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.
Bet he/they would be very popular. Are they real photos?
“Doc, why are my boogers moving around?”
You will not find a greater claustrophobe than I, but I regularly rinse my sinuses.
Wish I had discovered this procedure decades ago. Over the years, allergies caused so many sinus infections that I had scar tissue that showed up on scans.
Admittedly, the first few times I tried it were disconcerting, and it seems so counterintuitive to squirt water up one’s nose. But, trust me, it was really worth the initial apprehension.
I don’t think the waterboarding comparison holds up here because you are the one controlling how much water you get.
Double-hitter! Yep be very popular person. yuk
Sounds like Screw worms brought in by illegals.
I remember reading of a similar case fifty years ago in Texas.
The screw worm fly was supposedly wiped out in the US and Most of Mexico decades ago.
You’re supposed to eat the bugs,not snort them
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