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flaky, lint like mites/bugs
I recently notices that what i thought was dandruff, are actually tiny bugs. They are very very small NOT LICE. I found them when i had my contacts on, my eye became irritated, i examined my eye and removed a tiny light brown flake placed it on a mirror and spent a lot of time looking at it cause I thought i could see it move. Upon closer examination i found it had legs and did move slightly. So i checked my eye lashes, its extremely difficult to see them but at an angle I could see then attached to my lashes and brows. I FREAKED OUT! I washed my face several times. I removed some but could not rid them. I then checked my hair and sure enough they were in my hair but these were slightly bigger. Some are white or almost clear. and others a little darker. I use to be a Pre-School teacher and encountered several cases of lice on children so I am familiar with what they look like and these are not lice. They are similar though, they stay close to the scalp and move and attach from hair strand to hair strand easily. Shortly after I noticed I am just infested. My 2 daughters and my entire home are aswell. They are all over my clothes and especially noticable in our bedding. What do I do. What or where can I go for help. dont have a vehicle so i dont want to get the runaround by physicians. Riday I am considering ER due to my daughter feeling nauseous and vomiting. And last night right after dinner I had sever stomach cramping then diarea w/ cold sweat. I tjought I was going to pass out. Worst of all they were in my stool. What kind of physician will exam properly? Any suggestion? Comments? Recomendations? PLEASE. HELP. US!
PLEASE READ THIS SO I CAN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.. I FOUND A NATURAL CURE FOR MYSELF... I am not sure what I had but I know it was infestation by the intense itching and spreading, maybe Scabies or some other type of mites.. I had bought this natural cleaner at Walmart called "the amazing Whip it multi purpose stain remover concentrate"with a yellow label (check the ingredients, it's totally fine for your skin!!), and I had FOOD GRADE Diatomatious Earth on hand for flea control for the cats and dogs. I had been trying all the natural cures that worked last time (clove and tea tree oil, neem, aloe vera, lemongrass, enzymes),but weeks were going by and I was no better off. I tried one last protocol after reading they like moist environments... first I sat in the infrared sauna (if you don't have access, I'm not convinced that did any good, but want to share exactly what i did), then i rinsed off and dried, and put the Walmart stuff (also on Amazon for 30 bucks, I used the concentrated form), let it dry and then patted the food grade Diatomatious Earth on and went to bed. I did this 2 days ago, 2 or 3 times a day... I haven't itched since and am healing up!!! PASS THIS ALONG!!
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Thank you definitely going to try.
I just read up on Pubic Lice, they can get in your Eyelashes and eyebrows and hair and skin, Regular lice shampoo doesn't kill them, because you can't put that in your eyes, but Tea Tree Oil does.. I put it directly on my face last night and it is the first time I haven't felt movement, I am going to an ophthalmologist to get this confirmed but in meantime my Dermatologist just prescribed me one of the medicines for this, as the little buggers like demodex cause Rosacea. OC Pilogel is the eye med.
https://www.nature.com/articles/6700422
https://www.nature.com/articles/6700422
Hope this helps- I have had the same exact problem... I read that, if you put VASELINE all over your head, it smothers them,
I left it on for about an hour and bingo ,they all died. It was the only thing that has worked! Repeat for good measure
I left it on for about an hour and bingo ,they all died. It was the only thing that has worked! Repeat for good measure
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This does help but not a cure.
Only helps when in hair. 91% ethanol alcohol works best along with enzyme cleaners.
