2008-2-Accessory+Organ+Disorders

=__**Accesory Organ Disorders**__= =by:Molly, Jake, Andrea=

=Onychomycosis (Nail Fungus)=

Onychomycosis, commonly known as a fungal nail infection, is infection of the fingernails or toenails by forms of fungi and yeast. Fungal nail infections account for nearly one-half of all nail disorders. In the most common form of fungal nail infections, fungus grows under the growing portion of the nail and spreads up the finger (proximally) along the nail bed and the grooves on the sides of the nails. A less common type of fungal nail infection may occur in those with HIV/AIDS.

=Alopecia (Hair Loss)=

Alopecia areata is a hair-loss condition which usually affects the scalp. It can, however, sometimes affect other areas of the body. [|Hair loss] tends to be rather rapid and often involves one side of the head more than the other. Alopecia areata affects both males and females. This type of hair loss is different than male-pattern baldness, an inherited condition.

=Morgellons=

(CBS/AP) It sounds like a freakish ailment from a horror movie: Sores erupt on your skin, mysterious threads pop out of them, and you feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you.

Some experts believe it's a psychiatric phenomenon, yet hundreds of people say it's a true physical condition. It's called Morgellons, and now the government is about to begin its first medical study of it. Morgellons sufferers describe symptoms that include erupting sores, fatigue, the sensation of bugs crawling over them and - perhaps worst of all - mysterious red, blue or black fibers that sprout from their skin.

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WORKS CITED

"CDC To Study Mysterious Skin Condition, Hundreds Report Symptoms Of Morgellons; Sores, Fibers, Bug-Like Crawling Sensations - CBS News." __CBS News - Breaking News Headlines and Video from CBSNews.com__. 17 Jan. 2008. 28 Mar. 2008 .

Swartz, Tim. "Morgellons - New Disease, or Man-Made Weapon of Terror?." __UFO Digest provides video proof of ufos, alien abduction and the paranormal on our website, newsletter and newsfeed.__. 3 Dec. 2007. 28 Mar. 2008 <[|http://www.ufodigest.com/news/1207/morgellons.html>.]