“Maggots Body” in the United States after 60 years-but can a deadly nail worm spread among people?

“Maggots” that eats the body may seem like something from a horror movie, but they have just achieved a horrific return in the United States for the first time in nearly 60 years.

Maryland’s health officials, along with United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)He confirmed that the traveler had wounded the new global nail after his return from Central America.

The confusion remains about whether the individual has traveled to El Salvador or Guatemala, but there is one clear thing: the parasite returns to the American soil.

The panic spread at the speed of the news itself, leaving many to ask the same justified question: Is this gastro -gum?

Is the spiral worm that eats meat infectious?

The short answer is no.

Unlike influenza or Covid-19, the screw worm injury can not pass directly from person to person or even from animal to another.

Experts from the Food Security and Public Health Center Explain that the parasite is spreading only when the female flies lay eggs on open wounds or natural body openings.

In other words, it is the fly that always carries the danger. It attracts inflammation or pieces of the insect, which deposits hundreds of eggs.

This hatching in the larvae that feeds on the live tissue, which creates the illusion of infection when multiple hosts are affected in the same area.

How to invade the parasite eating body body

According to CDCA single female spiral fly can put up to 3000 eggs during her short life. Even the smallest scratch, insect bite, or childbirth wound can be sufficient to attract the parasite.

Within hours, the larvae are worthy of the body and begin to consume live tissues – unlike regular worms, which only feed on the dead matter.

Leave without treatment, widen the wound with more flies. In cattle, injuries can cause severe suffering and even death. In humans, they are rare but likely to threaten life if they are not treated quickly.

Symptoms of hamza that eat meat to watch

The Center for Disease Control warns of many signs of pregnancy of the nail oum infection:

• Painful or tense wounds that fail to heal
• Surrications bleeding or bad smell
• Visible hampers in open wounds
• A sense of movement under the skin or inside the nose, mouth or eye cavities

Despite the terrifying, most injuries can be treated successfully if they are arrested early.

Treatment: the hard removal process

Treatment is unpleasant but effective. All the larva should be manually removed, the wound is disinfected, and the patient closely monitored for re -transfer. No single drug can get rid of the spiral worm as soon as it controls it.

On a broader scale, US Department of Agriculture It depends on the sterile aviation program. By launching sterile male flies, they disrupt the breeding cycle and suppress the disease.

Agriculture Minister Brock Rollins recently announced plans for a new sterile fly facility in Texas-a step that looks good in a worrying way.

A billion dollar threat to the American livestock industry

The spiral worm is not just a medical threat – it is also an agricultural disaster. The US Department of Agriculture estimates that Texas’s outbreaks alone may cost $ 1.8 billion in livestock, veterinary expenses, and work.

With America’s meat industry already in America, confirming a human issue, it rocked both livestock and consumers.

Should the Americans worry about the spiral worm?

“The general risk of public health in the United States of this introduction is very low,” Andrew Nixon, Maryland’s spokesman, told Reuters.

Experts stress that the parasite does not spread an offer among people. Prevention depends on caring for the appropriate wound, sanitation, and avoiding flying in settlement areas.

However, its appearance again after nearly 60 years is a realistic reminder: globalization and climate transformations make it more difficult than ever to keep the old enemies.

It was originally published on Ibtimes UK