A holidaymaker got a nasty shock when he learned that the strange bleeding bumps on his head were not bites or shingles, but live maggots.

Aaron Dallas, from Colorado, looked for medical help when the unusual lumps appeared on his scalp after a holiday to Belize during the summer.

One doctor thought they might have been caused by a gnat bite. Another believed his problem was shingles.

But then the bumps took on a life of their own and began to move.

A doctor discovered five bot fly larvae living inside Aaron Dallas's head, near the top of his skull. This was a few weeks after a mosquito had apparently placed them there.

"I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head. I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy," said Dallas, of Carbondale.

Bot flies rely on mosquitoes, stable flies, and other insects to carry their eggs to a host - and in this case the host was Dallas.

"It was weird and traumatic," he said. "I would get this pain that would drop me to my knees."



Poor guy!! I would hate to be him

Parasites are one of those things that seems to be universally heebie-jeebie inducing.

I took microbiology in college and my instructor was big on finding parasitic examples on the human body to find photos of. He was a masochist. I didn't need to know that there are parasites that only occur on human eyelashes.

ughhh...

Don't even get me started on the idea of fireworms...

Fireworms eh? I'd like to hear about that!!

Well I wouldn't and I don't want to know about tsetse flies, fleas, lice, woodworm or any other itchy sounding bug

If the guy didn't go to the doctor could these maggots turn into flies and fly out of his head somehow? Ewww.

I think they probably would have died unless they ate a hole through his head... either way... its nasty


Maggots are very good for infections though due to the fact that they eat bacteria!!

Ohmygoodness ....

Traumatic...indeed

OMG!!! *sweats profusely and swoons*

i almost didn't click on this thread. i couldn't help it though. now - i wish i wouldn't have this is a terrible story.

Great.

Now my head itches and I want to puke.

Crazy......same thinh happened a few years back with Spiders!

Don't pee in the river

candiru
While the members of the subfamily Vandelliinae feed on blood, members of Stegophilinae may feed on scales, mucus, or carrion.

This fish is feared to attack humans and swim into an orifice (the vagina, anus, or even the penis—and deep into the urethra. Because of spines protruding from the fish, it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery. The fish locates its host by following a water flow to its source and thus urinating while bathing increases the chance of a candirú homing in on a human urethra.

Did anybody ever see that old episode of "Night Gallery"on tv? (its kinda like "Twilight Zone") This guy had an Earwig get in his ear, then his brain. Very interesting story. (I dont want to give it away, but EWWWWW!!!)

That's sick! That poor guy. >.< Gah.

Holy cow, that poor man. At least his problem is being looked after.

I just threw up in my mouth. That is repulsive!