3 Live Botflies Removed From American Woman's Eye At Delhi Hospital

The American woman, who had recently visited the Amazon forests, was diagnosed with a rare case of myiasis, a type of tissue infection

An American woman, who had recently visited the Amazon forests, was diagnosed with a rare case of myiasis, a type of tissue infection, in her eye and underwent a successful surgery at a private facility here, hospital authorities claimed on Monday.

During the operation, "three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size" were removed from the 32-year-old woman, they said.

Myiasis is the infection of a fly larva (maggot) in human tissue. This occurs in tropical and subtropical areas. The patient visited the emergency department with complaints of swelling in the right upper eyelid along with redness and tenderness.

She also revealed that she had been feeling something moving inside her eyelids once in a while for the past 4-6 weeks, Fortis hospital, Vasant Kunj, said in a statement.