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JUN 03, 2009 01:17 PM
Gwendolyn said:
Ewww. Ewww. Ewww. Why does that gross me out so much? It's obviously fake and yet for some reason it makes my skin crawl. Gross pictures never creep me out, even the real ones. (O.k. so the maggot infested brain made me shudder-- but that's just because I hate bugs.) Gory pictures normally don't phase me, so why does this stupid (and not gory!) picture make me feel sick?
Inorite? I'm the same way and yet this picture just...ugh! 
JUN 03, 2009 01:52 PM
AlienEeeter said:
I know you ppl are going to kill me, but I found a snippet in a thread on LJ relating to this post.
"Myasis is caused by the invasion of body tissues or cavities by the larvae of insects such as the human botfly (Dermatobia hominus), which is found in Central and South America. Victims commonly return from a visit to these areas with what appears to be either nasty boils, infected skin abscesses, or insect bites. Underneath the skin, though, the botfly larvae crawl.
Within weeks of leaving Central or South America, botfly victims find the first purplish lesions on their skin. Then... mature botfly larvae wriggle out of real lesions. Sometimes, instead of emerging, they merely peek out, appearing to some sufferers like "tiny white things with black eyes." The standard treatment if you're suffering from an invasion of the botflies is to apply raw meat or pork fat to the lesion to draw the larvae out. In the United States, the meat used is bacon and the technique is referred to as "bacon therapy." In a paper published by The Journal of the American Mecial Association, Timothy Brewer and his colleagues describe how after covering the lesion with bacon for about three hours, the bacon must be removed slowly to keep the larvae from scurrying back into "the safety of their subcutaneous lair."
The main problem in treating myasis is convincing patients not to manually extract the larvae at home - crushing the larvae while still under the skin can lead to an infection. Sometimes patients suffering from myasis are misdiagnosed as having a mental disorder. Imagine the conversation - "Doctor, I feel like I have insects crawling around under my skin!" Based on the titles of articles they publish in medical journals, doctors that treat myasis patients must have a sense of humor. Some favorites are: "An unexpected surprise in a common boil"; "Dermatobia hominis in the accident and emergency department: 'I've got you under my skin'"; and "Souvenirs from Belize: the botfly and the screwworm fly." Thankfully, botfly larvae don't contain any toxic parasitoids so human hosts recover rapidly after bug extraction." (Anne Simon, The Real Science Behind the X-Files, p.67-68)
[Edited on Sep 05, 2004 by AlienEeeter]
I don't care how fast I'd physically recover from that, I would NEVER recover mentally. 
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JUN 11, 2009 04:59 PM
That picture gives me chills.
JUN 22, 2009 06:32 PM
virgins_prayer said:
click here to see yucky photo
[Edited on Aug 24, 2004 by Clara]
that made my stomache hurt
EyEsic
Los Angeles, CA
February 2005
JUN 03, 2009 04:10 AM