Morgellons mystery and 
Il 20 Gennaio è andata in onda una puntata di Mistero nella quale ampio spazio è stato dedicato alla
Sindrome di Morgellons , una presunta patologia che farebbe uscire dei filamenti dalla pelle del malato.
Il servizio , della durata di 20 minuti, è un qualcosa di difficilmente definibile, personalmente l'ho trovato a dir poco inguardabile.
Non posso quindi fare a meno di commentare brevemente le parti più scandalose.
L'intero servizio ruota intorno alle indagini (chimiche e mediche) fatte su Silvia, una ragazza che ritiene di essere affetta da Morgellons.
Studiando le affermazioni fatte su questa presunta patologia è interessante notare come is always the patient to be convinced that he is ill and there is a real diagnosis by a professional (except for rare cases).
After an amusing scene in which Daniel Bossari out of a chemistry department in a sealed envelope even they were top secret analysis, a biologist on the scene. Unfortunately, with the face obscured, but is still presented as V. Samuel, whose name somehow sounds familiar
me.
The envelope, finally opened, it reveals that the filament taken from the skin of Silvia, is nothing but a pile! Unbelievable, that amazing result.
But Samuel V. not do: based on some pictures at low magnification, the mysterious biologist decrees, there are things that do not add up. But biologists should not use microscopes to observe the high-magnification images?!
I hope that our mysterious biologist has simply confused "high magnification" with "low magnification". Alternatively
Samuel V. would be really convinced that he can refute the chemical analysis by simply looking at a filament from a distance. "
biological Gaffe aside, the mystery seems solved: what at first glance looked like a fur coat is an incredibly. Much more surprising, however, is the number of minutes devoted to mystery in this affair.
There are at least another 10 minutes drive to fill and then Bossari us that the mystery is still extremely tight.
Poor Silvia, who lives certainly a major inconvenience, is finally brought to a doctor. This will not comment until it has been discovered that chemical analysis is not the first time that the mysterious filaments reveal something very common.
study doctor is pointed out that the mysterious wounds due to scratching and are not present in hard to reach, it is therefore self-inflicted injuries. Clearly, in this condition it is normal hair stuck to the wounds of various origins in the healing phase, also at this point someone in the drafting of Mystery should have a minimum of decency and take a step back, we have two leaders who say the absence of any anomaly. E 'was suggested a tendency to self-harm the girl, how dare you take advantage of even this delicate situation?
rhetorical question because, obviously, the service continues.
is then spread on the arms of a girl melaleuca cream, which should bring out the horrible filament. The doctor, very professional, check that there are no filaments before the experiment so as to have a term of comparison. At the end of the experiment the girl with a clean sheet of paper and a filament "magically" appears to occur. Music twist, without disturbing image: on the skin of a girl's hair! Priceless the reaction of the doctor that clears the event with a net movement of the hand, saying that it is simply a filament placed on the skin and not from within the body of Silvia. Neither this firm
Mystery, by their anomalies remain, would otherwise have to invent something new for the other episodes. Also interesting is the brief intervention
Pattera suggests that the skeptics to "look at the sky" because I never thought of that! At the end of the service
Bossari goes so far to suggest to viewers to continue to write to the editor. Doctors who will be pleased with Mystery will have new self-diagnosis on patients with Morgellons.
In conclusion I report what I rest Silvia when, years ago, wrote to Cicap:
"Dear Silvia , Thank you for contacting us. Cicap Unfortunately, the association is not suitable to provide assitance. The only competent people to follow his If the doctors that I understand has already been addressed. The
Morgellons disease is not known and acknowledged so my advice is to trust the medical professionals and follow their advice. " Silvia Perhaps he had better follow my advice and trust of doctors rather than relying solely on Mystery.
