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Myiasis is a type of infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissues. This infection can catch you mostly in tropical and subtropical areas. In myiasis, there is a constant feeling of itching ...

A 59-year-old woman from Chiang Mai, Thailand, endured a week of nasal congestion and facial pain before a nosebleed unveiled a horrifying truth: her nostrils were infested with hundreds of maggots.

Three days later, numerous maggots (6–7 mm long) were observed in the patient's nasal cavities and at the left medial canthus . During this period, an adult fly (a green blow fly or a green bottle fly ...

Screwworm myiasis is not deadly, however, the infestation is very painful, said the CDC. A human with screwworm myiasis may see maggots (larvae) around or in an open wound.