Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum
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By Beth Mole
Published on March 13, 2026.
A 58-year-old woman from Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose, almost creating a snot rocket. The fly, which normally does not develop after nipping into a human's schnoz, was trapped in her septum and caused severe facial pain and a cough. The woman's discovery was published in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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