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I watched the Netflix documentary Skin Deep: The Battle Over Morgellons on a lark last night. I had no idea what it was about or anything, just started it. It was very interesting!
I had never heard anything about this disease. Anyone else watched it?
Lots of similarities to other diseases and situations. I think a lot of people can relate to the problem of being ignored or dismissed by the healthcare industry.
SPOILERS
The film beings by sharing the stories of some people suffering with this and the quest for an accurate diagnosis and helpful treatment. These individuals have lesions on their skin, some worse than others, some that appear self inflicted, others less so. Lots of doctors believe this is a psychosomatic disease and the people who have it need psychological help. They think it's people picking at themselves. But some research suggests this is sequela from Lyme Disease, a rare long term complication. The evidence for this is that there appear to be fibers in the skin at the spots where lesions occur. These fibers have been analyzed and appear to be proteins produced by the human body that surround bacteria. Which bacteria? The one that causes Lyme Disease. Apparently there is a similar disease in cows with a different bacteria and also a similar disease in dogs with the same bacteria. Treatment with longterm antibiotics appears to help quite a bit. Many people mostly recover. The tricky part is that it seems these bacteria/protein filaments may also infect the brain, which adds to the difficulty in diagnosis and treatment.
The overarching theme of the film is that suffering deserves compassion, even if/when we can't understand the cause of the suffering.
I had never heard anything about this disease. Anyone else watched it?
Lots of similarities to other diseases and situations. I think a lot of people can relate to the problem of being ignored or dismissed by the healthcare industry.
SPOILERS
The film beings by sharing the stories of some people suffering with this and the quest for an accurate diagnosis and helpful treatment. These individuals have lesions on their skin, some worse than others, some that appear self inflicted, others less so. Lots of doctors believe this is a psychosomatic disease and the people who have it need psychological help. They think it's people picking at themselves. But some research suggests this is sequela from Lyme Disease, a rare long term complication. The evidence for this is that there appear to be fibers in the skin at the spots where lesions occur. These fibers have been analyzed and appear to be proteins produced by the human body that surround bacteria. Which bacteria? The one that causes Lyme Disease. Apparently there is a similar disease in cows with a different bacteria and also a similar disease in dogs with the same bacteria. Treatment with longterm antibiotics appears to help quite a bit. Many people mostly recover. The tricky part is that it seems these bacteria/protein filaments may also infect the brain, which adds to the difficulty in diagnosis and treatment.
The overarching theme of the film is that suffering deserves compassion, even if/when we can't understand the cause of the suffering.