Thin, Clear Worm-like Organisms Infest This Reader's Clothing in ...

EXCITING UPDATE! A regular All About Worms reader named Heidi has, after extensive research, discovered both what are these parasites that look like hair that are infecting humans (or at least infecting her), and a cure to eradicate them! Read the write-up of the information that she shared with us here.
“I really hope you can help us” pleads this reader in Oklahoma, who is concerned about the “long, very thin, clear worm things” she has been finding in her clothes. “I don’t think that they are parasitic, but they are seriously horrible.” Upon moving in to a new place, our reader discovered these organisms on her clothing. After drying her clothes, the spots in which the worms were found were still damp. “I have tried everything I could think of to get them out of our clothes, but nothing has helped,” she reports. At this point, all of her clothes are infested, and she is looking for help from us.
Typically, the type of pests people find on their clothing are clothes moth larvae and carpet beetle larvae, but neither of these two organisms look like the ones our reader found. Contrarily, they are an ovate shape, and either white (in the case of the clothes moth larvae) or brown/black (carpet beetle larvae). The hair-think worms people typically find are horsehair worms, but these creatures are usually black in color and do not infest clothing.
With all of that said, other readers have reported finding similar organisms on their own clothing. One commenter suggested that these are nematodes (a parasitic roundworm otherwise known as a pinworm or threadworm). Of course, since we are not medical professionals, this is not an identification we can confirm or deny. However, we still still relay the information they provided, as it is a very interesting case. In a link she sent from an Amazon review she penned, we can see a “video of similar hair-like worms infesting clothing” in an Amazon package.
She suggests that the infestation she experienced began, and was perpetuated, by the clothes packages she ordered from Amazon. Other comments seem to suggest a similar connection, and they are all justifiably upset that these creatures seem to be coming from the same source. The reader who wrote the Amazon review said that her local county extension office identified them as horsehair worms, which was not correct. Likewise, doctors diagnosed her, and her daughter, with delusional parasitosis – a condition that leaves the sufferer believing they have parasites when they do not. Yet when she tested with a medical parasitologist, she came back positive with nematodes, confirming her suspicion.
On top of that, when she looked them up herself, she identified them as Filarial worms: dangerous, microscopic, parasitic worms which humans can contract from mosquitoes, and which can lead to Lymphatic filariasis. Most people who contract Lymphatic filariasis will never experience symptoms, but a small percentage can develop lymphedema, which is when an excess amount of fluid gathers in certain parts of the body, causing extreme swelling: this usually happens in the legs.
What we recommend that our reader do is consult a medical parasitologist to find out for herself what these creatures might be. She is free to relay the above story to her physician, so as to give them an idea as to what it could possibly be. To find a medical parasitologist, our reader can do one or more of the following:
1) Search for a medical parasitologist in their area using this directory of medical parasitology consultants: https://www.astmh.org/for-astmh-members/clinical-consultants-directory.
2) Search for a local parasitologist by doing a Google search for “medical parasitologist (name of the closest big city)” or “tropical medicine specialist (name of the closest big city)”.
3) Get in touch with Dr. Omar Amin at the Parasitology Center at https://www.parasitetesting.com.
Additionally, we recommend that she launders all of the infested clothing, and that she vacuum/steam clean any other infested items (such as rugs or carpets), so as to eliminate the free-roaming worms. She might need to repeat this a few times a week for a couple of weeks to completely eradicate them. Normally we do not recommend killing worms, but as these are potentially threatening to her health, it is best to protect one’s own safety, even at the expense of these worms.
In conclusion, we are not able to provide a concrete identification of these organisms, given the possibility that they are nematodes and we are not medical professionals. We urge her to consult a medical professional to get help from a medical professional. We hope that the information and advice in this article proves helpful to our reader, and we wish her the best.
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"I really hope you can help us" pleads this reader in Oklahoma, who is concerned about the "long, very thin, clear worm things" she has been finding in her clothes. "I don't think that they are parasitic, but they are seriously horrible." Upon moving in to a new place, our reader discovered these organisms on her clothing. After drying her clothes, the spots in which the worms were found were still damp. "I have tried everything I could think of to get them out of our clothes, but nothing has helped," she reports. At this point, all of her clothes are infested, and she is looking for help from us.
EXCITING UPDATE! A regular All About Worms reader named Heidi has, after extensive research, discovered both what are these parasites that look like hair that are infecting humans (or at least infecting her), and a cure to eradicate them! Read the write-up of the information that she shared with us here.
Frustrated I took measures into .my own hands ordered above meds from online. I purchased a Refurbished kirby Vacuum on FB marketplace…nothing cleans carpet like a Kirby. Sprayed the carpet with Bifenthrin 7.9(Amazon) mixed with Peppermint oil and took hot baths in Epsom Salt with Peppermint and Tea tree….Covered body from bead to toe with Virgin Coconut Oil
Instant relief after 3 days…..Day 9 and I’ve been mostly trouble fre since. I have not gotten rid of any clothing yet.
If anyone wants particulars on how to go about the above…email me email hidden; JavaScript is required.
Here’s what I found that really seems to help and I hope it helps someone find some peace. Use borasol mc with a sprayer, they really don’t like it and you can spray the house walls ceiling with it and just let it dry. You need to follow the safety rules when you put it down like goggles and open the window for some air. Spray it and leave for a few hours and that’s it for that product. I also used gentrol igr here and there just to get it into their environment you don’t have to put a lot. It’s taken me 5 years and many pest control people to get to this place. My wife is asthmatic but none of these seem to bother her. So once again…
Gentrol igr or gentrol complete with igr, borasol mc with a sprayer especially the toilet and I sprayed the whole floor with it too. You will notice the ear ringing will mostly stop stop unless they are close and then you can really start to pinpoint their location. I know it’s not perfect advice but I hope it helps.
