Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 07, 2015

Joni Mitchell’s emergency hospitalization last week has people talking about the controversial disease she has been reporting for years. Many in the medical community continue to think it is a delusional condition despite research funded by The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation (CEHMDF) that is published in peer-reviewed medical journals. (1)

Morgellons Disease (MD) is a multi-system illness uniquely characterized by the formation of unusual fibers within the skin. MD is a debilitating, and often misunderstood, condition consisting of slow-healing skin lesions, overwhelming fatigue, GI disturbances and an array of neurological deficits.

A growing list of scientific studies proves that Morgellons disease is real. (1) At the recent Morgellons Medical Conference in Austin, TX, scientists from around the world presented evidence substantiating Morgellons disease to be a true medical illness and identified bacterial pathogens involved. “These patients suffer from a miserable chronic illness, and the medical establishment’s response is to kick them in the teeth,” said Dr. Raphael Stricker, a San Francisco internist with over 100 Morgellons patients in his practice. “The sad part is that when these patients are treated properly, they can recover.”

Microbiologist Marianne Middelveen from Canada presented study research data showing that the fibers in skin lesions from Morgellons patients are real. (2) “These are not clothing or textile fibers, but something made by the patient’s own cells,” said Middelveen. “In essence, the body is overproducing these weird fibers.” (2)

Virginia Savely, DNP has treated approximately 800 patients with Morgellons and has studied it for over 13 years. She states, “Any doctor who calls Morgellons a psychiatric condition has clearly not looked carefully at the skin with 60-100x lighted magnification and seen the characteristic fibers woven below the outer surface of intact skin. These patients are sick with a painful, debilitating illness and diagnosing them as delusional is nothing less than malpractice. Morgellons is a very real infection that responds to antibiotic treatment.”

The publicity surrounding Morgellons has dimmed since the 2012 CDC report. Theirs was a very preliminary effort to investigate this emerging infectious disease according to the CEHMDF. The $334,000 provided to the CDC by the US Government was an unfortunate waste of taxpayer dollars. As expected, the study offered no new insights and led many to believe the door was closed on this topic.

Close the door? The Holman Foundation along with thousands of suffering victims didn’t think so. Even the CDC admitted “…. We were not able to conclude based on this study whether this unexplained dermopathy represents a new condition, as has been proposed by those who use the term Morgellons, or wider recognition of an existing condition such as delusional infestation, with which it shares a number of clinical and epidemiologic features [26-31].” (3) Recommendations from the often-ignored Report of the External Peer Review of CCID’s Unexplained Dermopathy (UD) Project included these suggestions:”What should the priorities be in the future? … Physicians encountering patients who may have this condition should be encouraged to publish in a peer-reviewed medical journal a description of a carefully documented case. Photographs of fibers extruding from (or present within) normal intact skin, detailed histopathologic examination of biopsied skin specimens, and thorough analysis of the fibers will be especially helpful in clarifying several lingering questions.…” (3)

The CDC panel’s suggestion to continue researching Morgellons and publish in peer-reviewed medical journals is exactly what the Holman Foundation has done and will continue to do. It is sad that Joni Mitchell’s talent and health had to be place in jeopardy for the reality and facts of Morgellons to be in the spotlight. “Denial of Morgellons disease will go down in history as one of the most shameful acts of unethical conduct by our nation’s health agencies and medical system.” Cindy Casey-Holman, RN, Director of the CEHMDF.

About The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation
The Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation is a 501©3 nonprofit committed to advocacy and philanthropy in the battle against MD. An all-volunteer organization based in Austin, TX, the Holman foundation is the singularly recognized authority on Morgellons disease and stands alone in funding scientific research of this condition. Executive Director Cindy Casey-Holman, RN leads the foundation, named for Charles E. Holman, a pioneer in the fight against MD. Currently, there exist neither grants, nor any other public or private funding sources to support research for this disease.

1. Thecehf.org,. ‘Morgellons Disease Research | The CEHF’. N.p., 2015. Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
2. Middelveen, Marianne J et al. ‘Exploring The Association Between Morgellons Disease And Lyme Disease: Identification Of Borrelia Burgdorferi In Morgellons Disease Patients’. BMC Dermatology 15.1 (2015): n. pag. Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
3. http://www.cdc.gov,.http://www.cdc.gov/unexplaineddermopathy/docs/external_peer_review.pdf – .N.p., 2015. Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
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BUT

here is what respected neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D. thinks about those persistent chemtrails in the skies

 

Chemtrails, Nanoaluminum, and Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental Effects
By Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
August 23, 2012

Nanoparticles of aluminum are infinitely more reactive and can easily penetrate the brain

The internet is littered with stories of “chemtrails” and geoengineering to combat “global warming”; and, until recently, I took these stories with a grain of salt. One of the main reasons for my skepticism was that I rarely saw what they were describing in the skies. But over the past several years I have noticed a great number of these trails and I have to admit they are not like the contrails I grew up seeing in the skies. They are extensive, quite broad, are laid in a definite pattern, and slowly evolve into artificial clouds. Of particular concern is that there are now so many – dozens every day are littering the skies.

My major concern is that there is evidence that they are spraying tons of nanosized aluminum compounds. It has been demonstrated in the scientific and medical literature that nanosized particles are infinitely more reactive and induce intense inflammation in a number of tissues. Of special concern is the effect of these nanoparticles on the brain and spinal cord, as a growing list of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) are strongly related to exposure to environmental aluminum.

