Comments on: Factitious Disorders

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:38:41 +0000

Dant, in the fourth link you gave the symptoms are listed as (with Google translation):

1. Температура около 37, или колебания от 36 до 38
The temperature of about 37, or variations of 36 to 38
2. Наличие экзантемы (сыпь мелкоточечная и др.)
The exanthema (melkotochechnaya rashes, etc.)
3. Слабость по всему телу (все время хочется прилечь, трудно подниматься по лестнице и др.)
The weakness all over the body (like prilech time, it is difficult to climb the ladder, etc.)
4. Постоянная сонливость
Standing sleepiness
5. Периодические поносы (могут быть редкие).
Recurring diarrhea (may be rare).
6. Боли в области ЖКТ
Pain in the stomach
7. Зуд и/или жжение кожи
Itching of the skin and / or skin burns
8. Краснота слизистой горла (тонзиллит и/или фарингит)
Redness mucous throat (tonsillitis and / or pharyngitis)
9. Боли и/или хруст в суставах.
Pain and / or dude in the joints.
10. Может быть кашель.
Maybe cough.
11. Ночная потливость.
Nightlife sweating.
12. По ночам чувство онемение конечностей.
At night feeling numbness of limbs.
13. Иногда ладошки рук становятся красными с белыми крупными “зернышками”.
Sometimes Elladent hands are red with a large white “pips.”
14. Высыпания в виде отдельных прыщей на различных участках тела(ноги, руки, пальцы, ребра)
Filling in the form of aging in various parts of the body (legs, arms, fingers, ribs)
15. Чувство давления на сердце снизу.
Feeling pressure to reduce heart.
16. Увеличение размеров и болезненность лимфоузлов лимфоглоточного кольца (шея и подчелюстные) и/или паховых
Increased size and painful lymph limfoglotochnogo ring (neck and podchelyustnye) and / or groin

I don’t see anything about fibers in the skin. I would be very interested if you could give a little history of your Russian disease, and how you feel it is connected to Morgellons.

By: Dant

Dant — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:08:41 +0000

Hi there!

Guys i’m presenting the russian-speaking community of “mystery illness”!

Detail info You could find here(in russian):

“Букет непонятных проявлений…”

Part(1): http://forum.nedug.ru/showthread.php?t=341905

Part(2): http://forum.nedug.ru/showthread.php?t=441208

Part(3): http://forum.nedug.ru/showthread.php?t=447136

Part(4-ACTIVE!): http://forum.nedug.ru/showthread.php?t=448884&page=1

If someone want to contact us – you simply need to leave the message with your contacts(for ex. e-mail) at forum here:

http://forum.nedug.ru/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=5340991
and you will be contacted.

P.S. By the way after 2 years of research i have found the same truth as pappasmurf

By: Smileykins

Smileykins — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:22:41 +0000

When people can’t think for themselves to start with, and what they’re wanting answers to is so far-fetched, they’ll believe almost anyone they consider as being in an authoritative position. They can’t know that they’re being played, and preyed upon. The real authorities were the many doctors who diagnosed them. So, rather than treating what has their perceptions so out of kilter, their quest into the realm of the unknown is guaranteed, for a large percent of them, I think, to go on until time is no more. Outside-of-the-box, the place where no solutions exist, is such a magnificent force to them. As long as they’re there, everything is all right, somehow, even though it isn’t, and they all know it isn’t.

By: Sarah B-Dunn

Sarah B-Dunn — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:49:24 +0000

Dr. Martin, again? How many times do we have to go through the “argument from authority” logical fallacy?

By: Ethanol

Ethanol — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:01:58 +0000

*wonders how cold it\’s going to get today*

By: tallcotton

tallcotton — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:57:23 +0000

Dr. John Martin stripped of license.

