### Diagnosis This is a variation of delusions of parasitism. [^1] In one lab, of 138 samples from [[Morgellons]] patients: "No human parasites were identified." [^2] ### Puswhisperers [Oh No](http://www.pusware.com/PW2/OhNo2.html) [Audio. The Gobbet 'o Pus Podcast](http://www.pusware.com/gobbet/gop271.mp3) ### Science-Based Medicine [Parasites](https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/parasites/) ### Rationalization [^1]: Freudenmann RW, Lepping P. Delusional infestation. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2009 Oct;22(4):690-732. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00018-09. PMID: 19822895; PMCID: PMC2772366. [^2]: A Garcia-Mingo, N Dawood, J Watson, P L Chiodini, Samples From Cases of Delusional Parasitosis as Seen in the UK Parasitology Reference Laboratory (2014–2015), _Open Forum Infectious Diseases_, Volume 6, Issue 10, October 2019, ofz440, [https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz440](https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz440)