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Post by bessie on Jun 6, 2008 16:02:57 GMT -5
This from this morning's news in NYC: abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6189256 Eyewitness NewsLONG ISLAND (WABC) -- A Long Island woman has been found by police with her skin crawling with nearly invisible bloodsucking parasites from an infested bird's nest in her home. She's been taken to a hospital quarantine unit. Nassau County police say they were called to the Levittown home of 45-year-old Nina Bradica on Thursday night. They say she was infected with bird mites, a highly contagious condition she contracted from a nest inside a bathroom vent. Bird mites are half a millimeter long and usually can't be seen without magnification. Symptoms of human infestation include pinprick bites, red bumps, intense itching and a crawling sensation on the skin. Firefighters and hazardous-materials officers put the woman in a protective suit and took her to the hospital. She's being observed and treated. (Copyright ©2008 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Bessie
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Post by beckybailey on Jun 6, 2008 21:04:58 GMT -5
Where are our heros?
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Post by zabrubon on Jun 7, 2008 0:19:24 GMT -5
typical slum load, just wants his rent money and could care less about his tenant. Jerk.
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Post by Sidney on Jun 7, 2008 0:54:08 GMT -5
Is it safe to assume the woman actually has an infestation of Bird Mites? Who identified them?
Someone told me there's a Yahoo Group message board concerning Bird Mite infestations, but I haven't looked for it.
This is amazing.
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Post by beckybailey on Jun 7, 2008 7:39:08 GMT -5
My sister and I got bird mite infection about 25 years ago, after she went up into the attic of a factory at work where pigeons lived. No one else got it. We used Kwell lotion and got rid of it in a few weeks. It was awful but no lesions at least.
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Post by felixwillford on Jun 7, 2008 10:17:09 GMT -5
The comments to the article are getting interesting!
8 comments Post A Comment 1 ChiefWhiteBronco 6/6/08 1:30 PM EDT
According to several sites on the Internet, bird mites can't survive in humans. It's the house that's contagious, not her. 2 beograd011 6/6/08 3:30 PM EDT
WE are also infested with birdmites for 2 weeks allready. We are family in NJ and we are going out of our mind trying to fight these things!! Please help.... Doctors have never heard of the problem. And yes they can survive on people 3 ytm40 6/6/08 4:35 PM EDT
beograd011 -Check out the website http://www.birdmites.org<br/>You are not alone! Google "bird mites" for more info. Good luck! 4 roybabb 6/6/08 5:24 PM EDT
My friend in San Diego just had an infestation of bird mites. It took an expert and cost $1800.00 to be rid of them - they do live on humans too. 5 roybabb 6/6/08 5:25 PM EDT
go to birdmites.org and read read read<br/>these are tough critters - and they are easily passed to another person or another home. 6 Brrdie 6/6/08 5:29 PM EDT
This condition is rampant, and considered a growing global epidemic. (see: Avianweb.com - biting mites). To make matters worse, it frequently leads to a condition called "Morgellons", which is currently under investigation by the CDC. Two national television shows on this disease were aired this year: Nightline (in Jan.) and Inside Edition (in Feb.). 7 StarGoddess219 6/6/08 6:59 PM EDT
My name is Patrice O'Leary and I have been tortured by bird mites for a year now. All exterminators tell me they can't help me and my landlord (who caused this) is no help to me also. My whole life has been taken away from me cause of this.Can I get help like this woman? Please I am desperate and very scared. 8 pierceda 6/6/08 9:26 PM EDT
Why are you people writing about infected with Bird Mites, go to the hospital and get HELP!!!!!!!. No one on this message board can do anything for you, you have to get help from the CDC.
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Post by friskers on Jun 7, 2008 10:56:06 GMT -5
Great find Bessie!!Glad your sticking around Im surprized and happy this woman is getting the help she needs now. The last comment"YOU HAVE TO GET HELP FROM THE CDC" yeah right!
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Post by felixwillford on Jun 7, 2008 17:04:01 GMT -5
Friski,
That is exactly what I thought !!!
CDC
That writer has no clue..........
Kmarie
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Post by Sidney on Jun 7, 2008 19:54:45 GMT -5
Once again I am reminded of the initial reportings of a skin parasite in the towns of Muskogee, Tahlequah and Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma back in 1994.
Some bright (?) person suggested the skin parasites were actually PIGEON MITES and that there was no cure.
Actually, I think there may have been a letter to one of the health departments saying the cause was Pigeon Mites.
My guess is these people suffer the same thing we suffer from and call it Morgellons.
On another note many people first believed they had head lice or scabies, and perhaps some of them actually did. In any case, after treating themselves and or other family members with pesticides their symptoms worsened and the true misery of Morgellons set in.
