Dentist Removes 15 Maggots From 10-Year-Old Girl’s Mouth

A 10-year-old schoolgirl has had 15 maggots removed from her swollen gums.

The girl, Ana Cardoso, had been taken to the clinic in Brazil after complaining of a tingling sensation in her gums and things ‘moving around’.

Her stunned mother Adriana, 35, said: ‘She had been saying for a few days that she felt something moving around in her mouth and at first I thought she was joking. I couldn’t see anything and she didn’t seem to be in pain. But then it started getting worse and no matter how much we brushed her teeth she said she still felt something. I know my daughter and she is not one to make up stories or lie so eventually I took her to see a dentist.’

There, Ana, from the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, was diagnosed with a rare form of oral myiasis.

This is a fly lava maggot infection that grows in humans and animals.

The flies’ larvae can feed on the host’s living or dead tissue, liquid body substance, or ingested food.

When the tissues in the oral cavity are invaded by parasites, this is known as oral myiasis.

Those at risk of the rare condition include those from poorer social backgrounds and people who have suffered wounds or other injury to the face.

It is also more common in regions with a warmer climate.

Infestations of the nose and ears are dangerous because of the possibility of penetration into the brain, the fatality rate is 8 per cent in such cases.

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Source: DailyMail