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<strong>A surgery was done at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj on an American woman who was diagnosed with a rare case of tissue infection, called myiasis. The hospital authorities claimed that during the surgery which was successful, &quot;three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size&quot; were removed.</strong></p>
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The infection is caused by a fly larva (maggot) in human tissue and occurs in tropical and subtropical areas. The 32-year-old patient had visited the hospital&rsquo;s emergency department and reported swelling in the right upper eyelid along with redness and tenderness. Besides, she had also reported feeling something moving inside her eyelids once in a while for the past four to six weeks.</p>
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Sharing details about the case, the hospital&rsquo;s head of emergency department, Dr Mohammad Nadeem said: &quot;It was a very rare case of myiasis. Therefore, these cases need to be evaluated in detail urgently. The US national is a traveller and had a history of visiting the Amazon jungle two months back. Suspecting foreign body from her history of travelling, and noticing movements inside her skin, diagnosis was done.&rdquo;</p>
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The statement issued by the hospital said that Dr Narola Yanger from the surgery department removed &quot;three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size — one from the right upper eyelid, second one from back of her neck and third from her right forearm.&rdquo;</p>
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The surgery was completed in 15 minutes without any anaesthesia and the patient discharged.</p>
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The larvae are transmitted to people either by flies depositing their eggs on or near a wound or sore, through a mosquito bite or by skin contact with the larvae.</p>
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