Written By: Shaloo Tiwari | Updated : October 26, 2017 12:18 PM IST
This news might just make you throw up but it is very scary as it can happen to anyone. Maggot infestation looks horrible but is very dangerous for the body part that is infected. Parasitic infestation on a body of a live mammal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue is called Maggots Myiasis. This video recently went viral because you can see dozens of maggots squirming in her mouth and it is a terrible sight. The woman in the video seems to be suffering from a grave maggot infestation in her mouth which is also called Oral Myiasis. In the case of maggot infestation, larvae may infect dead, prematurely dying or sometimes even living tissue. The infestation can take place in various parts of the body like skin, stomach, intestinal tract, ears, eyes, etc. They generally invade open wounds or skin with cuts or are broken in some manner. Sometimes they enter the body through the nose or ears and lay eggs and the larvae or eggs can reach the stomach or intestines if they are consumed with food and induce gastric or intestinal myiasis.
The patient in the video is an elderly woman can be heard breathing heavily while the tube pumps anaesthetic gas through the nose. You can see how grave the oral infection is when the doctor tugs the lower lips. This 56-second clip has been viewed over 4 lakh times on YouTube. Here's the video (Since the video is gory, viewers discretion is strictly advised.)
The video might have given you chills but issues like this exist and could be very dangerous. One must keep their oral hygiene intact and keep visiting a dentist from time to time. (Read: Doctors remove wriggling maggots from boy s ear (Watch video) )
References:
Sharma, D., Kumar, S., Parashar, P., & Naphade, V. V. (2015). Oral gingival myiasis: A rare case report and literature review. Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 6(4), 548 551. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.169857
P rez-Giraldo, C., M rquez-Laff n, I., Blanco, M. T., Mu oz del Rey, J. R., Chavero, M. J., Habela, M. A., & G mez-Garc a, A. C. (2012). A Case of Human Oral Myiasis by Lucilia sericata in a Hospitalized Patient in Extremadura, Spain. Case Reports in Medicine, 2012, 792683. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/792683
