How to Treat Morgellons Disease

Morgellons disease is a controversial diagnosis, and some doctors refuse to recognize this condition or offer treatment. However, as research reveals more about this baffling disorder, doctors and scientists have discovered treatments that can alleviate the suffering that accompanies Morgellons disease. No one standard-of-care protocol applies to all Morgellons patients, but some treatments show efficacy.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Plastic bedding
• Citric acid cleaners
• Hydrogen peroxide
• Salt
• Lactic acid lotion

1. Ask your doctor to test you for Chlamydia pneumoniae. Researchers have associated a high number of Morgellons patients with these bacteria. Treatment includes 6 months to 3 years of amoxicillin, N-acetyl cysteine, doxycycline and azithromycin.

2. Get tested for Lyme disease. Researchers have linked Morgellons disease to Lyme disease, and many Morgellons patients have had a positive Lyme titer. Doctors treat Lyme disease with tetracycline, penicillin, cephalosporin and erythromycin.

3. Learn if you harbor Babesia microti, a protozoan associated with Lyme disease infection. It causes the joint pain, fatigue and shortness of breath many Morgellons patients experience. Treatments include clindamycin, quinine, atovaquone and azithromycin.

4. Treat your environment to prevent reinfection and to prevent the disease from spreading to others. Techniques similar to allergy management include encasing bedding in plastic, vacuuming frequently and using citric acid cleaners on surfaces and laundry.

5. Reduce the discomfort of skin lesions. Soak in a warm bath with 3 or 4 bottles of hydrogen peroxide and a 26 oz. container of salt for 30 minutes. Follow with lactic acid lotion on sores.

6. Be patient since Morgellons is a chronic disease and no one has discovered a method that cures the disorder completely. Treatments can reduce the symptoms of Morgellons, but the disease persists and requires long-term management.

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[danser]

on 3/6/2009 There is an effective treatment for Morgellons; check it out: http://morgellonstreatment.blogspot.com/Your cognitive issues resolved in about 2 weeks and your lesions healed in about 3 weeks. There is no need to continue suffering from Morgellons symptoms.

[jamaclassics]

on 11/24/2008 Erythromycin has been associated with cardiac death, and is not prescribed for skin infections anymore. There have been a handful of people cured, myself included. Deanna Odon's case made front page news last January, when she was interviewed by Newsweek, and there were eleven pages of comments posted by both sufferers and nay-sayers on that article, online. The Morgellons official website, Morgellons.org lists some preliminary findings from study they undertook independently of the Kaiser study, handed off by the CDC. Things are going agonizingly slow for those suffering, who want answers and treatment, and not to mention an apology from the arogant medical community who labeled them, "nuts." I say, try to hang on, I'm praying for you. I have written my senators, sent pamphlets to physicians, made donations, and remain hopeful, which is about all I can do.