hidden) stage of it begins when secondary symptoms disappear.

Without treatment, the infected person will continue to have it even though there are no signs or symptoms; infection remains in the body.

In the late stages , it may subsequently damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints. This internal damage may show up many years later.

Signs and symptoms of the late stage include difficulty coordinating muscle movements, paralysis, numbness, gradual blindness, and dementia. This damage may be serious enough to cause death.

Talk to your doctor, at length, about this, Linda.

Take your comments here from now on, where you should be taking them:

 http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Upnapishtim, the ways you&#8217;ve caused upset, is through the blatant exhibition of your state of mental health. You&#8217;ve harbored and nursed resentments towards us that you&#8217;d kept concealed until now, and chosen to cite us, here, for specific devastations that you think we brought your way in the past.</p>
<p>Yes, Linda, go back and read your words.  You blamed us, when all of it was unbeknownst to us, and completely unintentional. I posted things on lymebusters in hindsight, three years after recovering, and so did my fiancee. He was still ill up to a point in time before arriving there. And now, with your saying that you didn&#8217;t blame us, that indicates just how mixed up you really are.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s very misfortunate that your life has been so sheltered that your only point of reference to Christianity is a confused high school acquaintance on a school bus, from long ago, that experimented with drugs and scared you. That&#8217;s too bad.</p>
<p>With the all the concerns that are currently overstressing you, considering that disease you&#8217;d tested positive for, that you shared online with everyone, from back when you&#8217;d entered the military&#8230;( airing dirty laundry, you say?)&#8230; well, it has definite neuropsychological effects in the late stage.</p>
<p>Approximately one-third of cases of it in the early stage will result in a spontaneous cure, and previously antibody-positive individuals will become antibody-negative. Another third of cases will become the latent form, with positive serologic tests indicating infection, but will never reactivate. The remaining third will progress to late or the tertiary form.</p>
<p>I think you should seriously discuss that with your doctor, in depth, because even though you weren&#8217;t sexually active, it can be passed through birth, if your mother had it.</p>
<p>Many people infected with it do not have any symptoms for years, yet remain at risk for late complications if they are not treated.</p>
<p>If you weren&#8217;t treated when you tested positive, in the secondary form, rashes may occur, sometimes resembling rashes caused by other diseases. Sometimes the rashes associated with it are so faint that they are not even noticed. In addition to rashes, symptoms may include fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, patchy hair loss, headaches, weight loss, muscle aches, and fatigue.</p>
<p>The signs and symptoms of the secondary stage will resolve with or without treatment, but without treatment, the infection will progress to the latent and late stages of disease. The latent (hidden) stage of it begins when secondary symptoms disappear.</p>
<p>Without treatment, the infected person will continue to have it even though there are no signs or symptoms; infection remains in the body.</p>
<p>In the late stages , it may subsequently damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints. This internal damage may show up many years later.</p>
<p>Signs and symptoms of the late stage include difficulty coordinating muscle movements, paralysis, numbness, gradual blindness, and dementia. This damage may be serious enough to cause death.</p>
<p>Talk to your doctor, at length, about this, Linda.</p>
<p>Take your comments here from now on, where you should be taking them:</p>
<p> <a href="http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1628</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s obvious your father has won you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s obvious your father has won you.</p>
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		<title>By: abac68</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1627</link>
		<dc:creator>abac68</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Smilykins - your story and your boyfriends story is hilarious.  What a pair of unhealthy idiots you are.  Do you think the GPs, Psychologist, and Psychiatrists that have Morgellons Disease lived the lifestyle you two both had.

Well if you want to air your dirty laundry and tell the whole world your life stories of illness through your own stupidity- go for it -  just remember &quot;Mother Nature will ALWAYS WIN&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smilykins &#8211; your story and your boyfriends story is hilarious.  What a pair of unhealthy idiots you are.  Do you think the GPs, Psychologist, and Psychiatrists that have Morgellons Disease lived the lifestyle you two both had.</p>
<p>Well if you want to air your dirty laundry and tell the whole world your life stories of illness through your own stupidity- go for it &#8211;  just remember &#8220;Mother Nature will ALWAYS WIN&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1626</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I can&#039;t say that I wouldn&#039;t feel just as threatened...&quot;

http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t say that I wouldn&#8217;t feel just as threatened&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://of-morgellons.blogspot.com/</a></p>
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		<title>By: abac68</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1625</link>
		<dc:creator>abac68</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Smileykins - Now now don&#039;t blame Linda!  By the way - &quot;hello Linda and keep fighting the good fight&quot;.(whoever you are).

Come on now Smileykins don&#039;t get paranoid, you see I don&#039;t know Linda, but you know she sounds like a nice person.

Have a nice day!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smileykins &#8211; Now now don&#8217;t blame Linda!  By the way &#8211; &#8220;hello Linda and keep fighting the good fight&#8221;.(whoever you are).</p>
<p>Come on now Smileykins don&#8217;t get paranoid, you see I don&#8217;t know Linda, but you know she sounds like a nice person.</p>
<p>Have a nice day!</p>
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		<title>By: Smileykins</title>
		<link>http://morgellonswatch.com/2006/05/26/neurotic-excoriations-and-compulsive-skin-picking/#comment-1624</link>
		<dc:creator>Smileykins</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now that another one of &quot;your people&quot; has appeared, upnapishtim, this one saying that Tall and I actually &quot;still have morgellons&quot; (which we never had to begin with, because there is no such thing), I don&#039;t know which is sadder, you, or them.

If I were that ill, though (although I have prinicples you&#039;re both lacking in), I can&#039;t say that I wouldn&#039;t feel just as threatened, if someone were to acknowledge that they&#039;d had delusions when they were ill, so openly as we have, causing such a threat to &quot;the disease&quot; being exposed for what it is.

I&#039;m so sorry, but from now on, please direct your fellow sufferers to join you at the above URL to halt this childish interference on Michael&#039; blog. Thank you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that another one of &#8220;your people&#8221; has appeared, upnapishtim, this one saying that Tall and I actually &#8220;still have morgellons&#8221; (which we never had to begin with, because there is no such thing), I don&#8217;t know which is sadder, you, or them.</p>
<p>If I were that ill, though (although I have prinicples you&#8217;re both lacking in), I can&#8217;t say that I wouldn&#8217;t feel just as threatened, if someone were to acknowledge that they&#8217;d had delusions when they were ill, so openly as we have, causing such a threat to &#8220;the disease&#8221; being exposed for what it is.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m so sorry, but from now on, please direct your fellow sufferers to join you at the above URL to halt this childish interference on Michael&#8217; blog. Thank you.</p>
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