by Doreen Martel

Created on: March 30, 2010

There are a wide range of “causes” of Morgellon’s Disease (a.k.a. Morgellon’s Syndrome or Morgellons), and each is both accepted and rejected by a large number of people. Some are medical causes linked to other illnesses or diseases, and others are the result of conspiracy theories often due to the lack of professional research surrounding Morgellons. There is large emphasis on the “professional” here, since much research is done by those suffering (or claiming to suffer) from Morgellons but little is carried out by true scientists and/or doctors.

Examining each scenario would give sufferers, doctors, researchers, and observers an idea of the likelihood of each cause, but one can never be certain overall. The two most common “cause theories” of Morgellons are as follows:

The Other Illness

In this scenario, the person suffering from Morgellons is actually not suffering from Morgellons at all. Because the symptoms can mimic so many other illnesses, it is believed that Morgellons is not a disease at all but rather a conglomeration of known illnesses. Many people are diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention deficit disorder (ADD), depression, bipolar disorder, and many other mind-related illnesses when presenting the symptoms of Morgellons. However, not all symptoms of these illnesses fit what patients often complain of, and not all of the treatments that doctors use for “Morgellons” work for all patients. A problem with this scenario: even with treatments for what doctors believe is causing the patient’s symptoms, discontinuing the drug causes the symptoms to return and become progressively worse instead of curing them.

Pros: If this is the true cause of Morgellons, then it is not a disease and can be treated somewhat easily in most cases as allergic reactions, bacterial infections, delusional parasitosis, or a host of mentally related sources. Case solved, Morgellons is packed with alien births and CIA-contaminated water.

Cons: If this is not the cause of Morgellons, then doctors have been ignoring a very big problem that is worldwide right now. The world would then be faced with the over three thousand members of the MRF (Morgellons Research Foundation) that would most definitely be saying, “I told you so.”

Aliens and Other Conspiracy Theories

Some believe that something sinister is causing Morgellons. A former biologist first coined the term “Morgellons”

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