My body is itching and breaking out so bad since I left southeast ar and moved into an apt where I believe is infested but Im not getting better with ivermectin and itching pills and pyrethrim creme and have sprayed my furniture and mattresses not sleeping in beds now in recliner and couch. 72 alone and just want to go be with my departed family members.
idk,whats goin on w these things…ok,but,its def real..im just worried that if enough time goes past that the concentration of these things in your body,will def be deadly,i know my girl has alot of them..and they are in her mouth and sinus so,they have to be goin into the brain,no??she does not want to go to the hospital..so,because of the way doctors look at you,they think your on drugs or crazy,and they dont treat you for it anyway,they wanna give you some bs….its fucked up..so we did extensive research ,like MIT research.of course right??like find out what it is right???so..yea its def. a hemotobe but,not hook,not pin,IT IS exactly what the lady found in her house,what this orig.article is all about,so,what options do you have?right?if ivermectin doesnt work and that is the treatment for parasites..then that is a big problem…and the doctors are no help…so what to do ??right.we all might need to pull our resouces together..and figure this out ,before were all dead
Dude I’m in Houston Texas and I’m finding these bastards in this house. In the carpet. In the counters where spare bedrooms and bathrooms have not been used to touched in forever. These things are alive and def not something commonly known.
At first people will say it’s just hair because they are too impossibly small and thin to believe it’s alive. But if you study them they are definitely alive and active. They will other finely threaded materials or actual hair and weave themselves amongst them.
They will even blend in with your own hair on your head. I remember thinking where the Fck could all this hair possibly be coming from. No one has lived in this spare room for over two years.
This is def a thing and it’s not cool. Freaky as hell. You can tell on some which end is which and I’ve pinched one between my fingers and watched the head actively track my fingers and go for one as soon as it was close enough. Like aggressively! Makes me wonder what was taking place when it latched on to my finger…and yes they will latch on to shit
Wow. Its finally become endemic. I slso jzve been dealing with this for about 6 years now. There is a connection to pesticides for gmo’s, shopping at Amazon, bio warfare and mold from all the research i have done.
After looking through the comments I just came here to say my husband and I went through the same thing. The whole works. I’ve been down every rabbit hole including things that aren’t mentioned here. I’ve suspected every pest imaginable and people did totally think I was insane until I finally caught a really good video of what I was talking about. We tried everything under the sun, natural and medical rememedies, pesticides, you name it. Ivermectin, other parasite treatments, antibiotics, enzymes, diatomaceous earth, essential oils, permethrin, bug bombs, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, neem, steam cleaning everything with a professional grade steamer, hydrogen peroxide, bleach, Lysol, ammonia, (not at the same time lol), changing our diet, supplements, seeing doctors, calling in exterminators, bought brand new mattresses with encasements, threw out half of our belongings, but in the end NOTHING was resolved. I’m no longer dealing with this but I think I’ve come to the conclusion on what our issue was anyway. I highly, highly, urge anyone dealing with this to make sure your home doesn’t have a source of mold that you may not be aware of. It’s unbelievably frustrating when everyone thinks you’re insane, and you start getting in that dark place. Nothing like that has ever happened to me before but I’ll never forget it. Even if you think you don’t have mold, do a thorough inspection, and if you have connected floors/walls with neighbors, see if you can figure out if they do. Not only can mold cause so many skin/body/mind issues mimicking a variety of parasites, it also is very attractive to many different kinds of mites, bugs, etc. Mold mites being an obvious one. “Mold growing on any surface in the home will release additional spores. Ultimately, that will then travel and spread to other areas of the house. With mold traveling through the air, it can get into heating ducts, people’s skin, clothing, shoes, shopping bags, and even on the fur of a family pet.”
It turned out all of our efforts were useless because the inside of our walls were completely infested with mold and our place had to be condemned. On the outside it mostly looked ok, but it wasn’t. At all. Even if you only have a moisture problem but no mold yet, GET A DEHUMIDIFIER, dry everything out. Save yourself a potentially massive headache. Once we were out of there it took awhile STILL for our symptoms to subside and to stop finding stuff in our hair and skin but eventually it did in fact subside. Depending on how long you’ve been exposed, your mold sickness can take awhile to recover from. I’m not saying this is the case for everyone. I also found Ticks in my hair. I originally thought I had lice until I realized I must’ve walked into a tick nest, or we actually also had wood ticks living in our home. Morgellans was originally thought to be a delusional diagnosis, but new research has shown for some very sane individuals that there is in fact a link to Lyme Disease and the others that can co exist with it. Having to do with the bacteria that gets into your bloodstream. I strongly suggest looking into either of those things before you drive yourself into a darker depression or state of hopelessness. We got rid of almost everything we owned, got a new place and started fresh. With the exception of a couple old bags of closed. We eventually stopped having problems but not that long ago I opened up one of those bags looking for an old tshirt and felt the unmistakable sting of what feels like a bit but isn’t, and the little threads of hairlike things attached in there. It made my skin flair up for the rest of the day and I ended up throwing that out. No problems since though. Even if you don’t see anything obvious like water marks, white spots, black spots, or anything damp, it’s worth inspecting insulation, fixtures, etc to see if there is even a small leak or some source of moisture that’s causing an issue. Mold sickness is actually no joke and I’m so, so, so, relieved to be away from one of the worst 2 years of my life. And it certainly didn’t involve getting on an antipsychotic. You’re not alone, but please consider looking into your surroundings. Mold attracts the mites, the roaches, and all sorts of things. Leading you to jump from one conclusion to the other. If it’s not in your walls or something else, make sure you don’t own something. Make sure there isn’t some cardboard or paper that’s molded somewhere. Check your window sills. Your air units. Make sure you don’t have a cross contamination in your water system. Like a hose or some other inlet that’s submerged in water. Checked underneath your carpeting. Floor boards. It’s no wonder those damn carpet beetles love it too. Of course it’ll feel like it’s following you until you’ve identified the real source. But almost everything else, including the parasitic symptoms, the mites, while they can be very real, are probably being drawn in by something you may or may not be aware of. Just a few mold sickness symptoms include: skin irritation, skin infection, rashes, itchy red eyes, runny stuffy nose, post nasal drip, headache, dizziness, asthmatic symptoms, brain fog, anxiety, poor memory, body pains, weight gain or weight loss, numbness or tingling in the extremities, metallic taste in mouth, digestive issues, ringing in the ears, significant fatigue, changes in mood, excessive thirst/dehydration(even bedwetting in children), or can even give you symptoms that resemble hormone imbalances like hair loss.
