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India/ Spain: first case of myiasis in people

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
:tiphat: healthmap; machine translated from Spanish.
Ladakh is in Jammu & Kashmir - Ro

The Hospital Carlos III detected the first case of myiasis in people

The Hospital Carlos III detected the first case of myiasis in humans.
The infected is a man of 34 who had traveled to a mountainous area in northern India.
Borne disease in humans fly larvae can damage various internal tissues, including central nervous system.
0 RUTH FRANCO - 07.30.2012

Doctors Hospital Carlos III of Madrid have found the world's first case of human infestation by fly larvae. It is known as myiasis and so far only affected animals. The infection stimulates Hypoderma sinense gender, as reported by 'ABC'.

This is the first time you register a case of this kind of fly in humans. The infected is a man of 34, who had traveled to a mountainous area in northern India: Ladakh, a place where they usually spread the disease in animals .

The patient had tumors, pain and inflammation throughout your body, especially when performing any movement. It was the Journal of Travel Medicine has revealed that the description of this case.

Borne disease in humans fly larvae can damage various internal tissues, including central nervous system and can cause extremely serious affectations. The transmission of infection in humans occurs when newly hatched larvae in the skin of infected animals directly contact with human skin.

Some infections caused by parasites have the same symptoms and are often confused often. Therefore, the Hospital Carlos III, with the help of the University of Bari (Italy), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Santiago de Compostela and the National Center for Microbiology, is making a report in order to determine clearly the diagnosis of this disease, and can be immediately detected by physicians.

The Hospital Carlos III has succeeded in eliminating the larvae were inside the body of this man by surgical removal, and thanks to a treatment for pain and inflammation, which also acts against anti-parasitic larvae in character, the patient has cured.
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http://www.elreferente.es/actualidad/sociedad/la-enfermedad-de-la-mosca-se-propaga-en-humanos-22126
 
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