Maggots in the Ear After Trip to Peru

Image from Wikipedia Adventurous international travelers have to worry about malaria and safe drinking water, but for one 27 years old British woman, she also had to contend with a maggot infestation in the ear after a trip to Peru. It was not quite the 57 maggots found in one Illinois woman, but apparently this traveler recalled walking thru a fly swarm in Peru and that one fly did briefly enter her ear canal. However, it was enough for the fly ( New World Screwworm fly ) to lay its e…

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57 Maggots Removed from Woman's Ear

92 years old woman with Alzheimer's was found to have 57 maggots in her ear sparking a lawsuit. Read more from media reports. Beyond the gross factor and questions regarding how this was allowed to happen, this story does bring up some interesting teaching points and the medicinal properties of "maggot therapy". Media reported the patient suffered from earwax build-up and had "an enlarged ear canal from surgery performed decades earlier." This  surgery was …

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