strange skin stuff

Hello there.  Wondering if you have ever seen a dermatologist for the skin problem?  Also any itching?  Many things can cause strange skin problems.

Good luck in your quest to discover what these sand particals are.

Kind Regards,
Kitt

According to the Morgellons Research Foundation, primary signs and symptoms of Morgellons disease include:

Skin lesions, often accompanied by pain or intense itching

Fibers — which may be white, blue, red or black — in and on the lesions

Crawling sensations on and under the skin, often compared to insects moving, stinging or biting

Joint and muscle pain

Fatigue significant enough to interfere with daily activity

Inability to concentrate and difficulty with short-term memory

Behavioral changes

Other signs and symptoms may include:

Changes in vision

Stomach pain or other gastrointestinal symptoms

Changes in skin texture and color

Morgellons disease shares characteristics with various recognized conditions, including attention-deficit disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder and a mental illness involving false beliefs about infestation by parasites (delusional parasitosis).

Reports of Morgellons disease have been made in every state in the United States and various countries around the world. Most reported cases are clustered in California, Texas and Florida. ^{Resource: Mayo Clinic Staff}

Sometimes they appear from the minor immune suppression involved with lyme and bartonella. But the main culprit is long term antibiotic treatment. I recommend diflucan. I used to do diflucan every 3 months for about 2-3 weeks. I rotated it throughout my 3 years of antibiotic treatment for lyme. Certain abx can cause these yeast flare ups more than others. Doxycycline, Tetracycline, Minocycline, Amoxicillin and Biaxin seemed to make these sand particles appear the most. The sand particles are just a by-product of a perticular opportunisic yeast that takes hold when most of the friendly bacteria on the skin are wiped out. They can often appear on the shoulders and side of back also, however, the bumps on the shoulders and back take on a more red acne like appearance. You will have to do a short course of diflucan now and then if you want to keep these bumps away.

Oil of oregano and olive leaf could be a herbal alternative, not as effective but safer.

Lamisil, Sporanox and Nizoral are some other options but i wouldn't reccomend them due to greater toxicity.

And i highly doubt you will ever find a dermatologist that knows what i'm talking about.