Morgellons
Pseudomedical skin condition
Summary
Morgellons is the informal name of a self-diagnosed, scientifically unsubstantiated skin condition in which individuals have sores that they believe contain fibrous material. Morgellons is not well understood, but the general medical consensus is that it is a form of delusional parasitosis, on the psychiatric spectrum. The sores are typically the result of compulsive scratching, and the fibers, when analysed, are consistently found to have originated from cotton and other textiles.
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[[User:Roxy the dog]], it is spurious, as in, it's not a real medical condition—it's considered a "delusional parasitosis".
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