Re: Myasis in man and/or animals (cross-post)

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

*Hillary Israeli wrote:
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*> 
*<http://www.google.com/search?q=myiasis+man+OR+human&btnG=Google+Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all>
*>
*> Well, a google search for previous posts by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to
*> alt.med.veterinary is fruitless, as is a search for previous posts on
*> "myasis" [sic] or "myiasis" relating to dogs and humans as noted above.
*> So, I have no idea what in particular you are talking about.
*>
*> However, if the location of the specialist you plan to see is within the
*> US, I'd certainly expect them to have learned about this problem. It's
*> funny, I was just going over some notes from vet school the other day to
*> find some information for a friend (whose mom's dog was just diagnosed
*> with cuterebra!) and I read a few paragraphs on bots while looking for the
*> other information :)
*
*What's the treatment Hillary? (for humans and animals with multiple lesions, 
possibly/probably coming out of
*orifices also).

My understanding, and I am not an MD, is that once the larvae are present, 
you have to leave them to develop and exit on their own, or remove them, 
with forceps, or surgically, or whatever. There's no medical treatment to 
get them to go away, as far as I can tell. I imagine ivermectin would 
probably kill them off but you'd still have to remove them because 
otherwise you'd probably end up with a severe inflammatory/allergic 
reaction to the decaying larvae! So that's not really any help. I really 
don't see why a physician wouldn't have already told you this, though. I 
am going to search again and see if I can find your old posts to enlighten 
me about what the heck you are talking about.

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                 not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large :)