https://www.prohealth.com/library/study-shows-100-morgellons-patients-borrelia-burgdorferi-infections-81250?fbclid=IwAR1WTjK_QQpoviHMdaQ-Rom7vw97BxpWYFFhK20uB8MCpkhpeOjD-5NMvmQ

Study Shows That 100% Of Morgellon’s Patients Have Borrelia Burgdorferi Infections

By FC Fesler, et al. • ProHealth.com • May 24, 2018

Clinical evaluation of Morgellons disease in a cohort of North American patients

Abstract

Morgellons disease (MD) is a dermatological condition characterized by aberrant production of keratin and collagen fibers in skin. Although infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease (LD), has been associated with MD, relatively few studies have hitherto provided epidemiological evidence regarding this association.

A cohort of 1000 seropositive North American LD patients was evaluated for the presence of MD. Patients were diagnosed with MD based on detection of microscopic fibers in skin lesions or under unbroken skin. Demographic and clinical features of MD patients were analyzed, and laboratory testing for tickborne coinfections and other infectious agents, was performed. Subjective and objective features of MD were analyzed using statistical methods.

Of 1000 seropositive LD patients, 60 (6%) were diagnosed with MD. Of these 60 patients, 75% were female and 78% presented in the late disseminated stage of MD. All 60 patients (100%) were seropositive for B. burgdorferi infection. Tickborne coinfections in these patients included Babesia spp (62%), Bartonella and Rickettsia (25% each), Ehrlichia (15%) and Anaplasma (10%). Helicobacter pylori was detected in 12% of MD patients. In all, 77% of MD patients had one or more coinfections.

This study confirms recent findings that MD occurs in a limited subset of LD patients. The clinical and genetic determinants of MD in LD patients require further study.

Source: By Fesler MC1, Middelveen MJ2, Stricker RB1. Clinical evaluation of Morgellons disease in a cohort of North American patients. Dermatol Reports. 2018 Apr 24;10(1):7660. doi: 10.4081/dr.2018.7660. eCollection 2018 Apr 23.

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Dear RM Agents and Readers,

Let me throw this out here, I'm betting the connection that creates MD is going to be genetic and have to do with or at the very least relating to blood type as in Rh Negative. After speaking to 300 folks that was one thing I determined to be an absolute in regards to those with Morgellons.

Many Blessings,
CrystalRiver