Nanoparticles of aluminum are not only infinitely more inflammatory, they also easily penetrate the brain by a number of routes, including the blood and olfactory nerves (the smell nerves in the nose). Studies have shown that these particles pass along the olfactory neural tracts, which connect directly to the area of the brain that is not only most affected by Alzheimer’s disease, but also the earliest affected in the course of the disease. It also has the highest level of brain aluminum in Alzheimer’s cases.

The intranasal route of exposure makes spraying of massive amounts of nanoaluminum into the skies especially hazardous, as it will be inhaled by people of all ages, including babies and small children for many hours. We know that older people have the greatest reaction to this airborne aluminum. Because of the nanosizing of the aluminum particles being used, home-filtering systems will not remove the aluminum, thus prolonging exposure, even indoors.

In addition to inhaling nanoaluminum, such spraying will saturate the ground, water, and vegetation with high levels of aluminum. Normally, aluminum is poorly absorbed from the GI tract; but nanoaluminum is absorbed in much higher amounts. This absorbed aluminum has been shown to be distributed to a number of organs and tissues including the brain and spinal cord. Inhaling this environmentally suspended nanoaluminum will also produce tremendous inflammatory reaction within the lungs, which will pose a significant hazard to children and adults with asthma and pulmonary diseases.

I pray that the pilots who are spraying this dangerous substance fully understand that they are destroying the lives and health of their families as well. This is also true of our political officials. Once the soil, plants, and water sources are heavily contaminated there will be no way to reverse the damage that has been done.

Steps need to be taken now to prevent an impending health disaster of enormous proportions if this project is not stopped immediately. Otherwise we will see an explosive increase in neurodegenerative diseases occurring in adults and the elderly in unprecedented rates as well as neurodevelopmental disorders in our children. We are already seeing a dramatic increase in these neurological disorders and it is occurring in younger people more than ever before.

 

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Endnotes

1. Win-Shwe T-T, Fujimaki H, “Nanoparticles and Neurotoxicity,” In J Mol Sci 2011;12:6267-6280.

2. Krewski D et al., “The biological effects of nanoparticles. Risk assessment for aluminum, aluminum oxide, and aluminum hydroxide,” J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2007;10 (suppl 1): 1-269.

3. Blaylock RL, “Aluminum induced immunoexcitotoxicity in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders,” Curr Inorg Chem2012;2:46-53.

4. Tomljenovic L, “Aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease: after a century, is there a plausible link,” J Alzheimer’s Disease 2011;23:567-598.

5. Perl DP, Good PF, “Aluminum, Alzheimer’s Disease, and the olfactory system,” Ann NY Acad Sci 1991;640:8-13.

6. Shaw CA, Petrik MS, “Aluminum hydroxide injections lead to motor deficits and motor neuron degeneration,” J Inorg Biochem 2009;103:1555-1562.

7. Braydich-Stolie LK et al., “Nanosized aluminum altered immune function,” ACS Nano 2010:4:3661-3670.

8. Li XB et al., “Glia activation induced by peripheral administration of aluminum oxide nanoparticles in rat brains,” Nanomedicine 2009;5:473-479.

9. Exley C, House E, “Aluminum in the human brain,” Monatsh Chem 2011;142:357-363.

10.Nayak P, Chatterjee AK, “Effects of aluminum exposure on brain glutamate and GABA system: an experimental study in rats,” Food Chem Toxicol 2001;39:1285-1289.

11. Tsunoda M, Sharma RP, “Modulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha expression in mouse brain after exposure to aluminum in drinking water,” Arch Toxicol 1999;73:419-426.

12. Matyja E, “Aluminum changes glutamate -mediated neurotoxicity in organotypic cultures of rat hippocampus,” Folia Neuropathol 2000;38:47-53.

13. Walton JR, “Aluminum in hippocampal neurons from humans with Alzheimer’s disease,” Neurotoxicology 2006;27:385-394.

14. Walton JR, “An aluminum-based rat model for Alzheimer’s disease exhibits oxidative damage, inhibition of PP2A activity, hyperphosphorylated tau and granulovacuolar degeneration,” J Inorg Biochem 2007;101:1275-1284.

15. Becaria A et al., “Aluminum and copper in drinking water enhance inflammatory or oxidative events specifically in brain,” J Neuroimmunol2006;176:16-23.

16. Exley C, “A molecular mechanism for aluminum-induced Alzheimer’s disease,” J Inorg Biochem 1999;76:133-140.

17. Exley C, “The pro-oxidant activity of aluminum,” Free Rad Biol Med2004;36:380-387.

Recommended Reading

Dr. Blaylock’s brochures Bio Terrorism: How You Can Survive and Nuclear Sunrise.

Dr. Blaylock, an NHF member, is a World-renowned neurosurgeon who retired from Neurosurgery to devote his full attention to nutritional studies and research.

An in-demand guest for radio and TV programs, he lectures extensively to both lay audiences and physicians on nutrition-related subjects. He is the 2004 recipient of the Integrity in Science Award granted by the Weston A. Price Foundation and serves on the editorial staff of theJournal of the American Nutraceutical Association and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, the official publication of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. See http://www.blaylockwellnesscenter.com/