Not a terrible movie.
Posted on 02/19/2024 12:03:03 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WJW) — A Florida man is reportedly healing after a horrific amount of bugs were pulled from his nasal and sinus passages earlier this month.
“Over a couple hours my face just started swelling, my lips swelled, I could hardly talk,” the patient told WTLV in Florida. “My whole face felt like it was on fire.”
The patient, who was not identified, went to a nearby hospital for constant nose bleeds and pain, according to the TV station. What the ear nose and throat doctor on call found by looking inside the man’s nose, was like something out of a scary movie: dozens of live larva feeding on his inside face cavities.
“They were right up against his skull base, right under the brain,” Dr. David Carlson told WTLV. “Had they gone through that it could have killed him.”
Some of the bugs were reportedly as large as the tip of a pinky finger. About 150 of them were removed using a variety of instruments. The larva was then sent to a lab for testing.
Carlson made clear he’d never heard of anything like this occurring before in humans, and that people with normal immune systems would fight what’s known as Nasal Myiasis off naturally. He also said to always wash your hands after coming in contact with a dirty environment.
The patient, who reportedly started noticing symptoms in the fall, has a compromised immune system due to the removal of a cancerous tumor from his head decades earlier.
The patient, who has been prescribed an anti-parasitic and is expected to recover, likes to fish and told WTLV he plans to be far more cautious when cleaning dead fish.
And it ordered a beer. While drinking its beverage, it looked around and asked, “what’s this guy doing with a bar in his ear?”
In my mid-40’s, I did my first job of using Debrox to remove ear wax. I was shocked how much wax came out, along with a cotton ball soaked with wax. My mother forgot to remove the cotton ball when I was a kid. My hearing improved by orders of magnitude after removing the was buildup.
How the elephant got in my pajamas I’ll never know!
See? This is why picking your nose on a regular basis is essential to your health.
True story.
Booger bugs?
We got an insect out of a patient’s ear one time with a flashlight.
“it isn’t how you pick your nose but where you flick the boogers that counts” L.Star
What he was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.
Not a terrible movie.
Well, if it looks like a duck....................
I was behind a guy in a bank line who had Dreads [white guy] and I saw bugs crawling on them, I turned around and left. ugh.
I had a fly go into my ear once when I was a kid. It sat in my ear canal thrashing about trying to escape. My grandparents eventually removed it by putting some Johnson’s Baby Oil in the ear canal so that it would slide out.
Understand. I’m claustrophobic with it extending to an irrational fear of such nasal lavage treatments, among other things. Perhaps will overcome someday.
Yeah, the whole thing is kinda maggoty, if you ask me.
It’s a very useful therapy if you have a bad cold or sinus issues. Salt is a natural antibacterial.
(The feeling is sort of like swimming and getting a noseful of water - but it’s happening on purpose :-)
Probably lice.
Could have been worse, if it had been an earwig.
Love it!
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