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...Mother Finds Botfly Larvae Peeking Out of Son’s Scalp After Returning From Trip to Costa Rica
ktla ^ | 07/30/2016

Posted on 07/30/2016 2:56:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin

About a week after the Rindone family returned from their tropical summer vacation, 7-year-old Andrew started complaining about a bump on his head.

"It did hurt a little," Andrew said. "And, it did itch."

The boy's pediatrician thought he had an infection and prescribed antibiotics.

But the bump just kept getting bigger, and a small pinhole began to appear.

Then one day, Andrew was on the couch when his mother saw something that horrified her.

"We kind of noticed something peek out of the hole," Jennifer Rindone said. The small opening was apparently a breathing hole for the larvae growing under Andrew's scalp.

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Andrew's mother said she screamed when she saw what was living under her son's scalp. The doctor admitted he had never seen anything like it.

Andrew said suddenly he was very popular at the hospital.

"About six to eight doctors came into the room ... and partied with the botfly, looking at the botfly, taking pictures," Andrew said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: botflies; botfly; costarica; gross; larvae; maggots; parasites; worms
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To: BenLurkin
Ah, the tropics.

I went to Costa Rica on a tour once. The trip was shortened because I stepped on a nail in a small board, hidden by the sand on the beach. I punctured the exact soft spot on my foot between the heel and the ball of the foot.
We had a retired nurse on the trip and she helped me.

On her advice I left that tour the next day and it took me three days to get home.

Everyone was VERY nice, especially since I spoke Spanish so I have fond memories of Costa Rica....sorta.

41 posted on 07/30/2016 3:54:44 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: Chickensoup

“How do you use paper to heat the air in the bottle?”

You roll it up, light it, and hold it inside the bottle or cup.


42 posted on 07/30/2016 3:58:35 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Then while it is burning you place it against the skin?


43 posted on 07/30/2016 4:00:14 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: metmom

Stick the burning paper in the bottle ... invert and press firmly over the larva... it will suck that puppy right out


44 posted on 07/30/2016 4:03:53 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: Chickensoup

In Chinese cupping the practitioner usually uses a small ball of cotton with some alcohol on it placed on the end of a stick. You light the cotton on fire, hold it inside the cup for a few seconds and remove it. The cup is then placed on the skin before the inside has a chance to cool.


45 posted on 07/30/2016 4:04:32 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Cementjungle

Rip tides and Maggots under scalp = Apples and Naranjas


46 posted on 07/30/2016 4:06:42 PM PDT by CGASMIA68 (kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
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To: iowamark

Go see Alligators at Disney


47 posted on 07/30/2016 4:07:55 PM PDT by CGASMIA68 (kant spell er punktuate,fluncked english.Gramer to!!)
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To: Chickensoup

It is really very effective for a number of things. Don't let a young good looking novice masseuse who doesn't know how long to keep the flame in the cup work on you. It hurts. A lot!

48 posted on 07/30/2016 4:10:22 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye
I think these doctors need to go back to school if they are that amazed by botflys.

Or they could climb down off their high-horse and consult with a vet. Cow have them all of the time. That is why insecticide was developed.

49 posted on 07/30/2016 4:10:24 PM PDT by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: Chickensoup

“Then while it is burning you place it against the skin?”

No. You hold it in, heat the air, which expands. You then take the taper out and put the cup against the skin.

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/abc/cupping.php


50 posted on 07/30/2016 4:18:00 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: TigersEye

What the heck is that? Leaching?!


51 posted on 07/30/2016 4:18:04 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: DCBryan1

Cupping.


52 posted on 07/30/2016 4:19:17 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: BenLurkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWalLDJHVbA


53 posted on 07/30/2016 4:20:21 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Thank yoiu


54 posted on 07/30/2016 4:30:13 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: vladimir998
There are hundreds of these videos on Youtube.

Thanks for the warning!

55 posted on 07/30/2016 4:30:16 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: TigersEye

Hickies?


56 posted on 07/30/2016 4:30:55 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: CGASMIA68

“The family still recommends Costa Rica as a vacation destination but warns travelers to use insect repellent and to cover up from head to toe...”

Yep, that’s the way to spend a vacation .... why not just spend your vacation at the South Pole in the winter, just for the fun in the sun!!!!!


57 posted on 07/30/2016 4:36:15 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: TexasTransplant; metmom

Wouldn’t a vacuum cleaner work just as well?

The newer ones generate a lot of suction power.


58 posted on 07/30/2016 4:52:59 PM PDT by panaxanax
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To: TigersEye
It is really very effective for a number of things.

Do tell. Such as?

59 posted on 07/30/2016 4:55:22 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Black Agnes

The typhoid vaccine is not 100% effective. It is from 50% to 80% effective during the first year after vaccination, and the efficacy drops after that.

It is not a matter of resistance; it is the fact that it is hard to induce lasting immunity against bacteria, and there is variability in our immune systems.

I’m planning to travel soon. I’m getting interesting vaccines. Typhoid, Japanese encephalitis, rabies—I should get one of those little numbered metal tags for that one! My doctor told me that plague is a problem in one of the countries where I will be visiting, but there is no plague vaccine. So I will be covering myself in DEET, and making sure everything I eat is cooked thoroughly. I don’t want to catch something nasty when I finally visit these places that I’ve dreamed about for decades.


60 posted on 07/30/2016 5:02:14 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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