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Man returns from holiday with some unwelcome souvenirs
A British man returned from a holiday in West Africa recently, only to discover he had brought maggots home with him. The maggots were found under the man's skin.
Alan Evans and his wife Karen had been on a holiday in Gambia.
When he returned home he discovered that six tiny bites that he had gotten while there had turned into throbbing boils. He had been infected by the bites from a bot fly. They lay their eggs under the skin and they feed on human cells.
He was given antibiotics which did not help his condition at all. Evens decided to inspect the boils through a magnifying glass and saw that something was wriggling. Each of the eggs had become a maggot.
He was seen by a specialist and was diagnosed with a rare disease called Myiasis which is contracted by an infestation of parasitic larvae.
Four of the maggots were removed surgically. Evens squeezed the remainder out himself.
According to Sky.com, Evens told the Western Daily Press, "At one point it looked like a crab's claw, and I was petrified I had baby crabs growing inside me. It was terrifying,"
"I was told there was a million-to-one chance of getting this."
Dr. Ron Behrens from London Hospital of Tropical Diseases said that it is more common than people would think when people have been in Africa and South America.
According to Dr. Behrens, "It can occur in anyone. A mosquito drops the bot fly's eggs on to the skin.
"The pupae then burrow under the skin - often the scalp, legs or groin area - and feed off it, but stay close to the surface so they can breathe.
"After a couple of weeks they develop into flies, and are moving around, which is very unpleasant. But luckily it can be successfully treated."
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I would like to thank Jaguar for sending me this lovely story. :-)
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@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
I would like to thank Jaguar for sending me this lovely story. :-)
Yeah, let me thank Jag as well...jeeeeeeez. I saw maggots under his skin and started shuddering. Lovely. -
GROSE
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@ Sue D.
Yeah, let me thank Jag as well...jeeeeeeez. I saw maggots under his skin and started shuddering. Lovely.
She sent me the link and said this
"Did someone write on this yet?
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww, GROSS!!!!
LOL"
Can you even imagine????? -
@ Nikki W (karateblossom)
GROSE
I just talked to Jag. She now wants ten percent of what I earn on this story for a finders fee or something silly like that. LOL
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@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
She sent me the link and said this
Can you even imagine?????
Well she sent the link but YOU wrote it. Perhaps we know how you got such a wonderful daughter...lol -
@ Sue D.
Well she sent the link but YOU wrote it. Perhaps we know how you got such a wonderful daughter...lol
ROFL
HEY Susan, I just couldn't resist!!!
Are you feeling better?
I sure hope so. -
o KAY, NOW I'm itching...
SHHEEEESSSSHHHH
Great story. Itch inspiring, but good find.
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@ Sue D.
Yeah, let me thank Jag as well...jeeeeeeez. I saw maggots under his skin and started shuddering. Lovely.
LOL. Maybe you should seek revenge with a Spiders story :) Hope the guy is alright now. -
@ Mr Garibaldi
o KAY, NOW I'm itching...
SHHEEEESSSSHHHH
Great story. Itch inspiring, but good find.
LOL thanks Mike.
As the kids would say this is enough to give anyone the creepy crawlies. -
@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
ROFL
HEY Susan, I just couldn't resist!!!
Are you feeling better?
I sure hope so.
Working on it, but limiting my time looking at the monitor, so heading offline for the night. -
@ Chris V. (cgull)
LOL. Maybe you should seek revenge with a Spiders story :) Hope the guy is alright now.
I am going over there tomorrow for dinner. Maybe I will wear one of my spider pins just to freak her out. LOL
Bad mommy. :-)
I hope Susan doesn't see that comment since I said the Jag is weird. LOL -
@ Sue D.
Working on it, but limiting my time looking at the monitor, so heading offline for the night.
I sure do hope that you are feeling better soon. -
LOL on the bad mommy thing!
SQ not peeling good?
I'm sorry but this wuz grose!!
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@ Nikki W (karateblossom)
LOL on the bad mommy thing!
SQ not peeling good?
I'm sorry but this wuz grose!!
Not sure how well SQ is able to peel but she hasn't been feeling well.
Blame Jag for how gross this article was. It is her fault and absolutely no way was I to blame. ();-) good mommy. :) -
LOL cyn! that is a very good mommy....blame the kids. hehe. always the kids fault.
