Jacksonville, FL - A man with a compromised immune system had 150 live bugs extracted from inside his nose and sinuses earlier this month. The patient experienced severe swelling and nosebleeds before seeking medical attention at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital.
Dr. David Carlson, the attending ENT, discovered live bugs feeding on the patient's nasal and sinus tissues, posing a serious risk to his health.
"They were right up against his skull base, right under the brain," said Dr. Carlson.
The larvae, which have not yet been identified, were of various stages of development and different sizes -- some as large as the end of a pinky finger. An attempt to suck out the bugs was unsuccessful as it clogged up the machine. The doctor resorted to using various tools to remove the bugs, some of which were not just lying around.
"There were certain larvae inside the nose that were scurrying around and looking for places to feed and others that had burrowed into tissue," said Dr. Carlson
The unidentified man is expected to make a full recovery after being given anti-parasitic medicine as well as an anti-parasitic rinse to clean his nose. The man states that while he isn't exactly sure how this happened he did admit to not being too sanitary when it came to his handling of dead fish.
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150 live bugs removed from inside of man's face at Jacksonville hospital
*WARNING: CONTENT MAY BE DISTURBING* Doctors in Jacksonville, Florida are baffled after finding & removing more than 100 larvae from inside a man's nose and sinuses.
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