Morgellons fibers exhibit a high degree of autofluorescence just like the fibers

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Morgellons fibers exhibit a high degree

of autofluorescence just like the fibers in chemtrails

 

 

 

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Most individuals with this disease..

...report disturbing crawling, stinging, and biting sensations, as well

as non-healing skin lesions, which are associated with highly unusual

structures.

 

Images above: Objects emerging from lesion on child's lip at 200x

 

These structures can be described as fiber-like or filamentous, and

are the most striking feature of this disease. In addition, patients

report the presence of seed-like granules and black speck-like

material associated with their skin.

 

Although skin symptoms are of particular interest to this foundation

and are extremely troubling to patients, they are also a vital clue

that something is terribly wrong with the body. More significant than

skin symptoms, in terms of the diminished quality of life of the

individual with this illness, are symptoms unrelated to skin, to

include Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Fibromyalgia (ME), joint pain,

and significant problems with concentration and memory.

 

Remarkably, not all people with this disease have overt skin lesions,

as some individuals report intact skin. The troubling sensations and

accompanying physical structures, are the consistent clues to this

infectious process.

 

How can these unknown fibers be described?

 

The unknown fibers associated with skin lesions can be described as

coenocytic (aseptate), smooth-walled, branching, filamentous objects.

The fibers have been analyzed by FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared

Spectroscopy) and have tentatively been identified as cellulose.

 

The elongated fibers are often twisted into balls or what appear to be

bundles of fibers, as they grow within the skin. Many people refer to

these bundles as fiber balls, fuzz balls, or lint balls. The fibers

are clearly hyphae-like structures, and yet, do not fall within the

description of known hyphae or pseudohyphae. The fibers are most often

white, but are also consistently seen as blue, black, and rarely red.

 

These fibers exhibit a high degree of autofluorescence and are not

textile derived.

 

Image showing striking autofluorescence of fibers from child's lip

skin lesion. Nothing was added to skin sample, except Gel/Mount

mounting media and coverslip. Image is an overlay of red and blue

images. Imaging was done using an Olympus Provis Microscope which

employs standard wavelengths for rhodamine (Excitation 550 nm/

Emission/565 nm ) and Fluoroscein/alexa 488 (Excitation 494

nm/Emission 519nm).

 

More images are available in our Images section, including Scanning

Electron Micrographs of a fiber.

 

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