During the operation, "three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size" were removed from the 32-year-old woman, they said. Myiasis is the infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissue. This occurs in tropical and subtropical areas
New Delhi: An American woman, who recently visited the Amazon forests, had a rare case of myiasis, a type of tissue infection, in her eye, and underwent a successful surgery at a private facility here, hospital officials said. claimed on Monday.
During the operation, "three live human botflies approximately 2 cm in size" were removed from the 32-year-old woman, he said. Myiasis is infection of a fly larva (magot) in human tissue. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The patient visited the emergency department complaining of swelling in the right upper eyelid with redness and tenderness.
Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj said in a statement that she also revealed that she was feeling something once inside her eyelids for the past 4-6 weeks. She said that she had consulted doctors in the US, but myiasis (botfly) could not be removed and doctors discharged her on some symptomatic relief drugs.
Dr Mohammad Nadeem, consultant and head of the emergency department at the hospital, said, “This was a very rare case of myiasis. Therefore, there is an urgent need to evaluate these matters in detail."
“The US citizen is a traveler and had a history of visiting the Amazon jungle two months ago. Suspecting a foreign body from his travel history, and looking at the movement inside his skin, the diagnosis was made,” he said .
Dr Narola Younger of the Department of Surgery "proactively managed to remove three live human botflies about 2 cm in size - one from the right upper eyelid, the other from the back of his neck and the third from his right forearm," the statement said. From." The surgery was completed in 10–15 min without any anaesthesia with all aseptic precautions. The woman was discharged from the emergency department on symptomatic prescribed medications.
Myiasis burrows into delicate membranes and feeds on underlying structures. Such cases have been reported in the past from tropical and sub-tropical regions such as Central and South America and Africa, the statement said.
In India, such cases have mostly been reported from rural areas, especially in children where botflies have entered either through nasal openings or musculoskeletal skin lesions, it claimed. If yiasis was not removed, it could have caused considerable tissue destruction, resulting in complications such as widespread erosion of the nose, face, and orbit. Doctors claimed it could lead to rare meningitis and death.