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A British woman said she "burst into tears" when
doctors told her she had flesh-eating maggots living in her ear after a
trip to Peru. Rochelle Harris, 27, had started having severe headaches as she
returned to UK following her visit to the South American country with
her boyfriend. She developed sharp shooting pains down one side of her face and also began to hear strange scratching sounds in her head. She woke up the next morning to find her pillow soaked in fluid.
Ms Harris went to A&E in Derby and doctors thought it could be a minor ear infection but she was referred to an ear, nose and throat (ENT) team. The ENT specialist found a small hole in the ear canal and then discovered the maggots.