If this helps even one person that would make me so happy. Good luck everyone!
Thanks Ken. Mold is definitely a catalyst and – everything eats something!! My daughter was identified on blood smear as carrying dividing cryptococcus (pigeon poop disease) from the pci tests. I won’t even get started on my home – built in the early 1900s. The mold is there. The parasites have adapted over the past 118 years. We live on swamp landfill right outside of the original union stockyards, smack dab in the heart of Chicago. There are fleas in the supposedly championed water. In a major city. We’re right in between Flint, MI and Mississipi. Water crises everywhere around us. Mold though ultimately feeds all the nasties. Making it the nastiest of pathogens. It will make sure you don’t get better. Raccoon, opossum, coyote and rats are abundant in this urban area. Qualified specialists are rare. The enzoonoses and mold are quite plentiful though. Sigh. It’s all related.
Also, isn’t one of the first things you learn as a kid about medicines is that – penicillin is in fact derived from mold. Fun fact. Mold will kill you and could potentially save you. Everything in moderation, I suppose!
Omg you saved my life and SANITY. Geeeeezzzz i never felt disrespected as i have been by doctors : diagnosis: need of a psychiatrist bahahahahah yea right. EVERY SINGLE SYMPTOM. You named at the end including “tinnitus” i have….. IM MOVING OUT. No way to wash the clothes proper??
Paule, I know what you mean about the doctors! I can’t believe the treatment I received. As soon as the first doc put “delusional” on my chart, it was all over. No medical professionals gave me a second look (or first look really) after my diagnosis list was poisoned with that. I went in to an ER with “ear and nose pain “ , I knew there was something alive in there, I could feel it chewing on me! Although I didn’t word it like that to anyone. It was also swollen, red, and fully plugged (ears and nose), and all had become asymmetrical and lumpy looking. I ALSO had a phone video of a black bug/worm crawling into my ear. The doc came in , looked in each ear and nose for about 3 seconds each, and said “good news, there are no worms”. When I asked him to watch the video, (2 minutes long), as soon as I hit play he said “fast forward to the part with a worm” (no idea why he settled on “worm” all the time). After about 5 seconds of video, he ran out of patience and started walking towards the door and said “good news, there is no worm” again. The doctor and nurses were so rude to me, everywhere I went. , I was shocked how no one even listened to anything I said. Ever. Since I was just “delusional “ to them, my feelings didn’t matter. I did not deserve to be listened to. I was not given even a moment of respect. If I ever became agitated about the way I was being treated, that just further confirmed to them that I was just a mental health problem. The put security on me, they came at me like “calm down -just sit down-calm down-just sit down”, ignoring any questions or concerns I spoke. It felt more like jail than a ER. It made me feel really bad for people with actual mental health problems. After that happened a few times, at different places, (because my chart listing “delusional” followed me where ever I went “), and I received basically the same treatment, my husband and I were just in shock. We thought , they are essentially denying me care, and calling me delusional instead of trying to see if anything was actually wrong with me. Every time! But no one would ever believe anything I said or did because now my chart had delusions written in it 3 times in a row. I looked at my online “my chart” and read some of the comments and notes the nurses and docs wrote about me. It was infuriating. Every single thing they added to the chart was meant to back up their claim of a mental health problem. For example, one nurse wrote in my chart: (“patient upset because “no one will look at the worms in my arm”. Spent time calming the patient and informed security”.) WHAT!?!? She put that statement in quotes in the chart as if I was in the ER screaming about “WORMS! WORMS!” the whole time. And at no time did she, or did she have to, calm me down. I’m more agitated right now, remembering this experience than I was in the ER that day. All of it is just so frustrating, and angering, and annoying, and SO concerning that I will never actually receive any real attention for any medical problem I ever have again. That first doc who was lazy and didn’t feel like looking into anything that day ( as in, doing her job) has totally condemned me to never be respected or listened to by any healthcare professional again. She was a urgent care doc, who spent probably less that ten minutes with me, and then had the audacity to assess that I was delusional? She was not a psychiatrist, she did not spend anywhere near enough time with me to make an informed assessment about my mental health like that. So in 10 minutes I’m labeled and screwed over for the rest of my life. Especially because I am a RN, I worked 8 years in a emergency department. Unfortunately, I’m currently between jobs as I have been doing COVID crisis stuff in NY, FL, and TX for the last 3 years. Now I needed to take time off to deal with my parasite (or whatever!?!) problem. Most places I have been seen don’t even believe I’m a nurse either. I’m sorry this has gotten so long. I’m still dealing with this problem, and not sure how it’s going to get fixed. I’m hoping an appointment with a infectious disease specialist next week will have some kind of answer. Thanks for your time reading this. It is a real shame that this can happen in our healthcare system. If anyone has any questions or information , feel free to email me anytime! -Leah email hidden; JavaScript is required
Dauer stage nictating nematodes. Thank you Bree. This explains a lot! Especially in the presence of yeast. You all are not crazy. This phenomenom is well described, however unlikely for typical doctors to recognize. Keep up the good fight.
I’m loosing my mind and my family thinks I’m nuts I been to the doctor and treated like I was nuts the things I thought I had I thought scabies but I was standing in the bathroom looking at looking for bugs in my hair and I felt like I had been stung and I looked didn’t see anything at first but it I scratched it and I seen a little hole and I would feel this on my toe or foot scabies can’t jump on you and I see reading here about the mold I have seen it in my house and I’m thinking it makes sense but I’m the only one affected by this I think it’s because I stay at home my husband travels and is home on weekends my son works 12 hour shifts and the mold is on the opposite side of the house my family thinks I’m crazy and that I am suffering from some medical condition I see the little strings on clothes and I have sores in my head and my right arm I’m so tired of no sleep I have a doctor appointment in a few days and I will take this information and hope everything goes good otherwise I might have to go to the nut house to get away and heal unless they have mold
Experiencing what looks to be and described to be the exact same thing as in the article. Evident, personally encountered, in two different locations of the Illawarra in NSW Australia, one location more heavily impacted than the other.
