Nearly 50 maggots found in man's trachea

Quang Nam 69-year-old patient, had a tracheostomy and catheter placed for treatment at home, but was not cleaned properly, leading to infection and dozens of maggots making nests.

On the morning of June 16, doctors at the Oncology Department of Quang Nam General Hospital admitted a male patient with fever, neck pain, discharge, and difficulty breathing. The patient had a history of laryngeal cancer, had undergone tracheostomy, placed a catheter (throat tube) and was treated at home.

The doctor determined that the patient had a fairly severe infection, with symptoms of mild itching around the tracheal opening, foul-smelling discharge, and the discovery of many wriggling foreign objects in the area.

After pre-operative tests, the patient was taken to the Anesthesia Department, where the surgeon removed nearly 50 maggots living in the tracheostomy. The man is currently being monitored and treated in the Oncology Department.

The doctor said the reason maggots nested was because the family was subjective and afraid of causing pain to the patient, so they only cleaned the outside of the catheter. Experts recommend that patients with a tracheal catheter need to change the bandage and wash the tracheostomy site once a day. After cleaning, observe the surrounding skin, check the color, and cover the tracheostomy site with a damp gauze pad to prevent dirt and foreign objects from falling into the airway.

When the patient has symptoms of high fever, difficulty breathing, severe cough, increased mucus or pus, blood, tracheostomy tube slipping or falling out, the skin around the trachea is swollen, hot, red, painful, bleeding, pus..., they need to go to the hospital for a re-examination.

Dac Thanh

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