http://www.ncf-net.org/forum/Johnmartin.html

By: al

al — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:04:36 +0000

Alternative cellular energy pigments mistaken for
parasitic skin infestations
W. John Martin
Center for Complex Infectious Diseases, 3328 Stevens Avenue, Rosemead, CA 91770 USA
Received 5 January 2005
Abstract
Dermatologists and psychiatrists occasionally encounter patients who believe they are infested with skin parasites. They may report seeing
threads, fibers and more solid appearing particles attached to their skin and hair, or appearing on clean bed sheets after sleeping. Some of the
particles move spontaneously suggesting a life form. Similar structures develop in long-term cultures of stealth-adapted viruses. They are
termed alternative cellular energy pigments (ACE pigments) since they appear to provide a non-mitochondria source of cellular energy that
can assist in cellular repair from the virus cytopathic effect (CPE). Particles obtained from the skin of stealth virus culture-positive patients
can also display auto-fluorescence and electrostatic properties. Some of the particles are magnetic and can generate gas in an aqueous
solution. They also lead to the production of lipid-like crystals similar to those produced in long-term cultures of stealth-adapted viruses. It is
proposed that skin-derived particles that form in some of the patients assumed to be experiencing a delusional parasitosis are, in reality, a
reflection of the body’s production of ACE pigments.
D 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Alternative cellular energy pigments; ACE-pigments; Delusional parasitosis; Stealth-adapted viruses
Introduction
Over the last several years, I have encountered several
patients who have described unusual solid and thread-like
particles arising from their skin and which occasionally
appeared to move spontaneously, as if alive. The patients
were concerned that they may be infected with some form of
skin parasite. Other patients have noted unusual particles in
their bed sheets, and in bath water that has been undisturbed
for several hours following bathing. One patient who slept on
a magnetic mattress noted that some of the particles were
attaching to the mattress as if they were magnetic. Several of
these patients were also being seen by psychiatrists and were
given a clinical diagnosis of delusional parasitosis (Bhatia et
al. 2000; Goddard, 1995; Zomer et al., 1998).
The particles collected by these patients were morpho-logically
similar to structures that form in long-term
cultures of a grouping of viruses that cause persistent
infections in humans and animals (Martin, 2003a). These
viruses have been termed stealth-adapted because they lack
the relatively few virus components that are normally
targeted by an anti-virus cellular immune response (Martin,
1994, 1999; Martin et al., 1994). The viruses do not
propagate well in tissue cultures because of a cellular repair
process that coincides with the formation of pigmented
materials that can take various forms including solid
conglomerates of minute particles, long threads and shorter
ribbon-like structures. Most of the solid structures are black,
whereas the ribbons and threads can show a wide diversity
of colors including blue, yellow, green, brown, red or are
translucent. While their compositions are still unknown,
they do contain various types of minerals that vary
considerably between different particles even when col-lected
from a single culture (Martin, 2003a). Individual
threads and ribbons can occasionally be seen forming
instantaneously as if by a very rapid self-assembly process.
Fibrous threads have also been observed emerging from
Experimental and Molecular Pathology
more solid particles present in long-term virus cultures
(Martin, 2003a).
The particles are typically auto-fluorescent with both red
and green emissions evoked by ultraviolet light. Isolated
particles can exhibit electrostatic attractions and repulsions
and can also occasionally display ferromagnetism. They can
vibrate in response to certain sound frequencies and can also
donate electrons to tetrazolium salts. The replacement of
virus culture supernatants containing these structures with
fresh medium leads to a rapid reactivation of the virus CPE,
whereas inclusion of particles in the fresh re-feeding virus
culture medium suppresses the reactivation (Martin, 2003a).
Cultures of cells infected with stealth-adapted viruses
commonly contain numerous needle-shaped crystals of
apparent lipid composition (Martin, 2003a). Needle pro-duction
continues even in the absence of viable cells and is
attributed to a synthetic process presumably related to the
presence of ACE pigments. It appears that ACE-pigments
may be providing an energy source for simple hydrocarbon
synthesis that is somewhat comparable to the role of
chlorophyll in carbohydrate synthesis.
Complex intracellular structures have also been observed
within cells seen on brain biopsies of stealth-adapted virus
infected individuals (Martin, 2003b). Many of the cells
show very extensive disruption of their mitochondria, the
major normal source of cellular energy. This observation
provides further support for the role of these structures as an
alternative (non-mitochondria) source of cellular energy.
Results
A series of studies have been performed on pigmented
materials collected from both dried perspiration and skin
lesions of patients shown by cultures to be infected with
stealth-adapted viruses. These studies have confirmed the
overall similarities of these particles with those obtained
from long-term cultures of stealth-adapted viruses. Specif-ically,