I'm not saying none of them ever had scabies or head lice, but when a patient presents with specific symptoms the attending physician rarely wants to do a touchy, feely, up close and personal examination of the patient. Most will choose to write a prescription for pesticides and dance a jig when the patient has left the examining room. I wonder if they spray with Lysol or some other disinfectant immediately.??!!
Anyway, this bird mite business sure sounds like Morgellons to me and I feel for them as I wonder how many applications of "poisons" they're going to apply to their body in their desperation.
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Post by bessie on Jun 10, 2008 12:22:12 GMT -5
All - Many on that site (and probably other sites - like scabies and head lice, as Sid said) started with an insect infestation. Bird mites, in particular, seem quite suited for vectoring when you think about where they spend their lives - outside, on the ground, in the air. If you go to Birdmites.org there are subcategories that are very revealing. When I read some of the stories I am convinced that some of these people have Morgellons. There are a few who believe they have eradicated the mites from their environments but report disturbing symptoms like the "cat scratch" red lines on their skin. I don't know why the "incubation" seems to be very long for some, while others seem to be symptomatic immediately; I think the ones who think they are over the mite infestation are incubating. It's really creepy when you think about all the different ways that folks seem to get M's - digging in the dirt, exposure to mold (another vector?), exposure to sewage, swimming in the waters near "hot spots", even vaccinations! FL is one of the hot spots, and sharks in the OCEAN off of FL have been found to have Prozac and other anti-depressants in them. The explanation is that people flush their meds down the toilet or pee out the excess; but how does a concentration THAT high end up in the ocean??? Anyway, I guess our sharks down here aren't depressed. Bessie
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Post by massena on Jun 10, 2008 17:10:25 GMT -5
I have wondered the same thing about how or what they do with the water after you flush? When my sister had chemo for her cancer that's what made me think about where does it all go? Wouldn't that be concerned bio-waste and have to be disposed of differently ? When I first felt the creepy crawling thing I did go to my dr. and when I told him I thought I had a parasite problem of some kind and he didn't even touch or even look for that matter, he just gave me a script for Mebendazole 100mg. I told him I think I have a fungus of some sort and he said if you did you would be dead. Than he gave me Zoloft 100mg which I never took. So where does it all go......................................................................massena
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Post by bessie on Jun 10, 2008 19:25:49 GMT -5
Massena - Did you flush the Zoloft?! lol I have trouble believing that so much Zoloft & Prozac goes down the toilet and into the OCEAN - BIG place the it would be found in sharks. I've read that these drugs have been found in chemtrails - can't remember where I read it. That actually is more feasible. Bessie
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2008 0:15:30 GMT -5
Ah ...the plot thickens. It looks to me as though our unfortunate group is growing.
I hope that this isn't the begining of the "shrug off" campaign ..."You're okay, you're just screwed because of those incurable bird mites. You never should have gotten those, it is clearly no one elses fault or responsibility."
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Post by bessie on Jul 26, 2008 11:35:51 GMT -5
theunknowncat - If you go to Birdmites.org, you will see many of these people talking about "black specks" and that they can't see the bugs that seem to be biting them. They complain of brain fog, fatigue, some report they have Lyme. It does seem that mites, lice, scabies or even other bugs can vector Morgellons, but we really know so little about this that who can say. Bessie
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Post by massena on Jul 26, 2008 19:25:08 GMT -5
Bessie, I understand where you are coming from and agree with you about the bird mites. That was one of my first thoughts when this stuff became full blown on me. I have been around all kinds of animals and birds my whole life and I dug in the dirt also .....so I couldn't even begin to tell you where I got this morgies. I can now think back now knowing all the symptoms and could tell you I have had this for at least 15 yrs.+ ... And to your question ..on dumping my meds down the toilet !!!NO I DIDN'T.. I still have it, I wanted to ask someone like Kmarie /Godsgrace what do you do with old medications?? How do hospitals or anyone for that matter get rid of them without hurting our environment? I care for someone and their meds. have been cut , staff told me to flush them ...I said no you can't flush that's not legal ... If it is or not I don't think they should dispose of drugs that way. So help me out here what do I do with them. massena
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2008 19:58:46 GMT -5
I'm saving my "DOP" meds as evidence, just in case I should ever need them, they document "Who, Where and When," quite nicely. Maybe the courts can explain proper disposal.
Regarding bird mites - There could be something to it, (vector) but it seems to me, it could also be a nice way to avoid being "just another morgie."
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Post by massena on Jul 26, 2008 21:16:05 GMT -5
Hi Unknowncat, Yea ,That to is a good enough reason for me.......when my dad passed away he left all his meds and I still have them also ............. So until I find a proper way of disposing of them I guess they will stay in my drawers!!! Take care, massena
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