America: Detecting meat-eating maggots nesting in the legs because of insect bites

An American woman, 36 years old, unnamed in Florida (USA) after two months of her honeymoon home, has discovered fire abnormalities under her skin with the appearance of a strange creature.

The girl's honeymoon trip in Florida is probably the most 'memorable' trip because when she comes home she is also 'given' a gift that is a . carnivorous maggot named Dermatobia hominis or known To be a fly fly larva , a large fly, which looks like a wasp.

Earlier, the woman found out in her groin a lumpy, itchy but painless nodule. Subjective because he thought that maybe during the trip to Belize, insect bites were not seen.

However, after two months, the acne marks showed much more unpleasant signs, the woman decided to see a doctor. The doctor had diagnosed it as a venomous spider bite and prescribed antibiotics.

The maggot larvae of buffalo flies with many black spines are removed from the female body in the United States.

However, the acne spot remains unchanged, even more uncomfortable so the woman went to another clinic.

This time, the woman's subcutaneous lesions showed signs of redness and looked like a small bite, there was a hole in the middle and pus.

Dr. Enrico Camporesi, a Florida specialist, examined the woman who noticed unusual signs on the bite. When touching the wound there is a sign of a flare like there is an object inside.

Immediately, the surgeons decided to slash the area of ​​the woman's injury and discovered a small maggot that was identified as the larvae of the buffalo fly. On the body of this maggot, there are many black spines and strong grip.

Doctors said that if they do not remove them early, the larvae will also make the host miserable because of the discomfort under the skin.

Currently, after the removal of buffalo fly larvae, the woman healed the wound and did not encounter many difficulties in treatment.

The species of larvae of buffalo flies with scientific names is Dermatobia hominis. Normally female flies will lay eggs on an intermediate insect such as mosquitoes, ticks, etc. When mosquitoes or ticks bite people or any other hot-blooded mammals, buffalo fly eggs begin to penetrate deep into the skin. the meat of the host through the bite. These fly larvae will eat pus in the skin, and create holes in the surface of the host's skin to breathe.

Normally, after about 8 weeks, the adult parasites will fall out of the bite to the ground, where they molt into buffalo flies. In countries with a lot of buffalo flies, indigenous people often use a coating of lubricating oil on the surface of the bite to suffocate the larvae, then use small tweezers to pick them up.