I came to that same conclusion! I thought it some kind of new mite related to spider mites. I’ve found alcohol helps with whatever they are and wouldn’t you know that’s what you’re suppose to use on spider mites. BUT have you seen the flying stage? Because that makes me think it’s not related… But I know while recording some moving threads / hairs I definitely saw little bugs zipping around the air around it.. I can’t usually see them with the naked eye but I can see them on video camera. What they said about the nematode I also thought that was a strong possibility and wouldn’t you know my legs are swollen completely with fluids literally leaking fluid. Hope I don’t end up with elephantitis. All I know is I’m definitely dealing with the same thing they show pictured above and my legs are swollen just like they’re saying could be a symptom of the nematode.
I agree I think it’s something new. I’ve been studying these things as well. It’s worrisome because they easily get in your nose, mouth, ears and amongst the hair on your head. This is the part where we lose people unfortunately but I absolutely think without a doubt that they are able to travel through the human body.
I have dealt with the same thing. I did have a roundworm or hookworm infection. I was prescribed Ivemectrim and it went away. Y’all these are highly contagious. I slept with an ex (who I was with during the infection) after I had cleared it up and it came right back. And I’m telling you I have pulled these out of sores on my body: completely entangles WITH AND IN MY SKIN AND FLESH. I’m obviously no doctor and cannot give you any medical advice but they do sell that at horse and farm supply stores because it is a Cadd dewormer like I said you’re not supposed to use it for those reasons I’m just saying that if you cannot access which you need to you’ll just do about anything and I understand. There is a spray also that you can dilute and spray all over couch anything like that you need to wash everything as soon as you take that anti-parasitic what you’ll need to do is wash everything spray everything down. I have videos of these moving up close for some reason it really did not like my saliva or whatever is in my saliva it opposed it quite aggressively. If you want to see the video or pictures or anything if you have any questions just shoot me an email I’m glad I’m not alone email hidden; JavaScript is required
Wow so I read each one and here in Kentucky I’m going on 24 months same clear sticky wet ones and sol8d elite with tips that are not normal black ones from under my skin and not my hair they are not I to have had them get all over my face I’ve shaved it 2 times in 4 days they are ruining me my clothes they grow in I’ve paid so much to oils to fish tank stuff to put on my body to garlic pls email hidden; JavaScript is required if any one knows email me
Seem to be experiencing somewhat of the same issues in a sense, although they are not in my clothing per say, I’ve seen them on my clothes but mine are in my head. I have been to many drs and I’m going insane. Seven years and no help. I am at my wits end everyone thinks I’m nuts and I feel like I am the only sane person around. What the hell is wrong with these people. I have more than just the clear ones .I have pics of some crazy stuff and videos that would blow your mind. I only know that it changes or morphs Andy don’t know what to do I stay sick a lot and extremely tired and I cannot think straight and my nerves are on high velocity. I’m afraid and alone with no one I’m homeless and can’t hold a job I feel as though I am dying and I cannot do anything and no one will help. I wish God would go ahead and take me I’m so exhausted and mentally shattered everyday I start over trying to find someone to help or listen but I think I will just lay down and let things go how they will I’m so sad and I don’t understand why people are so cruel and insistent on not believing what I know that they have seen . It is utterly disturbingto know that I have not one person in this entire world that cares for me and it took a freaking parasite to find the truth. I get mocked and made fun of cursed out and treated like a piece of crap and I am tired of crying and wishing and thinking maybe they will try to help or understand. They don’t won’t and never will whatever is happening to me is horrible and it has destroyed my life and will eventually take it as well ,I believe . I never imagined the end of my days being so alone and alone and for what, because I am plagued with some unknown parasite to the drs in the US. It is a shame and uncivilized and I am not crazy or delusional I want someone to tell me what these delusions that I have in pics in jars and videos of are and if they are delusions. , how did they manifest into reality physical , seeable,smellable touchable things if a researcher wants some excellent images then I believe that I have something for them
Are you still dealing with this issue? My boyfriend and I recently became infected and have crazy videos too. He’s a little bit more messed up over all of this but I’m starting to freak out myself. Please don’t give up. You can email me at email hidden; JavaScript is required if you want to talk
hi, i havent read all the comments here but your situation does sound like mongellons. i say this without seeing any photos. although it finally has been recognized by the medical people not all doctor the reality of it hence, they point you to the behavioral dept. I found out the dr. that stood out and announced that it is real and can be treated is located in long beach or garden grove, calif? it was years ago just google it. him and his wife, both from india, run their office together. their are other doctors im sure who follow his lead.
good luck, you are sane and its very real.
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In a spray bottle put hot water, dawn and salt. That kills them. Hemp lotion draws them out of the body and soaking in salt water as well. I’d like to try an even more concentrated form of thc, because I feel it’ll work better. I’ve tried everything from bleach, motor oil, neems oil, pesticides and anything else I could think of. Tons of videos to make sure I’m not going crazy. They are resilient and mold into ceramic tile, plastic, and whatever else isn’t metal. They seen to have different cycles where they either look like hair, yellow specks, white lint balls and there’s a liquid under my skin that I feel that’s where they live and breed.
