Parasites are organisms that live on other creatures and depend on the host organism for survival. Humans can become hosts to many parasitic creatures, including insect larvae. The resulting ...

A 59-year-old woman from Chiang Mai, Thailand, endured a week of nasal congestion and facial pain before a nosebleed unveiled a horrifying truth: her nostrils were infested with hundreds of maggots.

Myiasis, the infestation of live human or animal tissue by dipteran larvae, presents a multifaceted challenge across both clinical and veterinary disciplines. Manifesting in forms such as cutaneous, ...

The term myiasis indicates the invasion of tissues or organs of man or animals by dipterous larvae. Several species of Diptera can act as ectoparasites, feeding on live or necrotic tissues.

Myiasis is a type of infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissues. This infection can catch you mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. In myiasis, there is a constant feeling of itching, a ...

A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation thought to be secondary to pneumonia and myocardial infarction.

Mexico has reported the first-ever human case of myiasis caused by a screwworm. According to Mexico's Health Ministry, the case was detected in a 77-year-old woman from the municipality of Acacoyagua ...

Vaginal myiasis is so rare that only a few case studies have explored this condition in humans. It happens when flies lay eggs in the vaginal area — the larvae that hatch and feed on vaginal tissue.

Claim: Photographs show a man whose brain became 'infested with maggots' due to an ingrown hair or consumption of contaminated sushi. Dude gets an ingrown hair. It gets infected, now he has a boil.

A 45-year-old previously healthy woman presented to the emergency department with a three-week history of swelling and redness around her left eye. About four weeks before the onset of her symptoms, ...