DOCTORS were shocked to discover maggots crawling inside a man’s penis and bladder. The 76-year-old patient went to hospital ...

Doctors believe there are only a handful of reported cases of maggots infesting the penis, called penile myiasis, and even fewer of them travelling to the bladder. The case was detailed in a ...

Doctors at the hospital explained that the condition is called oral myiasis, a very serious health issue caused by the infestation of larvae in dead tissue. They prepared her for immediate surgery ...

The worm can cause New World screwworm myiasis, a potentially fatal condition with no known treatment in humans.. For decades, countries across the Americas have invested billions of dollars to ...

The term myiasis was first proposed by Hope (1840) to refer to diseases of humans originating specifically with dipterous larvae, as opposed to those caused by insect larvae in general, scholechiasis ...

The Gauteng Department of Health has denied reports of a disease outbreak linked to maggots and staphylococcus infection in Pretoria North clinics.

The condition, known as urogenital myiasis, happens when flies lay eggs in open cuts or moist areas. It most commonly happens to patients with poor hygiene or mobility issues. The man, who had ...