Poss tmi warning - DH has worm in leg

[sphil]

Dh has just returned from the Gambia with what he thought was an insect bite on his leg. Over the last week it has got bigger and yesterday a small white worm popped out of it (where's the yuk emoticon when you need it?) Went to GP who admitted she didn't know what to do and has referred him to dermatologist at hospital on Friday.

Has anyone heard of this - googling only produces 'guinea worm disease' which causes severe pain, and he says it's just a bit uncomfortable. Dh wants to know what the treatment will be (altho I think he has an idea...) and whether he'll have to take antibiotics.

Can you post a pic of the wormy leg?

what if another one crawls out of his leg over night and into your mouth sphil.......

and you wake up with a mouth full of eggs?

A Worm In His Leg!!!!!OMG

Squeezing the worm could be just as good as squeezing a spot though. I can see the pros.

It is known as a tumble fly where I come from . The vaseline theory is spot on. It pops up for air, you gently ease it out. Job done.

It is a fly that lays eggs exciting places like clothes lines. Hence the need to iron your undies in the tropics.

can i come round and see it?

well if dh got one, he'd be sleeping on the sofa, yukity yuk.

See BOT FLY AND TUMBU FLY - Myiasis near the bottom of this page.

Tape a piece of bacon to his leg, then when Mr Wormy comes out for a bite you can grab it and squash it!!!

I wanna see!!!

more here

What happens if they don't get removed then? Do they turn into flies? That would be gross.

Never even seen one but I still have nightmares about them.

Kerry why did you click on the link... why?

I am not clicking the link. I want to see wormy. Sphil needs to post a pic.

Think the tropical medicine centres in London or Liverpool are the people to help you.

Dh says thank you for links. He now knows he has a furunculous disease. He has spent the last ten minutes taking photos of his leg, but they're very disappointing. All you can see is a red spot with a white bit in the middle. He has promised DS1 to bring the worm home if the dr gets it out and will let him keep it [shock}.

He could sell it on ebay.

There are pics on the link - not as good as our worm though [proud emoticon]

Right - must go to bed (runs up quickly and barricades door while DH still turning off lights...)

are you going to try to capture it alive?