Maggots are a good source of protein.
Posted on 07/22/2008 11:20:55 AM PDT by Joiseydude
An American holidaymaker got a nasty surprise when he discovered that the lumps on his scalp were not bites or shingles, but live botfly maggots.
'I thought I was going crazy' Aaron Dallas, from Colorado, US, sought medical advice when the bumps appeared on his scalp after a trip to Belize this summer.
But it was not until the bumps started moving that doctors realised Dallas had five live maggots inside his head.
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must be a democrat
when the bumps appeared on his scalp after a trip to Belize this summer...
Stay out of the turd world...It will make your scalp crawl!
Damn! You beat me to it!
Little duct tape, Vaseline and a friend who isn’t squeamish with tweezers and they will eat their way up and out in a few days.
Video of a guy with them in his back on YouTube, not for the faint of heart or stomach.
Five magots, named, Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Kerry, Murtha.
“As traumatic as this may seem, botfly infections are fairly routine in parts of Central and South America.”
Yet another reason I’m grateful to live in the U.S.A.
LOL!
I figure they were feeding on dead matter! There could be only one choice.
As traumatic as this may seem, botfly infections are fairly routine in parts of Central and South America.
Maggots are a good source of protein.
Geez, ya gotta post this at lunchtime?
Dang, I thought this was a James Carville thread.
POST OF THE DAY!
Ohhhh...I hate when that happens..
have you seen the one removing the botfly from below the guy’s eyelid?
Typical sensationalistic news reporting, worthy of Weekly World News. The story may be partly true, but the author is really using his journalistic license when he construes “under his scalp” as “inside his head.” He should have his journalistic license revoked.
As traumatic as this may seem, botfly infections are fairly routine in parts of Central and South America.
That's right. I heard of people traveling in South America who think they got mosquito bit or something like that, lo and behold they got a little maggot living inside them. Yet It IS very common in that region.
Heads up on moving head bumps..........
LOL!! That was my first thought. Maggots feed on dead tissue.
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