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dancing with the stars is on so we are highly distracted
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@ Nikki W (karateblossom)
LOL cyn! that is a very good mommy....blame the kids. hehe. always the kids fault.
It is ALWAYS either the kids fault or their dad's fault.
Never any question about it. -
@ Nikki W (karateblossom)
dancing with the stars is on so we are highly distracted
I have never watched dancing with the stars. Sorry for keep interrupting. LOL -
Obviously, he went to the wrong doctor first. Antibiotics for a maggot infection? On the other hand that first doctor was probably doing exactly what he should. There is a reason why tropical medicine is a specialty.
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@ Bart B. Van Bockstaele
Obviously, he went to the wrong doctor first. Antibiotics for a maggot infection? On the other hand that first doctor was probably doing exactly what he should. There is a reason why tropical medicine is a specialty.
I agree. One of my nephews went to Africa and contacted some kind of disease and was very ill there.
His wife is an orthopedic doctor and as soon as he was able to come home she had him go to the top tropical disease physician that she knew of. -
@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
I agree. One of my nephews went to Africa and contacted some kind of disease and was very ill there.
His wife is an orthopedic doctor and as soon as he was able to come home she had him go to the top tropical disease physician that she knew of. Good thing she didn't send him to the acupuncturist or the homeopath! Ouch! -
@ Bart B. Van Bockstaele
Good thing she didn't send him to the acupuncturist or the homeopath! Ouch!
LOL
She is an excellent doctor and was sought after by several hospitals and groups before she made the decision of where she was going. -
Blame the kids? LOLOLOL Shouldn't Jag be part of this thread to defend her good name?
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@ Sue D.
Blame the kids? LOLOLOL Shouldn't Jag be part of this thread to defend her good name?
Hey Susan, if she doesn't want to be on DJ and report my comments as abuse tough for her. ROFL -
Ugh, the poor guy... i'll never look at a bite the same way again um you can only get this in Africa huh?
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@ patxxoo
Ugh, the poor guy... i'll never look at a bite the same way again um you can only get this in Africa huh?
The doctor did say both Africa and South America.
How are you doing Patxxoo? Hope all is well in your world :-) -
Hey ma!! Just been crazy in my world..this week alone i've managed to take a slice outta my hand while washing the dishes and take a good portion of heel off my foot (with massive pain and brusing in the process) while at work...
I ran myself over while pulling what we call a rocket cart full of stock ...boy did I feel stupid....
and trying to take care of my many babies has been fun while avoiding a garden snake and a skink that have decided this was thier new home.
UGH the skink scared me more than the snake did, I didn't know what it was other than a really big lizard, I got him on video tryin to get in the house check him out here if you want
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WOW!! I have never heard of a skink. He sure was trying to get into your house. Mating season hmm pat. ROFL was he after you???
Thanks for all the photos.
How are the hand and heel doing? I was cringing while reading about that.
I will send this to Jag and tell her to check out your comments as she still thinks of you as one of her DJ sisters.
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Sorry Pat. I emailed this to Jaguar so she could see your pictures and this is what that very bad cat wrote. I always said that she was a very bad cat. :-)
LOL!
Tell Pat she's a big sissy & a disgrace to the feline race!
LOL
LOL
LOL
I thought that skink was adorable! I'd never heard of a skink or seen
one before either. Where does Pat live? I would have let the little
bugger in if he wanted to come in so badly. He could be my pet for a
day...or longer....how cute!
;-)
That video cracked me up & I love the picture of him peeking in her
house. LOL
I want a skink now!!! Tell her to mail me one!
:-)
Pat's a sissy!
Pat's a sissy!
Pat's a sissy!
Pat's a sissy!
LOL
LOL
LOL
LOL
:-P
Okay, no teasing me about spiders in retribution! Nope, not allowed!
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LOL, a skink! Beautiful. We are supposed to have skinks here as well, but I have never ever seen one, except in pictures and in the zoo...
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@ Bart B. Van Bockstaele
LOL, a skink! Beautiful. We are supposed to have skinks here as well, but I have never ever seen one, except in pictures and in the zoo...
I have never heard of them.