So I feel like I have some answers, but have yet to find a solution. For me, I am an IV Heroin addict, and have had plenty of sober time, and have noticed in most cases there are worms that are so small they fit 30 inside a strand of 1 inch hair. They grow from microscopic to about 4 inches. They attract some sort of arachnid mite, which also has a web and lays eggs in a sticky secrete. So usually most people have both parasites and a web. The tiny hair that sticks to anything is usually the web, and the nematode also lives inside that. So it seems super unlikely and unreal, but I have been dealing with them for years. They do embed in almost everything, but they love paint, concrete, cardboard and sheetrock. I have super weird theories of how cardboard from China is related to this curse. The way to know if yours are real are after collecting and zooming in on your phones like all of us do, put them on a isolated undisturbed piece of concrete and spit on them. Come back a month later and the concrete will be diveted. They literally will eat the concrete or their eggs or their dead bodies are highly acidic and eat the concrete. Once that is established I make a pill and an oil that works at getting them gone. Also cleaning with ammonia and baking soda works at killing them. Baking soda direct on the skin works at pulling them out and then shaving removes them and kills them. I hate this shit with a passion but don’t really struggle as long as I routinely apply a concoction weekly. Contact me if you have questions or have a good video. My name is Ryan and I probably can help if your dealing with the shit described in this post. email hidden; JavaScript is required
omg i am dealing with exactly the same thing. i have also lost everything, i am
homeless from basically abandoning my house because I believed it was coming from the old house. i moved into a two month sub lease – a brand new extremely clean condo – after two weeks symptoms not getting better, I literally destroyed everything in the home, the little white hairs embedded them self in the wood tables, covered the carpets and continued to eat my clothing ( i can seriously touch an item for a minute or less and 24 hours later the seams are all chewed apart and all the threading is coming undone. it looks like small creamy like white worms in the seams or all my clothing ( they don’t seem
to be picky regarding materials). My eyelashes are now completely full of hard white bristles and i now pluck every hair out. my hairline has receded about 4 inches because i’m of these white/ clear hairs ( but not hair) growing at an extremely fast pace. I literally pluck it out and it reappears within seconds. My whole body is now covered in this type of hair, i am constantly shaving every inch of my body just to have them re appear within the hour. When i pull
the hair out of my shower drain it is covered in some sort of clear thick serum like liquid. I wash my clothes in the hottest water with bleach, vinegar pesticides tea tree oil , then dry and repeat again then place all clothing jn air right bags for weeks before attempting to wear again, for the
most part they are still covered with these active little fuckers. I shake my clothes and a crazy amount of dust goes into the air. Also anything i touch I can see the little pieces of hairs on it- especially plastic bags which will often shrivel up. I have also
been plagued as crazy, my whole family thinks i’m nuts i’ve been to the ER and was immediately given a psych evaluations. I was being asked who the president was, what year it was etc, they had no interest jn looking at my photos. i have lost almost all my hair, my face is full of scabs from plucking out these fuckers, i feel like a leper and have no idea what to do.I have tons of photos and videos ( videos of my hair moving , the seams of my clothing torn apart etc ) also when i zoom in on them
I see like translucent clear dots. When at my original home where this started I rented a rug doctor to clean my carpets- when i poured out the water it was like
carbonated and ‘popping’, i took a video and you could just see these clear glow in the dark looking dots . When i had my place fumigated I showed the pest person the videos and he said- i definitely see what you mean but I have no idea what it is.
I have gone broke throwing away clothes and buying new ones for me and my daughter, throwing away and buying new bedding ( like weekly) towels , cleaning supplies laundry detergent socks creams oils and serums . If anyone has any tips or questions like to chaat email me at; email hidden; JavaScript is required
Ditto to everything you said. My boyfriend keeps yelling at me to stop plucking out my hair. I can’t help it. It’s just like you said. My legs are also swollen now with clear liquid coming out of wounds that appear out of nowhere. Whatever is leaking out of my legs leaves a white / yellow residue streak down to my ankle. I just know that it’s related to these “hairs”.
Dani, as we’ve mentioned elsewhere, we have recently added a new provider on our resources page who we believe will absolutely take you seriously and help you; please look at our resources page and see “Lighthouse Complex Care”, they are a medical clinic that specializes in things like this. We are not affiliated with Lighthouse, and we receive no compensation or anything else from them, we just have been impressed with how caring and effective they are. Here is our resource page if you want to check them out: https://www.allaboutworms.com/get-medical-attention-and-tests-for-parasite
Hi! I’ve been dealing with the same issue!! I am driving my husband nuts trying to figure it out. I think I may be on to something but was wondering if anyone seeing them uses plant based products? I was using a plant based dryer sheet and once I switched, they’ve started to go away. I have also noticed cold water kills them, not hot? Also, does anyone see clusters of them around the house by baseboards or furniture? They look like dust bunnies but not.
Same issues NC… I’ve lost everything. Went from being a proud business owner to everyone thinking I’m off my rocker to CPS taking my daughter bc she was having symptoms and I took her to the doc. It seems as though nobody wants to see the reality. But yet so many ppl are struggling with this mess
. I’ve taken thousands of microscopic pics. It’s very clear that something is there. And that im not crazy…well all the way. Yet. . It’s even in my blood. All my hair on my head tangled up so bad I had to cut it all off. It’s insane. I believe it’s in the water. I also believe maybe it’s schistomiasis this is just from the research I have done compared to my microscope pics. It’s a freaking nightmare man. It’s been over a year. I’m broke. I’m alone. And I’m worried sick about my family. And honestly I’m blown away by the ignorance of the medical community I’ve dealt with. It’s sad..
Best wishes to all. But I’ve had it. I will get to the bottom of this mess If it kills me.
Nc here too and same. Everyone thinks I’m losing It or on drugs or both. I’ve damn near gotten my hair out of the knots. Been working on that two years next month. I don’t seem to have them under my skin. At least not anymore. Thought I had something under my skin last Summer that seems to have cleared up not sure what I did. Everyone thought I was going bald scratching up my head and wouldn’t believe me when I told them I was just trying to get my hair to come undone. It wound up so tight and wave itself to my head to have my hair didn’t grow for a year that’s what made me notice it was my hair too. I don’t know if this will help anyone or if this is the norm but condition shampoo then lightly condition and also my hair was going in a clockwise circle at the back of my head once I got that started I’ve been able to get my hair to let go granted it has been a very tedious and time-consuming task. Other than that I have no information but this s*** really does suck I can see how it’s driving everyone insane and the lack of belief is boggling
My daughter and I both are having the same problem. My husband does too but claims he doesn’t and just thinks we’re nuts. I lost my job as a LPN 2 weeks ago over this.. n told I need to get a psychiatrist! These hair worms are anything from small silky worms to long strands of hair all lengths all colors. They somehow integrate with our own hairs n bite our scalp n it’s painful n annoying. We have to sleep with the lights on bcuz it freaks me out so bad. Showers terrify me. My daughter was having issues n after several trips to doctor we figured out on our own that it was worms. I thought pin worms so we both took pin-x. Her problem got worse n I STARTED having problems…worms in the toilet n inside my pants. Then we determined we had hookworms. The doctor prescribed an antiparasitic. 2 weeks later I’m fighting “hair worms”. We haven’t talked to doctor about it yet bc we know how they’re gonna look at us. I seen where someone said take some to the county extension office so were gonna try that n see what they say they are n go from there. We have started wondering if it’s correlated to covid. I’ve never tested positive but was pretty certain I had it. My daughter had it twice n got very ill both times. The 1st time it was stomach sick. She vomitted daily for several months. I don’t go ANYWHERE but my daughter says everywhere she goes has these hair worms but when she tries to tell people they just think she’s crazy. We’ve wondered if maybe the chemtrails are putting them out there or maybe the masks? Just ideas as this seems to be a new problem that even doctors don’t wanna recognize. I have figured out that camphor blocks that I make a spray out of they don’t like. I spray it on everything daily sometimes several times n I don’t see near as many but if I back off on the cleaning ( vacuuming n bleach mopping numerous times a day) then they get out of hand. I’m probably going to wind up divorced over this.
