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Oh my God Jel, Rowley is going to have great pleasure telling you about this one !! Cue Rowley and quote the reference for him too, your moment of glory (I couldn't steal your thunder) !! Dr John Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jel Coward <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 11:03 Subject: bugging me > A friend of mine recently saw someone in A+E - the pt had been to Costa > Rica - been bitten on the abdo by some sort of insect about 6 weeks > previously - then felt like something was moving inside her abdominal > wall > > There was a pointing lesion which popped when it was probed and a larva > the size of a thumb tip wriggled out > > I know there is a lot of urban myth about these sorts of things - but > this happened yesterday > > I think the larva has been sent for identification > > How many of these crop up - is there any literature about it? > > The pt has another red area which is somewhat indurated and different in > appearance - she was offered exploration but decided to 'wait and see' - > a brave choice I reckon! > > Cheers all > > Enjoy your meal ;-) > -- > Jel Coward > > The UK Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician and Command Physician course > site has been updated - take a look for course dates in 2000!! > > http://www.wildmedic.org > http://www.wemsi.org > > [log in to unmask] > > 'There's no such thing as bad weather - just bad clothing" > Anon Norwegian > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%