May Exceed AIDS Death TollSuper Bug Now in U.S. 90,000 Potential Victims

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Estimated to Kill More Than AIDS

by Mondoreb

Last week, Death by 1000 Papercuts reported on a "super bug" that's been killing hospital patients in the U.K. Now, news of the Super Bug's spread to the U.S.

From CNN:

More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estimate of invasive disease caused by the germ.

Deaths tied to these infections may exceed those caused by AIDS, said one public health expert commenting on the new study. The report shows just how far one form of the staph germ has spread beyond its traditional hospital setting.

The overall incidence rate was about 32 invasive infections per 100,000 people. That's an "astounding" figure, said an editorial in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, which published the study.

As we observed last week, Super Bug's not as catchy as the "brain-eating microbes" found in the Arizona lake last month, but it's starting to get our attention.



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UPDATE: Morgellons, The Mysterious New Disease

by Little Baby Ginn

An update concerning our original September 20 post concerning the mysterious disease that researchers and doctors alike are now seeing.

From the Mayo Clinic
Morgellons disease is a mysterious skin disorder characterized by disfiguring sores and crawling sensations on and under the skin. Although Morgellons disease isn't widely recognized as a medical diagnosis, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating reports of the condition.

This is very unusual, to say the least. A disease that many doctors don't recognize? Isn't this 2007? More:

From TLDM
A mysterious skin disease is spreading across the country, and it has already extended into parts of Texas, California, and Florida. It's called Morgellons, a parasite-like infection that will literally make your skin crawl. Patients say it feels like bugs are crawling all over you. To make matters even worse, many doctors say the victims are delusional.

From our original Papercuts post.
by Little Baby Ginn

Just when you thought that the only thing to worry about was nuclear holocaust, the War in Iraq and the falling dollar.

There exists in our world today, a disease, so unusual, that after 5 years of research by various groups, not a single person has, to this date, been able to figure out what it is.
We need the help of concerned citizens, caring health care professionals, interested media and government agencies to help us help ourselves understand what this unknown skin disease (Fiber Disease Syndrome) is, where it came from and how we can work together to eradicate it before it becomes an epidemic.
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Doctors and researchers seem concerned that it's spreading and they don't have the foggiest notion of what it is or how to fight it. In fact, those who have contracted it have sometimes been labeled "delusional".

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STRANGE NEW DISEASE: Doctors, Researchers Don't Have a Clue

by Little Baby Ginn

Just when you thought that the only thing to worry about was nuclear holocaust, the War in Iraq and the falling dollar.

There exists in our world today, a disease, so unusual, that after 5 years of research by various groups, not a single person has, to this date, been able to figure out what it is.
We need the help of concerned citizens, caring health care professionals, interested media and government agencies to help us help ourselves understand what this unknown skin disease (Fiber Disease Syndrome) is, where it came from and how we can work together to eradicate it before it becomes an epidemic.
Unknown Disease.com

Doctors and researchers seem concerned that it's spreading and they don't have the foggiest notion of what it is or how to fight it. In fact, those who have contracted it have sometimes been labeled "delusional".

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Center for the Investigation of Morgellons Disease
Morgellons is a multi-system disease of unknown etiology
Morgellons disease is discounted by many public health officials and physicians
Physical and neurological symptoms are often dismissed or ignored
Sufferers are labeled with delusions of parasites or neurotic excoriations
OSU-CHS physicians/researchers have physical evidence of Morgellons Disease
Morgellons is not psychiatric in origin
Morgellons is an emergent disease.
More info here.

It's now after lunchtime on the East coast, so I figured this was as good a time to bring everyone up to speed on this new addition to the Human Disease Fraternity.
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