A woman from York , England , began to develop a pain in her forehead , as well as a carmine swelling .
The 55 - class - sure-enough go to the Dr. where she was assure it was most probable an septic dirt ball bite . She was send off home with antibiotics to clear up the contagion , but a few days later her uncomfortable swelling deform into shot pains in her face , whilst the swelling spread down to her optic .
She present herself to the exigency department at her local infirmary . The wound now measured about 1 cm ( 0.4 inches ) across and had discharge coming out of it , according to her doctors .
Upon further review , Doctor found there was a maggot living inside her face .
The woman , not list in theBritish Medical Journal Case Report , was treated by applying oil gelatin to the lump before manually distil the live maggot . The maggot was sent to the London School of Tropical Medicine for interrogation , as the patient had of late traveled to Uganda , where she lead on a trek in the Kibale National Park rain forest .
Tests confirmed that the larva belonged toCordylobia rodhaini , aka Lund ’s fly , a species found in the rainforest of Africa .
Her ordeal was n’t over yet .
Ultrasound confirmed that there was another larva exist slightly deeper inside her frontal bone .
The species prefers thin - skinned mammalian , specially gnawer . After maturing under the skin , the larva go out the wound and fall to the ground , before long thereafter go forth as a tent-fly .
exceedingly rare , only 14 cause of Lund ’s fly burrowing into humanity have been reported worldwide since 1970 . However , the patient says that she is cognizant of a similar case in someone she love .
" A protagonist of my son who join us in Uganda had the same infestation on his back when he left to come home to UK , but the base on balls - in center in London where he live on did not believe the clump on his back was anything more than an septic bite , " she toldBMJ Case Reports .
" He also had a maggot which came out when he took the Elastoplast off . "
Medical stave transfer her second maggot surgically , before cleaning the wound .
The patient in all likelihood break up up her small friend whilst wrap her head up in a moist towel that had been left outside . Now maggot - free , she is fully recovered and " remains well " .