Someone email me please. IVE LOST EVERYTHING OVER THIS. I’ve even contemplated hurting myself (not an issue right now, don’t be a snitch). I just can’t do it anymore. I lost my daughter because of it. Almost losing my home. I can’t work, sleep, nothing. Please help. email hidden; JavaScript is required
I live in Oklahoma and have had these hair like pests for years. In my house they are a big joke and we laugh it off . I call them squirms. Everyone rolls their eyes when we have any range of ailments and I immediately accuse these squirms. We have tiny white/ clear hair in our hair. I have had actual worm-like boogers that moves. There is not a portion of my body that is not affected. I have many many photos and videos to back me up. I believe they could be waterborne or possibly a parasite of a parasite. I first noticed them after my children caught lice, and we had a bed bug infestation AND roaches and mice. If I’m delusional it’s for good reason who wouldn’t be traumatized. Thankfully I moved and they tore down my old apartments. Still have squirms . I have literally had all these symptoms
I think they are the cause of possible learning difficulties in my kids as well as minor behavioral hiccups. I am afraid they are beyond the blood brain barrier and soon my smallest child who was born with a bad heart will fall over and seize out. I take a shower and they all come to the surface . I get rashes especially near my feet that is the itchiest thing I ever experienced. I saw a worm in my kids butt. She was wiggling after a bath so I made her let me look . It was long enough to stick out and dance it’s head around bout 1/2 inch and still be inside. I told Drs and they looked at me like I was stupid . They didn’t do any tests they told to get otc pin worm meds. Iknow these squirms will plague me until the day I die. I’m too afraid they’ll try to take my kids and call me crazy and call Me a tweaker if I stress the issue. Oh maybe it’s worth mentioning I had just 1.jusr got a new cat 2. Gotten my nails done professionally. I am a very candid person . Please email me email hidden; JavaScript is required
The worm in the photo at the beginning of this discussion has plagued me as well. I have never seen them on my body, or coming out of my body. I do have a roundworm infection, so I am intimately aware of the harm that can occur from a parasitic worm. My belief is that these clear, thin worms come into our homes on dryer sheets, like “Bounce” sheets. They probably exist in the factory, and inadvertently get into the fibers of the dryer sheet. Then they are freed by the heat and tumbling of the dryer. They are amazingly resilient. I have kept some in a jar for months, and they still move independently. Perhaps they are formed from the fibers of a cocoon. I have watched a worm create its own cocoon from a liquid it was spitting from its mouth. At least, I think it was its mouth. I don’t know what is used to create these dryer sheets, but it is not inconceivable that they could be made, in part, from natural fibers that are created by a worm, or from a crop that is often infected by a particular pest. After all, China has made vast fortunes by making fabric from silk worm cocoons. I no longer use dryer sheets in with my clothing, and the problem has greatly diminished. But my husband still uses them. So, I do find the worm fibers occasionally. They take a back seat to the worms that have infected my body and make each day a terrible struggle. God bless you, all who wrestle with worm problems, and are misunderstood by the medical and scientific communities. We are the mavericks in a new age of disease. Keep fighting! Our grandchildren and great grandchildren will thank us. PS: Dr Amin, who is listed as a source of help, died some years ago. The other doctor in North Carolina, is still practicing. Only one man to serve a nation full of suffering people. If we lived in India, we would have been cured by now.
Hello Kim, can you please share what leads you to believe that Dr. Amin has passed away? According to his colleague at the Parasite Institute, and Dr. Amin’s own Facebook account, he is still very much alive.
I have the same issue. Went to 6 different Dr’s. Lost half of my hair itching constantly finding these things all over everything I touch. My husband is not bothered by them? Anyway started in May 2021…finally in October went to Ohio State University. Dermatologist treated me with ivermectin, steroids,2 kinds of rx shampoo,1500 MG of antibiotics a day for 4 weeks. I’m a diehard Democrat…dont believe in the QANON crap…or 5g in vaccine….BUT!!! I do believe I started to get this 2 weeks after my moderna vaccine…(THIS IS STRICTLY MY OPINION). Had 8 types of Blood work done…Blood work came back as subcutaneous lupus, parasitic infection.NEVER HAD LUPUS…NOT IN MY DNA OR GENETICS.
I am not on my 3rd round of ivermectin and 4th round of steroids. Hair is still falling out…clothing still has thin thread like worms…still itching . But it’s probably 50% better. Also I’m a neat freak…and when this started to happen I through away EVERY BIT OF FABRIC….CLOTHING, RUGS,TOWELS,CURTAINS,BEDDING.
If anyone knows what this is please help us.
