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In reply to the discussion: Iconic singer Joni Mitchell was diagnosed with Morgellons. ... she's awake and in good spirts [View all]Orrex
(67,126 posts)16. No kidding? Well, let's see what the Mayo Clinic says about Morgellons:
A study of 108 persons identified with delusional skin infestation, including persons with Morgellons, examined between 2001 and 2007 at the Mayo Clinic was published in Archives of Dermatology on May 16, 2011. The study did not find evidence of skin infestation despite examination of specimens provided by the patients and study of skin biopsies of study participants. The authors concluded the study results were consistent with the participants' original diagnosis of delusional infestation. They reported that about two thirds of the skin biopsies showed dermatitis, and stated that the skin condition and resultant distress might play a role in the patients' delusional or "false belief their skin is infested by pathogens".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons#Mayo_Clinic_study
Joni said she had it in another paper so complain to Joni
Lots of people think that they have Morgellons. A number of people on DU have claimed it, in fact. It's a real condition in the way that other mental illness is certainly real, but there's no evidence that Morgellons is an infestation of mysterious magical fibers as Ms. Mitchell (and others) believe it to be:Mitchell said the illness is incurable, adding that fibers in a variety of colors protrude out of my skin like mushrooms after a rainstorm
They cannot be forensically identified as animal, vegetable or mineral.
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Iconic singer Joni Mitchell was diagnosed with Morgellons. ... she's awake and in good spirts [View all]
Ichingcarpenter
Apr 2015
OP
Regardless of whether the condition is an infection or a psychological condition . . .
markpkessinger
Apr 2015
#86
I think a post implying that Michell's condition, whatever it may be, is an April Fool's joke . . .
markpkessinger
Apr 2015
#92
Or how about the American Society for Microbiology - Clinical Microbiology Reviews?...
SidDithers
Apr 2015
#10
"Morgellons is a controversial condition and is not recognised by mainstream medical authorities."
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2015
#11
and there are scientists who say there's no environmental damage from fracking
Romeo.lima333
Apr 2015
#15
Oh Joni, you really need a psychiatrist, you're not really sick...
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#20
Whatever! Doctors have been telling women this for millennia, to demean and degrade women.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#24
Oh my side, sidorrex. It's still thinly veiled misogyny, any which way you wrap it.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#48
Do you know what it means to fuck someone over? Have you never heard that phrase?
Orrex
Apr 2015
#53
The only place you used a curse word was in front of the word women. Thinly veiled misogyny.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#58
The only place a curse word was used was in front of the word women. That stands out like a
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#66
I'm not a Freudian psychoanalyst or student. It was a thinly veiled misogenist attack, period.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#78
I think it's pretty crappy that this all started from Sid attacking me simply for saying that I
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#90
That's as believable as a fundamentalist Christian's belief that when Jesus comes to get them he
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#68
The mind is a body part yes. But the intonation of sids "mental"argument is that the illness is a
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#77
Agreed, but a serious scientist is not going to look at a sore on a persons body and immediately
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#73
Delusional Parasitits sounds like a fancy way of calling a disease sufferer crazy.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#107
Y'all are investing a lot of time and energy in trying to convince people that Joni Mitchell is
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#109
I hope she gets the care she needs in a nonjudgmental compassionate atmosphere, unlike DU...
Hekate
Apr 2015
#49
Your most welcome. As a researcher, you might also be interested in the work done by
FourScore
Apr 2015
#122
My fool-proof, certain test as to whether or not a person has an autoimmune disorder and/or
hedgehog
Apr 2015
#126