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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm.../20050427/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_thailand_maggots

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch.

Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding.

"We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him.

Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said Anan would be kept in for observation for a while to make sure no more eggs hatched.

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

Someone give this man a Trophy with "Most Maggots" on it.

 

[Ristamar]

That is some nasty shit.

 

[Father_Brain]

 

[Jeffahn]

Maggots which only consume dead flesh do no harm and actually protect against infection.

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[jobber]

I remmeber this story a lady told me....this guy went to the hospital cause his foot was giving him problems. They had to cut off the guy's foot and when they did the surgery maggots were coming out the dead part of his foot. I said bullshit til I saw pics of it.

 

[mrroboto]

Maggots which only consume dead flesh do no harm and actually protect against infection.

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totally true.

if the maggots were thriving in his ear, it was full of infection. though it sounds nasty, they were actually helping get rid of the infection. they don't eat healthy skin as stated above.

alot of hospitals are actually using "maggot" therapy for burn victims to eat away dead flesh and for serious infections.

 

[jenov4]

Maggots are our friends.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

yeah it sounds sick but like has been said putting maggots on infections and other dead tissues make them clean it up nicely.