This stuff adapts to everything in a few days so if u haven't tried 91% rubbing alcohol use it wisely. Cuz it will work for like 4 or 5 days at first. Im still stuggling with what exactly i have. Feels like bugs cant see shyt have found 2 bugs in hair in a year and a half but when u walk around with neem oil in hair i guess ur bound to get a few arthropods. But i think it def effects people with weak immune system so we r riddled with nematodes and parasites and usually have thick hair and r sweaty. Im tryin to find if people r having same symptoms and im really having a hard time so if someone could reach out to me id really appreciate it
If you have a weak immune system it seems to be worse or feeds off it. So first thing is building your immune system. Take vitamins including vitamin C. I’ve had this issue for 7months it went away and then came back worse. I found this to have helped me I bought it off of amazon it’s called mimis mineral solution I paid $30 for a small bottle you take 14drops per day this stuff has helped!! This is a cure for what’s going on inside of your body. I also ate raw onions and garlic for a week so that may have helped too! Now the same way you cure the inside of your body you have to treat your home and car. You must vacuum daily. Wipe down surfaces with vinegar. Cleaning shower after every use with bleach or vinegar. Shower daily and use new towel daily. Tea tree soups used to help but it started to make it worse for me so I switched to eucalyptus body soap, shampoo, and conditioner. I used Dr.Teals brand it wasn’t too expensive and the amount was pretty good. After shower you put clothes in a old clothes in a bag. I bagged all my clothes clean clothes and dirty clothes. I still have them bagged I’m tots only because I’m a still scared this is not something I want to go through again. I bought a gallon sprayer and would put Alcohol in the with drop of eucalyptus oil and sprayed down beds, couches, walls, floors, and carpets I did this once a week and this helped!!! If you want you can alternate with vinegar because as you said they may adapt to it. I didn’t feel that way about the alcohol but I did with my tea tree soup. I would advise you to clean out dressers and wipe down walls. It is a lot and it is draining but in the end I hope you will feel relieved. This was a very hard depressing time for me as no doctors would listen and say I was crazy. I don’t know how many nights I cried in fear but I’m happy to say I feel good and I’m finally able to sleep in bed before I wasn’t able to because I felt them all over my bed I even bought a new bed. That right there said it was a house problem as well as an internal problem. I’m not sure if it’s mold or the water but I think it’s something along those lines. However this has helped me so please try the mimis solution as well as treating your home.my prayers go out to you and anyone going through this. stay strong!!
I have been going through this for 5 years and I can answer u few... First the best info is on at carnicom institute the research has been done over 11 years now and has loads of advice and he has grown the fungus many times and has discovered the reason it won't show up on your labs test for a fungal or bacterial infection is because it is a hybrid an entirely new species part of both and most likely result of gmo. One test to see if it is what you have is to buy a black light flashlight (target has one &$20 in the pet depth for spotting urine stains and Walmart sometimes has only one and is by Rayovac the flashlight is much brighter than the standard light bulb... If you have it then you can see it glowing green and orange from your skin I will try to get a picture of my arm up I have also grown the fungus or what ever u call it from drops of sweat in a petri dish and it took 3days to fill it... I have found that it is more bearable from Sept to March when the springtail and the fungus gnats are not as active.. You can buy a tiny microscope on ebay that clips on ur phone for like $6 it's I think actually for money inspection and it has a black light as well and I have actually been able to get pictures of the glow threads and it's identified as borreliosis bacteria that causes Lyme disease and several others.. I have been to 3 Dr and couldn't get a signal test lab or exam but all said I needed a shrink I did finally see one only to keep my disability benefits and ironically the shrink is only one who does not think it is in my head since she is the only person who actually looked at my skin and saw what I saw and I have ordered my own labs at lab Corp and was positive for Lyme, protozoa, etc. I incorrectly thought I could then show the Dr idiot but he simply said shrink is wrong and labs are wrong and I turned light off and black light on and asked why I was looking like a Christmas tree since the human body does not fluorescent that grows out of it and I was told he had no hell of a clue and he would see me in 3 months I think the best thing I read was a Dr who bluntly and honestly said once you accept that you are your best dr. Majority of medical community is going to say it's all in ur head... I did a skin scrapping in the beginning and took it to the vet and said it was from my dog that I could not get up there and I was told that it was the worst bacterial infection ever seen and also had a liver fluke infestation in the blood work (also mine) and I have now been able to find many of the pictures taken are clearly flukes... I have been playing with a ozone generator for water and I have been filling the water in washer and then running it in water for 15min then for 10 min in dryer before putting clothes in and this is the first time I have been able to get it out of my Clio I also use extreme clean ditergent it is on ebay and is for hospital disinfectant and it was better but not til the ozone was it clear. The threads in your skin BTW were ran through the fbi database of all man made fibers and no matches the carnicom research said they are college and keratin and they are all but indistrictible survive up to 575' & below freezing and theory that fluorescent is a DNA marker researchers use when modification to a organism is tried and easy to identify in the process of repeating the same sequence without error he thinks it is a soil gmo that was made to use year round in the production of crops to keep the insects from destroying crops by attracting them to this superfungus like a cat to catnip and wasn't even thought about it crossing species only thought to grow in plants and then it was unexpected that the animals or humans eating crops in the same soil were spreading it around and I think he is going going in the right direction anyway.... I have video Ed mites gnats and others coming from my skin I have found my best way to calm everything down is to keep my ph to the alkaline side by simply taking several spoons of lemon juice and no sugar all organic non gmo for the first two years I thought I was cured but I was wrong it was just slower during the winter months I should move to Alaska I guess lol also on ebay a book by a lady who has gone through it and has written about things that have worked and not for you to be able to spend a lot less time with trial and error which is the only way since there is no medical help also check out the film Under your skin
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Wow first time ive heard ny exact problem..now my girls...my mother n law..anyone whom stays with us for more than a few weeks...i really thonk its in our water..we live n an apartment building that constantly gas water pipe breaks and leaks...one time the sewage bavked into both our bathtubs and bathroom sinks....
