I was just inspecting some bugs on my houseplants under a microscope and found out that they were thirps. There was another leaf with some curious fibers that reminded me of what i had read of morgellon’s disease – curled white fibers combined with some red ones that looked maybe like fibers from the carpet.

And then I go online and discover that thirps and morgellon’s could be related. i suggest if you have houseplants with thirps to look for these morgellon’s bundles on the bottom of leaves.

You probably know all of this, already, but it may interest someone else:

Skin Symptoms of Sarcoidosis

* Various types of bumps, ulcers, or, rarely, flat areas of discolored skin, that appear mostly near your nose, eyes, back, arms, legs, and scalp. They usually itch but aren’t painful. They usually last a long time.

* Painful bumps that usually appear on your ankles and shins and can be warm, tender, red or purple-to-red in color, and slightly raised. This is called erythema nodosum. You may have fever and swollen ankles and joint pain along with the bumps. The bumps often are an early sign of sarcoidosis, but they occur in other diseases too. The
bumps usually go away in weeks to months, even without treatment.

* Disfiguring skin sores that may affect your nose, nasal passages, cheeks, ears, eyelids, and fingers. This is called lupus pernio. The sores tend to be ongoing and can return after treatment is over.

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Sarcoidosis?

Many people who have sarcoidosis have no symptoms.

Some people have very few symptoms, but others have many.

Symptoms usually depend on which organs the disease affects.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/sarc/sar_signsandsymptoms.html

If your doctor cannot help you, you can contact the nearest university hospital or academic health center and ask for the department that cares for patients with sarcoidosis. Some hospitals have a separate sarcoidosis center. In others, the department will vary. For example, in some cases, the department of pulmonary and critical care medicine treats patients with sarcoidosis. In other medical centers, the appropriate department may be internal medicine or rheumatology.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, (AHCPR) part of the US Department of Health and Human Services provides helpful information on choosing a doctor. For more information visit the Links section of this site under ‘Finding a Doctor’.

http://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/patientresources/findspecialist.htm

Those places where you have had doctors appointments and where you were hospitalized still have copies of your records. You can get a copy of all of them by writing each facility. Be sure and sign your name on the letter, giving them permission to release them to you. The worse scenario would be having to go there is person. If you do, then go to the records department and tell them you want them. They may charge a fee for their trouble, but it’s very important that you get copies. In the future, you should obtain the new pages on each visit, and always keep your copies up to date.

You may be right about fibers causing the creepy-crawlies and the itching, but on the other hand, they may be caused by amplified nerve signals associated with the sarcoidosis. Be very careful what kind of chemicals you put into your body. The body’s systems can be affected by our genetic makeup, but they can also suffer great damage from chemicals we take in.

Jeff, get those records, so you can prove to your doctors that you were diagnosed with sarcoidosis. With that, they might change their opinion on the action that needs to be taken. Good luck.

Tall Cotton

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I used to work with a woman, who ran to her doctor anytime anyone else had symptoms. Everyone had to mask illness from her, whether we had a headache, stomachache, you name it. She would leave work, to do this.

Although she had no symtoms, she thought her doctor was supposed to run every test in existence, to rule out everything. She was either to receive a clean bill of health, or the truth that she knew, which was that she had some mysterious disease.

All I know, is that she hated her doctor and switched a lot. I told her that I would be thrilled if, upon going to my doctor he said that I was okay. I stopped short of telling her that I only go to one when I have symptoms beyond anything I can handle.

She was unrealistic, and her expectations from doctors had nothing to do with the practice of medicine.

Lots of people are really sick, with real diseases, with real skin problems. They need individualized appropriate treatment. For whatever reason the medical establishment has failed them, so they seek comfort elsewhere.

As for what individual people have, I’ve no idea. All I’m claiming is that there is no evidence that there is a new disease that all these people have, and there is no evidence (available) that the fibers are anything unusual.