Posted on 04/08/2026 1:14:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
It all started next to a field of grazing sheep in Greece, where an unidentified 58-year-old was working outdoors in the dry September heat.
She “noticed numerous flies swarming around her face,” according to a new medical report, and about a week later, she began experiencing pain in her sinuses.
The next few weeks brought “severe coughing,” but no other symptoms.
Until one day, Oct. 15 to be exact, she sneezed out a “worm.”
Soon after, an ear, nose and throat doctor got to work surgically removing 10 larvae and a pupa — a teenage insect between the larval and adult stages — from the big sinuses on the side of her nose.
DNA testing of the dislodged critters, one of which was almost an inch long, revealed they were baby sheep bot flies (Oestrus ovis), a parasite with a well-documented history of taking up residence in the nasal passages of sheep and goats.
There have been a handful of cases of these flies setting up shop in human cavities, most commonly around the eyes — a condition known as ophthalmic myiasis — rather than in the nose or mouth. Historically, the larvae in those cases were unable to develop past the first larval stage into full wormlike creatures.
In recent years, that’s changed a bit. There have been reports of later-stage larvae growing in people, especially when the person exhibits immunosuppression or has “traumatic or anatomic abnormalities of the nasal passages.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
that’s disgusting!
Lady raising her on fishing bait in here head?
The series, “House”, had a couple of totally gross episodes with a similar theme.
She’s a Goa’uld!!
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I say we take Ben out behind the barn for a good whooping
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Just about 😬
There’s the rule of no squirrels or rabbits for food in the summer because of the danged warbles.
Once you’ve seen ‘em you’re gonna be traumatized for life.
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Thst is so gross!
sooo your brother is a walkign talking pasta maker huh?
[[ The medic in his squad had pills for parasites that he made him give them.]]
Probably Ivermectin?
No. The Korean War pre-dated the discovery of Ivermectin by a couple decades.
Not. At. Gunpoint.
Nope!!!!
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ah- thanks for the info
Thanks, good list of links. Nice site
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