Have u ever moved from ur home? Maybe that would at least cut down on the amount of them
Have u ever moved from ur home? Maybe that would at least cut down on the amount of them
Interesting fact that I thought I'd share. Molted skins of certain nematodes are composed of mainly keratin but some collagen as well.
Nematodes molt????
Whatever it is thrives in mold and moisture. Its really messing me up mentally aswell as physically. Idk if people r havin the same symptoms but any help or any response will be greatly appreciated. 34m Boston
PLEASE READ THIS SO I CAN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.. I FOUND A NATURAL CURE FOR MYSELF... I am not sure what I had but I know it was infestation by the intense itching and spreading, maybe Scabies or some other type of mites.. I had bought this natural cleaner at Walmart called "the amazing Whip it multi purpose stain remover concentrate"with a yellow label (check the ingredients, it's totally fine for your skin!!), and I had FOOD GRADE Diatomatious Earth on hand for flea control for the cats and dogs. I had been trying all the natural cures that worked last time (clove and tea tree oil, neem, aloe vera, lemongrass, enzymes),but weeks were going by and I was no better off. I tried one last protocol after reading they like moist environments... first I sat in the infrared sauna (if you don't have access, I'm not convinced that did any good, but want to share exactly what i did), then i rinsed off and dried, and put the Walmart stuff (also on Amazon for 30 bucks, I used the concentrated form), let it dry and then patted the food grade Diatomatious Earth on and went to bed. I did this 2 days ago, 2 or 3 times a day... I haven't itched since and am healing up!!! PASS THIS ALONG!!
I know what those are! I had them many years ago from volunteering on a school trip. I don't know the technical name, but those are "crabs". Smaller than lice, many legs, and they change color to match their environment. The same shampoos for lice work. You have to do all body hair, including eyebrows, eyelashes, under arms, etc. And all sheets. it took me 3 weeks and 3 attempts to get rid of all of them. I didn't have your reaction to the bugs, but I had that reaction to the lice shampoo. Not fun, you have my sympathies.
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Kerosene I no what they say it isn't any harsher then all that poisoning lice shampoo n ****? N it works the first time maybe in a bad case use 2x just keep eyes covered n mouth n ears common sense leave in hair 5min then wash hair with Dawn dish soap n condition it with alot or baby oil if u can stay home cause it will b oily but it helps kill also then comb hair outside n all your being n towels after u use a towel put it outside dont bring it back in until it is washed n dried with hot heat?? Got to vacuum sweep mop all beding wash dry couches need sprayed with Lysol every other day till gone its work but no other way belive me n I never dealt with it that bad good luck keep on it! Or u will start from scratch again they multiply very fast!
Well I dif a lot of research on this subject of posted several comments on this page well I think I found out what they maybe I think they are some sort of springtail and mint Listerine jerks them straight out of your body and it's like the gate open once you damn put it on there so try it and please tell me how it works for you
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Correcto, mine started as springtails, turned mite, and then - because of so much mold- all fungus eating bugs come to feed. After 3 years of being poisoned, organs collapsed, cysts, tumors, polyps, growths, = hoping what has kept me alive and gives me a chance at life IS all the parasites feeding off the fungi, mold, etc growing inside. The fungus gnats are major!! Didn't put the pieces together until pulled one out of dog like a botfly, had saw little babies infesting my cat, gnats and tiny flies everywhere... Not fun
Please look into mold infestation, I believe everything You're a going thru is due to black mold and you likely have mold poisoning, I'm about 7 months into it and experienced exactly your symptoms.. the little bugs you're describing thrive on mold and eat it which is why they go hand in hand.. look up and immediately start using Apple cider vinegar for washing your hair, body etc.. borax and white vinegar for clothing.. it's an incredibly long process.. Oh and invest in an air purifier, a good one. I only just bought one days ago and wish I'd done it sooner.. good luck I feel your pain xx
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Bingo!! This one is correct. Just found out about mold from infestation. What's worse... Fungus gnats will dig their back ends into your laundry (1st time I noticed) and YOU & PETS. They then hatch inside you! Pulled one out of my dog few nights ago, had seen small baby ones crawling out of cat skin. Is really gross. Look up picture of black fungus gnats, larva, etc.... There is a video on YouTube that lady caught full grown one, put under microscope and it WAS ejecting "stuff" from its tail end.
