Squirming fly larvae pulled from traveler's head

MrCoffee

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Thu Jul-19-07 01:06 PM
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Squirming fly larvae pulled from traveler's head

CARBONDALE, Colo. - Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas� head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.

A doctor found five active bot fly larvae living beneath the skin atop Dallas� head.

�I�d put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head,� Dallas told the (Glenwood Springs) Post Independent. �I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy.�

Dallas said he likely received the larval infestation while on a trip to Belize this summer. Bot fly infections are not uncommon in parts of Central and South America.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19833356/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly

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Arugula Latte

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Thu Jul-19-07 01:20 PM
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1. Not much to say about that except

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Connonym

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Thu Jul-19-07 01:47 PM
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2. and

:puke:

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pitohui

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Thu Jul-19-07 02:01 PM
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5. what i wonder about is why he shared this w. the press

medical records are private and if i were him, i'd have kept it that way, even his wife is getting a chuckle out of it

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WindRavenX

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Thu Jul-19-07 01:54 PM
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3. Belize

Shit. I wanted to go there...

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pitohui

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Thu Jul-19-07 02:00 PM
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4. you can still go there

just if you ever have weird symptoms, please, people, inform your doctor of where you have traveled so they can make a reasonable diagnosis in a reasonable amount of time -- the bot fly is not rare and unknown but how the crap is a doctor in colorado supposed to know to look for it if you don't mention your travels in central america?

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