article_snippet.sent: Morgellons disease has been described by those who suffer from Morgellons disease as causing fatigue and memory loss, while also leading to large sores on the body which are constantly itching to the sensation of bugs or parasites crawling underneath the skin.
article_snippet.sent: one person is Joni Mitchell, who claims to have suffered from Morgellons for most of her life, and who has recently been hospitalized after her was found unconscious at her home.
article_snippet.sent: Joni Mitchell (above) has suffered from Morgellons disease throughout Joni Mitchell (above) , and has recently dedicated Joni Mitchell (above) to trying to get Morgellons disease accepted as a medical condition .
article_snippet.sent: Joni Mitchell (above) spoke of Morgellons disease in a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times, saying; 'I have this weird, incurable disease that seems like it's from outer space.'
article_snippet.sent: Morgellons is a slow, unpredictable killer - a terrorist disease: Morgellons will blow up one of your organs, leaving you in bed for a year.'
article_snippet.sent: This is far different than the way many in the medical community describe Morgellons disease however, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, is incredibly rare and effects predominantly middle-aged white women.
article_snippet.sent: The Centers for Disease Control even conducted a study at one point, and found that most people who claim to suffer from Morgellons disease were likely just experiencing anxiety, depression or, in some cases, issues with substance abuse.
article_snippet.sent: The medical community believes Morgellons is likely a mental illness and that sufferers are anxious, depressed or even suffering from substance abuse (Mitchell above in 1996)
article_snippet.sent: Cindy Casey Holman, the director of the Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation and the Charles E. Holman Morgellons Disease Foundation a registered nurse takes issue with this study. '
article_snippet.sent: A serious and often deadly systemic infection is present in Morgellons samples.
article_snippet.sent: Some individuals have said that taking antibiotics cured Some individuals of Morgellons, though some experts could bring that back to the idea of mental illness and claim it is simply a placebo effect.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers and experts meanwhile do accept that Morgellons exist, just not as an actual medical condition.
article_snippet.sent: Mitchell meanwhile has long been committed to having Morgellons recognized for what Mitchell believes it to be - an 'incurable disease.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Joni Mitchell has suffered from Morgellons disease throughout Joni Mitchell life, and has recently dedicated Joni Mitchell to trying to get  Morgellons disease accepted as a medical condition .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Individuals have said that taking antibiotics cured Individuals of Morgellons, though some experts say it is simply a placebo effect .