Couple Gets Flesh-Eating Parasites on Vacation & the Details Are Horrifying

cafemom ^ | January 11, 2013 at 2:08 PM | Jacqueline Burt on

[Shimmer1]

Vendome, you looked good...until now.

:D

[SaraJohnson]

Thanks for the warning. I’m not looking. I watch bloody movie scenes with my eyes closed and fingers in my ears.

[Vendome]

Thanks for noticing. ;-)

[goat granny]

I was surprised that Alaska has a rainforest...Interesting trip...

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Thanks for the information. What area of the U.S.A. are they found?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Thanks for the information. What area of the U.S.A. are they found?

[Bigg Red]

So sorry for your loss. Yes, it is a terrible way to die.

When I am gardening, I try to be extra careful with any cuts I incur because of the risk of infection from many types of bacteria. I think it is possible to pick up one of these nasty Strep strains from soil, but I am not sure.

[Amberdawn]

I live in Pa., so I imagine they are pretty much extant in the whole of the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botfly

[Amberdawn]

These seems to be the areas where the HUMAN botfly is endemic. Like lice, they appear to be host specific.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatobia_hominis