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Idk if this thread is still active but I’m almost positive this is carpet beetles!? I know google says the hairs can mess with you and all this and make you feel as if crawling on skin all the time and biting feeling, etc. but I just found out that straw itch mites are actually parasites if almost all other insects especially beetles and they’re known for being in furniture alongside a carpet Beetle nest and carpets with them and anywhere else the beetles might be at! And this makes a lot more sense about everything! I always thought and said there is some other critter working with these carpet beetles cuz I’ve never even found a live larvae on me, my clothes, or my dogs or bed or anything for that matter! Just found em in the edges of carpet and maybe a old cast in the corner of a room near the ceiling or something so it doesn’t make sense that it is just their hairs in the environment, not at all…! Anyways these mites sole purpose is to wait for an insect like a carpet beetle to come by (especially larvae) and they hop on and instantly lay eggs and start feeding on the fluids of the insect (carpet beetle), then it only takes no more than one day (24hrs literally!!!) for the eggs to hatch and those will run off to the beetle infestation site (nest) and do the same over and over again. This would explain why even after we vacuum over and over and even after we spray and sprinkle DE , etc. they just don’t fully go away! Mites are extremely hard to get rid of. Also they are microscopic so we can’t see them and this also makes perfect sense. Also mites use fibers and hairs and lint to make their nests so this could explain the fibers and why they move too!? I’m thinking it’s cuz the mite(s) is on the fiber but we can’t see it so it’s moving the fiber around and so forth. I really think I’ve finally made a breakthrough. The one thing is to do a very thorough sweep of your houses, check air ducts, pet food, old grain or pasta supplies, pet beds, under baseboards and at edges of carpet, hell even underneath the carpet if your like me and really don’t care at this point and will just re do the carpet if it means finding th source of the issue lol ?…but once we find the source of the infestation whether it’s bed bugs or carpet beetles or some other beetle, etc. then we can wipe out that main source where the eggs are hatching from and eradicate them then it’s easy to get rid of the mites. But you want to make sure you get rid of any insects in the house cuz the mites will potentially use any available insects for a host and food. By eliminating their food they too will die off in a couple of weeks. I got away from this 2 years ago by moving and starting off fresh and it now makes sense why the symptoms still lasted for about 2 months after I moved cuz the Mites and some of their eggs were most likely still in my dogs bed, my clothes, etc. and just had to wait for the very last ones to die for it to finally go away. But I literally just left and moved to a hotel to another hotel then finally to a long term lodging situation where it subsided and didn’t start back up again until I moved into a home my family just bought and after 2 months of being here it started again and I just found several larvae casts and caught 3 adult beetles in my carpet. I hope this helps and also check for mold cuz mold can cause try else same symptoms even if it’s just a little bit in the vents and air ducts over time it can do this too. And carpet beetles love mold too. Hoping this is the culprit. Good luck!
P.s. exterminators seem to not even think of this even though it pops up on google when you look up straw itch mites and explains the lifestyle /cycle they go about and says it all. I’m pretty sure this is it guys!
Has anyone figured out how to treat this issue yet or been able to have a pest company come spray for infestation if so what time you tell the pest control company you had or any idea what pesticides they used! Also what can I use on my dog to help her because I know that if I have all the same systems that each of you are explaining then she also has to be feeling it
I am so glad to have stumbled upon this website. I have EXACTLY the same problems. NOONE believes me either. It’s tough because of the physical issues and trying to hide your fears because your family thinks you are loony toons. I am going to a new dermatologist soon but will research spider mites further. I’ve read every cdc parasite page written. Pretty baseline not very helpful for me. Thanks guys, please keep posting.
I have exact same thing happening here outside of Toledo OH. Clear thin hair like worms that are poking holes through all of my clothes and furniture and carpets destroying everything leaving long strands of thread like material in its wake. I even have them on video moving through things even planting store bags. Most recently it ripped a hole in my bedroom pillow about 6 inches long. Every day I put clean clothes on and I can feel them moving through the fabric. 3 nights ago I was stung or bitten on my fingers during the evening with nothing in plain veiw. I had 3 tiny holes on my finger and my hand arm swelled up and my knuckles turned black. It looked almost as a spider bite But there was no spider around. I was tempted to go to the hospital but was worried about wat they may think of the truth. Some leave white hair like strands with little tiny black tips.. Even my cats are confused. They are so scared and jumpy any more always looking and hearing the noise they make. My one cat is scared to walk around the house any more. We can always see them chasing something but can never see anything. I can barely see them at a quick glimpse as like a tiny shadow or as maybe a nat flying in your Peripheral . I don’t know this stuff is very confusing and I don’t know what to do about it or how to handle it so I’ve been taking a torch lighter and lighting all the fabric and a quick pass by and these things disintegrate but they just keep coming ….help!
My family is experiencing the same and have been diagnosed with scabies, and then with pinworms. My daughter’s diaper was brought into the hospital and the doctor confirmed that they were pinworms and asked it be sent to a lab just to be told the results were negative for parasites. Complete disappointment because I felt I knew we wouldn’t have closure. It’s been months and doctor won’t take the time to listen, especially with covid taking precedence and main focus. I have other family members taking albenzadole and still have it. I’m using Dr Bronners Tea Tree Soap and also apple cidar vinegar concoction and it seems to piss them off and kinda keep them at bay…..sometimes. aloe vera is also helping, but I have to keep changing it up. I feel fatigue and like I have hair in the back of my throat constantly. I’m sick to stomach half the time to even eat as they seem to be in everything. I’m beside myself and so tired. I’m tired of talking about this and people thinking I’m crazy. There’s something going on and people are just ignoring it….scared and anxious.
Hi Its Bree.
Little good new but just beauty. My water came back with nematodes as did the stool sample that was sent to PCI in Arizona. Both were in larval stage so can’t be identified. But I don’t know how small a roundworm is but I don’t think that its the only thing Iam dealing with because like so many other stories on here this thing is smaller than a strand of hair. And clear. I can’t get a good enough pic but sometimes the thing is stuck to a strand of my own hair. I believe they can get in the strands. Just my thought. I looked at my hair strands under magnification and they have stuff all over them. I had some sent to a lab just to get a report back no parasite. Thats no what I was looking for I wanted a analisis of the hair strand its self. A breakdown of what that strand was made of. Didn’t get it. Somebody out there has a answer. I believe that. Good luck to you all. Just remember your not alone. I know just as much as the next person how lonely and depressing this is . I have not left my trailer hardley in 3 years in fear of spreading this and another human being going thru the hell that I am currently going thru. So positive for nematode in gut and water test. But those tiny clear worms definitely could be a round worm of sorts I believe or is it a different type altogether . I don’t know. I wish I had a answer. But I have not stop searching. And to Sam the gentleman who reached out to me , my phone got broke I had no way to retrieve your number if your out there contact me again. I do apologize. Life shows up no matter what we are already going through. God bless all.
