Over 100 Larvae Reside Inside a Man's Nose and Sinuses

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 03-09-2024, 03:11 AM

Doctors in Jacksonville, Florida are baffled after finding & removing more than 100 larvae from inside a man's nose and sinuses.

A Florida man is reportedly healing after a horrific amount of bugs were pulled from his nasal and sinus passages in Feb.

“Over a couple hours my face just started swelling, my lips swelled, I could hardly talk,” the patient told. “My whole face felt like it was on fire.”

The patient, who was not identified, went to a nearby hospital for constant nose bleeds and pain, according to the TV station.

What the ear nose and throat doctor on call found by looking inside the man’s nose, was like something out of a scary movie: dozens of live larva feeding on his inside face cavities.

“They were right up against his skull base, right under the brain,” Dr. David Carlson told. “Had they gone through that it could have killed him.”

Some of the bugs were reportedly as large as the tip of a pinky finger. About 150 of them were removed using a variety of instruments. The larva was then sent to a lab for testing.

Carlson made clear he’d never heard of anything like this occurring before in humans, and that people with normal immune systems would fight what’s known as Nasal Myiasis off naturally. He also said to always wash your hands after coming in contact with a dirty environment.

The patient, who reportedly started noticing symptoms in the fall, has a compromised immune system due to the removal of a cancerous tumor from his head decades earlier.

The patient, who has been prescribed an anti-parasitic and is expected to recover, likes to fish and told he plans to be far more cautious when cleaning dead fish.