# Ever feel like there are insects crawling under your skin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471 "2014-10-16T06:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/1 "2014-10-16T06:16:41Z")
[It might not be insects, but spiders](http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/spider-burrowed-into-appendix-scar-crawled-through-wa-mans-body-20141016-1171lq.html). Have a good night. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/2 "2014-10-16T06:21:17Z")
Not clicking that link. Too busy scratching myself. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/3 "2014-10-16T06:43:43Z")
I hovered over the link long enough to see the story title. Not going any further either. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/4 "2014-10-16T18:17:12Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > I hovered over the link long enough to see the story title. Not going any further either. Me, too. I only came in the thread to bitch about that. But I may check back to see reactions of anyone else who clicks the link. You know … for science. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/5 "2014-10-16T18:26:13Z")
Spiderman, Spiderman, Gets under your skin like a spider can… No, I did not look. ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/6 "2014-10-16T18:31:56Z")
You mean the mysterious Disease of crawling insects under skin Morgellons: Mysterious Skin Disease Under Microscope > **[Morgellons: Mysterious Skin Disease Under Microscope](https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/morgellons-disease-clues-mysterious-crawling-skin-fibers/story?id=15439374)** > > In response to increasing reports of Morgellons symptoms, scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed blood and skin samples from 115 patients in Northern California and found no evidence linking Morgellons to an... ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/7 "2014-10-16T18:37:41Z")
This happens to me pretty often on my scalp. Feels like I have bugs crawling in my hair. The doctor says it’s a side effect from a medication I’m taking. Drives me crazy! ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-feel-like-there-are-insects-crawling-under-your-skin/701471/8 "2014-10-16T18:51:15Z")
Not 'til I read your thread title … I’m very suggestible that way.