Fur mites. Better known as cheyletiella mange. Its walking dandruff and can be found on dogs cats ect. Usually just plain flea products should kill it. If you have a pet take him to the vet. Or it could have been someone else's dog, stray cat.
Parasitophobia.
The cause of delusions of parasitosis is unknown but it has been classified as a monosymptomatic hypochondrial psychosis.
Families can share the delusion.
Central to the diagnosis is a fixed, false belief of a parasitic infestation. Patients are usually fully functional in all other areas.
Do consult your doc.
The cause of delusions of parasitosis is unknown but it has been classified as a monosymptomatic hypochondrial psychosis.
Families can share the delusion.
Central to the diagnosis is a fixed, false belief of a parasitic infestation. Patients are usually fully functional in all other areas.
Do consult your doc.
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I've been dealing with the same problem I live n Ohio I feel like it is killing me I am trying to to find different ways I find myself using chemicals to take a chemical bath and it says right on there and hazardous may cause cancer it has the skull with the two lines on it I just don't know what to do anymore they are now in my eyes covering them in my ears I felt them all over my body I caught them at Flint Ridge nursing home in Newark Ohio I'm scared why do they attack me and not my husband or my son I don't know if I can live like this anymore I've went to my health department two different places they thought I was crazy I don't know where to go or who I could turn to they're inside of me and I'm scared I don't know what to do please help you can email me or you could tell me how like everybody else is wanting to know if somebody know something please let us all know terri740
Hay im scared im feeling the same ting...exactly ypur story...ive been infested on my scalp for almost a year...these things took. Over my complete scalp and head now its working down my face i fwel them all ovwr...when i wat sugar or large amounts of caffeine i activaye the
I absolutely am suffering daily and it is NOT my imagination.My dog is even affected/infected....I don't know. Have been to 4 doctors 1 an ER whom the doctor told my husband it was medication induced hallucinations.Bullomey!!!! The lady who put my meds down in my chart put that I took 2 30 mg ER Adderall each day. I only take 1 30 mg tablets. So I am in the process of getting that cleared up, all the while having 2 different pest control people here .One found 0. The other found plenty but could not identify. I am peeing out random floaty stuff and also the other end has the same and more. Primary care drew blood tested for worms. Stool sample ( cleanist 1 ever seen by me lately) (well the past year ). 1st dermatologist said scabies w/o ever looking at my bites. The second one along w/ primary Care said dry skin, the last doc said to go immediately to ER as she saw bite on my right upper arm muscle and I have diminished strength in my right side. So I will take my dog to get and go 1 more time to dermatologist before I go crazy. It's awful, my husband also has it but he says he doesn't. I have lost 40 lbs since Christmas, my dog and the 2 cats are losing weight and my husband just started to lose as well. There is something bad wrong and no one to reach out to. One person told me to call county health department. So my last ditch efforts I will share. I want to tell 09.9 % of you all are NOT. CRAZY.. don't let anyone make you feel that way. Peace and love and good by to those brown stick things, white or translucent spider things, for some reason they seem to like pennies??? But I find white filmy stuff growing and the. It will be gone. Brown masses of things just growing anywhere . They live to get in my ears and bury in. Not the inside but just a hard spot to get to on the outside. It's just too weird. No one wants to view your poop. But dang..... I believe I did figure 1 out. It starts as a v shaped white (rare brown) it's thing but each point has a round tip. Then I got a shirt and noticed that they grow into slim white V w/o tips. Then they get bigger???? Help. I probably put this in the wrong place I do not think like I used to. Help?????
You do know lice exists right? And your assuming someone is imagining it is just bad.
