>From:    Robin Steele <[log in to unmask]>
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>Yesterday my husband wakes me up with a furball in my face and says, He
>needs to go to the Vet!  He had a large swelling, what looked like an
>abscess with an open sore, on his side... nurse takes one look and tells
>us that on his outdoor adventure he must have ingested some fly larvae,
>because it grew into a large worm, easily the size of my index finger,
>in length and nearly thickness, and it burrowed from his intestine, to
>just under his skin where it had created an infection...
 
Sounds like the larvae of a bot fly. There are a number of them around
and in South America they even have a variety that will infest humans.
He should be okay now that it has been removed.
 
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[Posted in FML issue 3872]