Article: Dangerous bugs out from ear after the operation
A young man suffering from a maggot infestation in his ear had to have hundreds of the creatures painstakingly removed with tweezers.The maggots, visible as a wriggling white mass deep in his ear, were feeding off his flesh.
If left untreated, they could have burrowed into his brain and killed him.
Dr Vikram Yadav, who treated the man and later uploaded the video to Youtube, explained the houseflies invaded the man’s ear while he was sleeping.
After laying their larvae in his ear, they hatched into hundreds of maggots, which fed off his flesh.
Each about one centimeter long, they can be seen squirming as the doctor removes them individually with tweezers.
He then adds them to a plastic tube, where they are seen wriggling.
The infestation is known as aural myasis - a common condition in the tropics and subtropics.
It is usually seen in children younger than 10 years of age or in debilitated individuals.