I so agree with you. Have been dealing with it for years. Took a fungal medication called terbinafine for six months and it’s not cured but definitely slowed it down. Use apple cider vinegar on wounds and coconut oil on skin. Stay away from to much sugar or carbohydrates. I definitely believe it is gut related. I was also taking probiotics. Refrigerated ones strong ones. This is still affecting my joints and bones thinking of going back on fungal medication for 3 months because I felt cured on the medication and it hasn’t seemed to get as bad as it was in the beginning. Your not crazy or having delusions. That’s just what dr. Says when they can’t find an answer. It’s called being damn lazy and I don’t give a damn! So sorry your dealing with. God has also giving me much strength and love during this process so I would definitely pray a lot. If you have a group of people that would pray for you too.
I have encountered this problem also, its so microscopic. What I was surprised, only me is infected - not the rest of my family. I have seen one of the cat was infected by this and the eyes of the cat was totally damaged. This cat was sometimes coming to our house and infected the carpet and it transfer to me.
So sorry to hear about your cat- have you taken your cat to the vet? Were they able to help? Have you seen a doctor about your health concerns too?
The cat eye problem makes me think some kind of nematode. Possibly toxocara cati/canis. Other roundworms infect the eyes and skin and lots if not all are zoonotic.
PLEASE READ THIS SO I CAN AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.. I FOUND A NATURAL CURE FOR MYSELF... I am not sure what I had but I know it was infestation by the intense itching and spreading, maybe Scabies or some other type of mites.. I had bought this natural cleaner at Walmart called "the amazing Whip it multi purpose stain remover concentrate"with a yellow label (check the ingredients, it's totally fine for your skin!!), and I had FOOD GRADE Diatomatious Earth on hand for flea control for the cats and dogs. I had been trying all the natural cures that worked last time (clove and tea tree oil, neem, aloe vera, lemongrass, enzymes),but weeks were going by and I was no better off. I tried one last protocol after reading they like moist environments... first I sat in the infrared sauna (if you don't have access, I'm not convinced that did any good, but want to share exactly what i did), then i rinsed off and dried, and put the Walmart stuff (also on Amazon for 30 bucks, I used the concentrated form), let it dry and then patted the food grade Diatomatious Earth on and went to bed. I did this 2 days ago, 2 or 3 times a day... I haven't itched since and am healing up!!! PASS THIS ALONG!!
My son had scabies around his ankles...he had it for months and months. Several medical professionals denied it was scabies even though I suggested it might be what is causing his constant itching. We did use permethrin (the whole fam)...even though I prefer the holistic approach. At that point, I would do anything to rid him of his constant itch. It worked! Then, it came back again several years later. This time I decided I would use a natural approach. Neem oil did the trick!!! I diluted it and applied everyday for 2 weeks and took pictures of the improvement! Neem oil kills fungus and parasites!!
This sounds like an episode of "Monsters Inside Me". Their case was bird mites. Very interesting episode.
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That's exactly what this is
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
It can be due to body lice. According to CDC(centre of disease control), Intense itching (“pruritus”) and rash caused by an allergic reaction to the louse bites are common symptoms of body lice infestation. Wash the Clothing, bedding, and towels in hot water and dry them in sun after machine drying them. Topical permethrin or Lindane cream may be needed which are available by prescription only. Treatment of scabies is the same i.e permethrin.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your dermatologist. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
It can be due to body lice. According to CDC(centre of disease control), Intense itching (“pruritus”) and rash caused by an allergic reaction to the louse bites are common symptoms of body lice infestation. Wash the Clothing, bedding, and towels in hot water and dry them in sun after machine drying them. Topical permethrin or Lindane cream may be needed which are available by prescription only. Treatment of scabies is the same i.e permethrin.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your dermatologist. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
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FINALLY! A medical professional who isn't afraid to acknowledge the existence of parasites!
I don't understand why it is so taboo! We are mammals! Of course we get parasites from time to time!
Thank you for your honesty.
I have not been able to find lindane. I have heard it can be quite useful in treating skin nematodes as well as athropods. Anyone know where to purchase this? I've also heard that pokeweed is a good alternative to lindane.
Thoughts?
I don't understand why it is so taboo! We are mammals! Of course we get parasites from time to time!
Thank you for your honesty.
I have not been able to find lindane. I have heard it can be quite useful in treating skin nematodes as well as athropods. Anyone know where to purchase this? I've also heard that pokeweed is a good alternative to lindane.
Thoughts?
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