Morgellons disease causes uncomfortable sensations like crawling, burning or stinging under your skin. These feelings can lead to scratching, sores and stress. It may relate to a signaling disconnect between your brain and your skin, even when medical tests don’t show a clear cause. Treatment focuses on both skin care and mental health support.
Morgellons disease (MD) is a dermopathy characterized by multicolored filaments that lie under, are embedded in, or project from skin. Although MD was initially considered to be a delusional disorder, recent studies have demonstrated that the ...
Morgellons disease causes skin lesions, itching, and fiber-like threads emerging from the skin. Learn about its symptoms, causes, and treatment options.
Morgellons disease represents approximately 1/4 of patients with Delusional Infestation. MD is a rare disorder that is more commonly seen in middle-aged, caucasian women (female: male ratio of 3:1) with a mean age of 57 years.
Morgellons disease is often described by an intense itching, burning and crawling sensation underneath the skin. We'll hear from an OHSU dermatologist to learn more.
The Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) The Morgellons Research Foundation (MRF) is a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization established in 2002 in honor of a two-year-old child with an unknown illness, which his mother labeled “Morgellons disease”. The MRF is dedicated to raising awareness and research funding for this poorly understood illness, which can be disfiguring and disabling, and ...
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