Diagnostic dilemma: Woman's 'biologically implausible' infection led her to sneeze 'worms' out of her nose

The maggots die because the sinuses don't provide a favorable environment for them to enter the pupal stage. As such, ...

Woman sneezes nearly 1-inch-long ‘worms’ — how she got the ‘biologically implausible’ infection

The 58-year-old wormectomy patient — whose official diagnosis was “O. ovis nasal myiasis with pupation” — apparently had a ...
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A Woman Sneezed Out Bot Fly Larvae. Doctors Say One Had Reached the Pupal Stage

In case you didn’t know this could happen, a woman in Greece sought medical help after she sneezed and maggots came out of ...
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A woman sneezes maggots: a world first

How did the larvae end up in her sinuses? A 58-year-old woman sneezed out live maggots after fly larvae developed inside her nasal sinuses, trapped by a deviated nasal septum. The case, published in ...
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California health officials warn about flesh-eating parasite that can infest humans

Health officials are warning of a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue and can infest humans. The larvae feed on healthy tissue, according to health experts. New World Screwworm was ...