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Maggots take up residence inside man's head |
 Nov 21 2007, 04:46 PM
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 Venter  Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233  |
Maggots take up residence inside man's head
 It's the stuff nightmares and horror movies are made of. 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." After their discovery the parasites were removed by a doctor. Dallas's wife teased him about it afterwards, but didn't find the experience funny. "It's much funnier to everyone else. It makes my stomach turn over. It was cruel,'' he said. Bot fly infections are fairly routine in parts of Central and South America. |
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Nov 21 2007, 09:20 PM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 22-September 07 From: anywhere you like Member No.: 86 |
That is so gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And here I am sitting here reading this and eating beef and mushroom with steamed rice! -------------------- He's not the Messiah...He's just a very naughty boy! Monty Python - Life of Brian |
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Nov 21 2007, 11:00 PM
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 Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 612 Joined: 21-September 07 From: 1AU from a G2V Star Member No.: 81 |
Sounds Yummy !
-------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"    |
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Nov 22 2007, 12:37 AM
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 Venting Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 717 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Ohio--die hard Ohio State fan!! Member No.: 21 |
Oh!! allheart how could you!! Eeee! Gadddss!! I'm sitting here with my scalp crawling and scratching like a dog with fleas!!! Yikes!!
-------------------- Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.~~
Thomas Alva Edison  I Search for the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Who will you search for? |
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Nov 22 2007, 01:26 AM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
QUOTE (Iodine @ Nov 22 2007, 12:37 AM)  Oh!! allheart how could you!! Eeee! Gadddss!! I'm sitting here with my scalp crawling and scratching like a dog with fleas!!! Yikes!! Sorry! 
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Nov 22 2007, 02:08 AM
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My dear Allheart, how do I break this news to you...those aren't grains of rice in that bowl.
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Nov 22 2007, 11:56 AM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
QUOTE (dc3 @ Nov 22 2007, 02:08 AM) My dear Allheart, how do I break this news to you...those aren't grains of rice in that bowl.  Wait, What?
This post has been edited by allheart55: Nov 22 2007, 01:00 PM |
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Nov 22 2007, 04:25 PM
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 Genius Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 8-November 07 From: England Member No.: 216 |
Creepers Jeepers as we say! Allheart, how do you get those superb smilies on your posts? I downloaded 'smiley central' recently, but it don't seem to work on these boards.
--------------------  Snana, the friendly Sioux. |
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Nov 22 2007, 04:53 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
QUOTE (The Colonel @ Nov 22 2007, 04:25 PM) Creepers Jeepers as we say! Allheart, how do you get those superb smilies on your posts? I downloaded 'smiley central' recently, but it don't seem to work on these boards. Colonel, Smiley Central is considered adware, malware and spyware, you really should get rid of it before it messes up your pc.  I will pm you the link to my photobucket, it's safe. EDIT: I tried to send you the link, but your private messenger is disabled.
This post has been edited by allheart55: Nov 22 2007, 05:28 PM |
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Nov 22 2007, 05:38 PM
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Genius Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 8-November 07 From: England Member No.: 216 |
Have opened my personal messenger, will close it this time tomorrow night. Thank you, I will get rid of Smiley Central forthwith.
-------------------- Snana, the friendly Sioux. |
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 Nov 22 2007, 11:56 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
QUOTE (The Colonel @ Nov 22 2007, 05:38 PM) Have opened my personal messenger, will close it this time tomorrow night. Thank you, I will get rid of Smiley Central forthwith. Colonel, I tried to resend it and received the following error..... The following errors were found This message can not be sent because the recipient has their personal messenger disabled or they are in a member group not allowed to use the personal messenger. This personal message has not been sent. |
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Nov 23 2007, 04:01 PM
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Genius Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 8-November 07 From: England Member No.: 216 |
Oh dear. Well I shall have a look and see if there is anything else I can do, Allheart. If it is the case that a message cannot be sent, so be it. But thank you for your kind offer anyway.
 Edit: Oops, how embarassing! It was still switched to Yes. I suppose I did not save it. Sorry...... This post has been edited by The Colonel: Nov 23 2007, 04:07 PM -------------------- Snana, the friendly Sioux. |
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Nov 29 2007, 02:12 AM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 16-November 07 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 233 |
QUOTE (The Colonel @ Nov 23 2007, 04:01 PM) Oh dear. Well I shall have a look and see if there is anything else I can do, Allheart. If it is the case that a message cannot be sent, so be it. But thank you for your kind offer anyway. Edit: Oops, how embarassing! It was still switched to Yes. I suppose I did not save it. Sorry......  Okay, I sent you a pm, you should have the link now!! |
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Nov 29 2007, 10:16 AM
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Allheart - there's only I reply to that - EWWWWWWWWWWWW
-------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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Nov 29 2007, 04:01 PM
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Genius Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 8-November 07 From: England Member No.: 216 |
 Thank you allheart! What wonderful things they are! This post has been edited by The Colonel: Nov 29 2007, 04:03 PM -------------------- Snana, the friendly Sioux. |
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