What is Morgellons? Singer Joni Mitchell’s Disputed Diagnosis

Commentary: The etiology of the skin lesions in Morgellon’s disease and its relationship with Lyme disease has been a debated medical topic for years. A recent article published in BMJ Dermatology by Middelveen et al has found an association with tick-borne infection. According to the authors “all patients in our study group demonstrated histological evidence of epithelial spirochetal infection”. This article follows a recent NY Times article on singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell having been diagnosed with Morgellon’s disease. Most researchers until now, including the CDC, have been “unable to identify a infectious source for the patients” and have labeled those with MD as having a pure psychiatric condition with “delusional parasitosis”. I discuss Morgellon’s disease on pages 161-162 of my book “Why Can’t I Get Better?”.

What is Morgellons? Singer Joni Mitchell’s Disputed Diagnosis, by Catherine Saint Louis, Well