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The article contains references to self-diagnosis. For example, "Since the early 2000s, a strong internet presence has led to increasing self-diagnosis." I believe that for example that sentence is trying to say something to the effect that more people begin to experience this delusion after exposure to it online, that they are self-diagnosing nonexistent myiasis. But the phrasing instead seems to say they're self-diagnosing with delusional parasitosis, when anosognosia is an inherent trait of the disorder, making self-diagnosis impossible. Likewise "Morgellons is considered to be a self-diagnosed subtype of this condition, in which individuals have sores that they believe contain harmful fibers." Self-diagnosing with morgellon's is similarly impossible by definition. In this case, the sentence seems to intend to cast doubt on the status of that disorder as a diagnosis by labelling it "merely self-diagnosed." That bias then leads to the contradictory statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.13.201 ( talk) 07:42, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:18, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Morgellons disease is a controversial topic and although the etiology is unclear, the current medical view includes this as a subtype of delusional infestation. Patients with Morgellons disease identify harmful fibers in the skin associated with formication or other cutaneous dysesthesias. Patient awareness and self-diagnosis of this condition has increased since the early 2000s, correlating with a strong online presence. Repeated attempts at histopathologic evaluation have not documented infectious causes.
Erm, halitosis can be very real and is described as such by the hyperlink in the word halitosis.
I do not content that the subject may believe these ailments to be much worse than they really are, but the article describes them as outright delusions, which they are not. 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:8005:3B14:C6E:1AFB ( talk) 13:37, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
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The article contains references to self-diagnosis. For example, "Since the early 2000s, a strong internet presence has led to increasing self-diagnosis." I believe that for example that sentence is trying to say something to the effect that more people begin to experience this delusion after exposure to it online, that they are self-diagnosing nonexistent myiasis. But the phrasing instead seems to say they're self-diagnosing with delusional parasitosis, when anosognosia is an inherent trait of the disorder, making self-diagnosis impossible. Likewise "Morgellons is considered to be a self-diagnosed subtype of this condition, in which individuals have sores that they believe contain harmful fibers." Self-diagnosing with morgellon's is similarly impossible by definition. In this case, the sentence seems to intend to cast doubt on the status of that disorder as a diagnosis by labelling it "merely self-diagnosed." That bias then leads to the contradictory statement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.13.201 ( talk) 07:42, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 20:18, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Morgellons disease is a controversial topic and although the etiology is unclear, the current medical view includes this as a subtype of delusional infestation. Patients with Morgellons disease identify harmful fibers in the skin associated with formication or other cutaneous dysesthesias. Patient awareness and self-diagnosis of this condition has increased since the early 2000s, correlating with a strong online presence. Repeated attempts at histopathologic evaluation have not documented infectious causes.
Erm, halitosis can be very real and is described as such by the hyperlink in the word halitosis.
I do not content that the subject may believe these ailments to be much worse than they really are, but the article describes them as outright delusions, which they are not. 2A01:CB0C:CD:D800:8005:3B14:C6E:1AFB ( talk) 13:37, 26 August 2022 (UTC)