the patient-derived particles are auto-fluorescent,
electrostatic, occasionally magnetic, and have electron
donating and electron accepting capacities. Readily visible
particles are conglomerates of microscopic elements,
yielding a very fine speckled pattern on fluorescent
microscopy. The ferromagnetism of some of the particles
can be easily demonstrated by their rotation in a liquid
medium using a hand-held magnet (Fig. 1). Gas bubble
formation has also been observed even in distilled water
with patient’s skin-derived particles (Fig. 2). Even more
striking has been the formation of needle shaped structures
similar to those seen in long-term cultures of stealth-adapted
viruses (Fig. 3). Colorful auto-fluorescent fibers
and thread-like structures can commonly be seen emerging
from the more solid particles. Fibers and threads embedded
in skin flakes from several patients can be viewed on
internet at http://www.morgellons.org and related patients’
directed sites.
Discussion
Several patients have felt a sense of itchiness in their skin
that they have attributed to these particles. Some have been
told they have delusional parasitosis (Bhatia et al. 2000;
Goddard, 1995; Zomer et al., 1998). Other patients have
been told they have head lice because of particles attached
to their scalp hair. They can be readily observed on patients
using an ultraviolet light and their fluorescence visualization
can be further enhanced using dyes such as neutral red
(Martin and Stoneburner, 2005). Several conscientious
patients have photographed and even video recorded some
of the skin-derived structures. Video recordings can reveal
both rapid jerky displacements of the particles as well as
slow coiling and uncoiling of colored fibers. Fibers and
threads have also been observed emerging from the more
solid particles and intertwining into arrays suggestive of
functional electronic devices. As shown in this paper, some
particles can induce gas formation from water and can also
lead to the synthesis of fine needle-shaped crystals. These
observations are consistent with the suggestion that ACE
pigments reflect a pre-chlorophyll form of physical to
chemical energy transduction. They may help explain the
paradox that if chlorophyll were to be the only mechanism
of converting physical to biological energy, then where did
Nature get the energy to produce chlorophyll?
The forces acting on ACE pigments may well extend
beyond conventional static electricity and electromagnetism.
Mineral analyses of particles attached to a single hair shaft
have shown distinctly different compositions, possibly
implying that some type of mineral specific affinity force
is operative in the self-assembly process. The particles may
also emit novel forms of chemical and cellular energies for
which detection methods have yet to be developed. ACE
pigment particles should be of interest to those engaged in
the emerging science of nanotechnology.
Ultraviolet light exposure of patients’ hair and skin can
provide a useful screening test for the presence of ACE
pigments. Such demonstrations can also help reassure the
patient that he or she is not delusional, but rather has
uncovered a process that may have originally reflected the
body’s attempt to acquire an additional source of cellular
energy.
References
Bhatia, M.S., Jagawat, T., Choudhary, S., 2000. Delusional parasitosis: a
clinical profile. Int. J. Psychiatry Med., 30, 83–91.
Goddard, J., 1995. Analysis of 11 cases of delusions of parasitosis reported
to the Mississippi Department of Health. South Med. J., 88, 837–839.
Martin, W.J., 1994. Stealth viruses as neuropathogens. CAP Today, 8,
67– 70.
Martin, W.J., 1999. Stealth adaptation of an African green monkey simian
cytomegalovirus. Exp. Mol. Pathol., 66, 3– 7.
Martin, W.J., 2003. Stealth virus culture pigments: a potential source of
cellular energy. Exp. Mol. Pathol., 74, 210–223.
Martin, W.J., 2003. Complex intracellular inclusions in the brain of a child
with a stealth virus encephalopathy. Exp. Mol. Pathol., 74, 179–209.
Martin, W.J., Stoneburner, J., 2005. Symptomatic relief of herpetic skin
lesions utilizing an energy based approach to healing. Exp. Mol.
Pathol., 78, 131– 134.
Martin, W.J., Zeng, L.C., Ahmed, K., Roy, M., 1994. Cytomegalovirus-related
sequence in an atypical cytopathic virus repeatedly isolated
from a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome. Am. J. Pathol., 145,
440– 451.
Zomer, S.F., De Wit, R.F., Van Bronswijk, J.E., Nabarro, G., Van Vloten,
W.A., 1998. Delusions of parasitosis. A psychiatric disorder to be
treated by dermatologists? an analysis of 33 patients. Br. J. Dermatol.,
138, 1030– 1032.

By: HAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHA — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:12:08 +0000

And yes I asked OSU, but i will dual track this idea.

By: HAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHA — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:00:05 +0000

Thanks. I will follow throught w/ that contact.

By: SarachConnor (abac68)

SarachConnor (abac68) — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:57:50 +0000

A lab that will test for DNA for the Cry.xxx – well couldn’t you ask Dr Wymore since he is interested in this, is he not??

Someone in the USA asked me to send some specimens to this person, they do all that stuff. I have not done this, can’t afford it, and anyway I have a treatment regime currently which I am sticking to. Hope this helps.

Dr. Burch Stewart
Applied Consumer Services, Inc.
11840 N.W. 87th Court Unit # 8
Hiahleah Gardens, FL 33018
Phone: 305-821-1677
Fax: 305-821-0155