My wife and I have been going through this since February. First it was just regular white worms from something else then it morphed into two or more different types. In February it changed to clear worms. It took awhile to figure it out after being told we were crazy and they couldn’t find any parasite. Well maybe it’s not the regular type of parasite I’ve told 5 different doctors!! My poor wife has scars all over her body bc unfortunately, the idea of a worm in her skin freaked her out so she would pick. And that makes it worse, especially to doctors because if they don’t know what it is, they say it’s on your head. I had them coming out of my nose in my upper lip, my fingers my scalp. Then my ferrets got it from us handling them or they’re food before we knew what was going on. We think we got it from a few different ways, I let a kid stay here that had worms in his foot unbeknownst to us, then we had a 100-year-old pipe crack in the two story house we live in and my landlord didn’t know for almost a week and a half. Although insulation on the heating ductwork got soggy wet and he never changed it. My downstairs neighbor cranks her heat and is a hoarder. She has the worms that look like paint dot with a tail. But won’t admit it. Once those clear worms infest it’s so hard to get rid of them we’re still dealing with it now I had them in my hair also. And I wear contacts so I ended up with them in my eyes I definitely have some pretty cool pictures but for some reason doctors don’t seem to care. But I’ve been out of work a year I’ve had to take my ferets to the vet a few times for different issues and I feel so bad for them because it gets caught in there fur. We’ve spent thousands on vet bills and cleaning products I’m financially broke and mentally broken as well. They have gotten into the water line and screwed everything up. Good luck with everything. I’m thinking about buying the test they offer on here from health labs. And call someone that deals aquariums.. I already went the exterminator route.
I have FIGURED IT OUT! Okay, so the clear/white “worm things” are in fact spider mite strands. The reason that I can’t seem to get rid of them is because the strands have eggs, larvae, and instars. They float and move all on their own. Spider mites are a nuisance, but not parasitic to us humans. The big problem I have is not spider mites, it is the bird/rodent mites that live naturally in my garage. They ARE parasitic to mammals…..trust me….THEY ARE HORRIBLE! They are also VERY difficult to get rid of. What I suggest is that you contact a few exterminators in your area. The first question you should ask is how do they kill “Nictating” (yes it is spelled correctly) C. Elegans(also spelled correctly) if they have no idea what you’re talking about, go on to the next one…by the way, that really is a thing, Google it! My email is email hidden; JavaScript is required if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me. Good luck!
I have the same exact thing going on. they are coming out of my ears scalp nose everywhere.I wash my clothes with every detergent/sanitizing agent/vinegar/etc, theyll be off the clothes but in a minute im covered again. I have moved two times and thrown away my clothes and furniture but they dont go away. my poor dog is miserable. he is so confused and squeels, he started doing this thing where he cna smell them now and barks randomly at things. I Clean 3-4 x a day. I cant even get my work done, cause im too busy cleaning or inspecting my clothes etc.I was told i have morgellons. but this is not something fibrous coming out of my skin. its a worm. 100 percent. they burrow into the skin and hatch and break into a milliion pieces. they float in the air . they literally blend into whatever surface they are on, and they also have this white sticky paint drop looking phase, and I have to use a hard brush and bleach to get them off. I know this cause my carpet will suddenly have these white paint spills (super tiny drops) but ill get em off and then somewhere else another one appears. ON the walls and ceiling , random black smudge like lines and dots .
When I shower , i see little black tangled knots coming off my body and trying to fight the water down the drain. and If i look close , as im rinsing myself in the water, i see all these little white crystals or hairs . my body has debris that is not natural!! I lost all my hair. I would find white strands in my hair , and id take them out moving. They’d fight me as id try to get them out, they were in fact Alive. My ears are the worst. I feel like a million of them are in there hatching evry day and then getting into my scalp and skin . my whole body looks like its been attacked by mosquitos or mites . and they leave a little scab hole that looks like a worm hole. I have lost everything in this battle against these guys, I even had one of my teeth fall into my mouth in the middle of the night and inside the tooth i found weird orange brown thing. No one beilieves me. even when i show them my hairs moving in water. When i show them the lint roller that has all kinds of bugs that came off of my clothes or body. Is it a fly is it a worm is it a caterpillar. I doint know . all I know is its fuzzy and its hairlike and the eggs are black dotted ; and the white mold like phase is also a lifestage . it has to be something thats going around. something mutated perhaps yes. I truly believe clothes carry these things and spread them around. I cant help but think they were purposely put there to infest the populations. My familys home. my boyfriends home, everywhere i go I see them. I don’t think alot of people notice them yet..but when they become so many, then its something you cant ignore. when i look at the vents , theyre covered in tiny thin black hair like things /or worms. Theyre everywhere. Im probably inhaling them as I write this. I dont think its ever going to go away.
]My email is email hidden; JavaScript is required, please send me a message if you are experiencing the same, and or have any lead as to whats going on. doctors nowadays are lazy and ignorant. Just because they don’t know the answer, they turn us away and say we;re crazy / delusional. They wont even take a bit of their time to run tests. Some wont even take the time to look at my skin or scalp. LIKE SERIOUSLY????
Please keep us all informed. Both of you, the initial question as well as the above response as I 100% know what you refer to. I’m even thinking that it may be a new mutated or genetically altered accident as I find it difficult if not impossible to have identified myself. All I’ve had are responses implying that I am crazy or delusional. Please reply to this thread. Thanks.
I have experienced and see the same exact thing. Do roundworms molt? Or is is the filial form of a roundworm? I have several videos where you can clearly see the movement and motion of these annoying hair like worms. They are mostly clear some have black tips and they poke through clothes and are everywhere.
I am at a loss myself.
From Chicago area
I have the same thing. I even have them in my hair.. I bought a uv flashlight/black light flashlight in the camping sec. At Walmart for like $7.oo dollars and they do illuminate bright green blue. I am currently awaiting a appt for UCSF infectious disease dept. I don’t know if I have two separate issues going on or if this is related to the roundworm or if it is the round worm. I have been diagnosed with but couldn’t tell the type of round worm it was in larve stage. To early. My personal opinion is what ever I have going on is waterborne….just guessing.
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