A live fly in a man's intestine...and its arrival poses a mystery to doctors

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/11/27

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - I do not think you have ever heard of a living insect residing inside a human body, but this actually happened when a 63-year-old patient in the American state of Missouri came for a routine colon cancer examination by endoscopy. This examination depends on inserting a dedicated camera into the digestive system.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The surprise was when the endoscope reached the transverse colon, which is the long upper and hanging part of the large intestine. Here the doctors found a live and completely healthy fly, which left them confused.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>How did the fly reach the patient&#39;s body and survive?</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the British newspaper &quot;Daily Mail&quot;, doctors said that how the insect arrived alive in this area was a &quot;mystery&quot;, and they indicated that this matter may be due to contaminated lettuce that the patient ate the day before the examination.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In rare cases, as doctors have explained, it is possible for insect eggs found in fruits and vegetables to escape stomach acid and hatch in the intestine.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in America, some infected patients do not experience any symptoms, but others feel abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Source: websites</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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