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There are two skinks in Michigan: the common five-lined skink ( Eumeces fasciatus) that we have, and the six-lined racerunner ( Cnemidophorus sexlineatus): http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-32981--,00.html-
@ Bart B. Van Bockstaele
There are two skinks in Michigan: the common five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) that we have, and the six-lined racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus): http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12201-32981--,00.html
Thanks Bart. I don't recall of ever seeing one. If I would have I would have just thought that there is a lizard. -
@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
Thanks Bart. I don't recall of ever seeing one. If I would have I would have just thought that there is a lizard. And you would have been right. Skinks are lizards. -
I'm used to the little lizards, i'm not thrilled with em, but used to em, but this one ...e wwww...he was huge!! see that shoe in the pic with him? that's my shoe (will never wear it again) size 7 and he was longer than it ...I had quit wearing those shoes cause the lizards that like our patio used them to lay in the sun on...no way could I wear them again
@ Picasso
Tell sis I miss her, an no fair I can't get her back, though I'll admit on this one I was one big whuss (not sissy mind you) an my poor hubby, I kept him between me an the doorway at all times, if that thing had gotten it I would have just turned all girly and been on top of the table in a second ....
Tell Jag if she wants him she'll have to come get him, ugh, he just kept coming back and peeking at me while I was on the computer...creepy. Got plenty of pictures and the video.
Oh and the hand is healing well, the foot...well the tennis ball seems to have went down on the side of it somewhat but no way can I wear a shoe with a back to it for awhile, but at least I can get around and get things done.
LOL, a skink! Beautiful. We are supposed to have skinks here as well, but I have never ever seen one, except in pictures and in the zoo...
Yup, just proves beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I had to grab the camera on this one just so I could look it up, wanted to make sure it wasn't poisinous or somethin and to find out just what kind it was. -
@ patxxoo
I'm used to the little lizards, i'm not thrilled with em, but used to em, but this one ...ewwww...he was huge!! see that shoe in the pic with him? that's my shoe (will never wear it again) size 7 and he was longer than it ...I had quit wearing those shoes cause the lizards that like our patio used them to lay in the sun on...no way could I wear them again
@ Picasso
Tell sis I miss her, an no fair I can't get her back, though I'll admit on this one I was one big whuss (not sissy mind you) an my poor hubby, I kept him between me an the doorway at all times, if that thing had gotten it I would have just turned all girly and been on top of the table in a second ....
Tell Jag if she wants him she'll have to come get him, ugh, he just kept coming back and peeking at me while I was on the computer...creepy. Got plenty of pictures and the video.
Oh and the hand is healing well, the foot...well the tennis ball seems to have went down on the side of it somewhat but no way can I wear a shoe with a back to it for awhile, but at least I can get around and get things done.
Yup, just proves beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I had to grab the camera on this one just so I could look it up, wanted to make sure it wasn't poisinous or somethin and to find out just what kind it was.
Hmm. I don't really understand. After all, a lizard is only the still-living version of a shoe, an expensive shoe at that.
Very few lizards are poisonous to us. The Gila monster comes to mind. And the Komodo dragon, but that's only indirectly. -
I always like seeing the little lizards when I am in Florida. But that one you took the photos and video of sure was different from anything that I have ever seen.
I will copy and paste onto an email what you said to her. if you ever want to do something on spiders to get back at her I will insist that she read it.
Glad the hand is doing better and hope the foot doesn't take too long to heal.
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Funny don't you think patxxoo? Hmm. I don't really understand. After all, a lizard is only the still-living version of a shoe, an expensive shoe at that. -
Why I keep looking here I don't know. Just the sentence maggots were found under his skin, makes me itch.
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@ Sue D.
Why I keep looking here I don't know. Just the sentence maggots were found under his skin, makes me itch.
It is like we are drawn to something that we find disgusting or horrorfying.
How are you feeling Susan? Better I hope. -
@ Cynthia T. [Picasso]
It is like we are drawn to something that we find disgusting or horrorfying.
How are you feeling Susan? Better I hope.
Much thank you :o) -
That is quite possibly one of the grossest things I've ever read. EEEWWWW!!!!
I won't be traveling to West Africa anytime soon...or later...
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@ Julybug
That is quite possibly one of the grossest things I've ever read. EEEWWWW!!!!
I won't be traveling to West Africa anytime soon...or later...
It would be horrible to get something like that.
The doctor also mentioned South America so avoid going there also. -
I think I'll just stay in right here in North America. I like it here.
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