Stomach-churning footage captures the moment a brave doctor used tweezers to pull out wriggling maggots from a boy’s head.
The footage, posted to LiveLeak, shows the unnamed medic yanking the revolting larvae out of three holes in the child’s skull.
Cruel viewers from across the globe mocked the unidentified child, joking that his head ‘looks like the finger holes in a bowling ball’.
Details about the minute-long video are scarce, as the location, names and medical affliction causing the maggots are all unknown.
In the revolting footage, the recorder zooms in on the gaping holes, which appear big enough to put an adult finger in.
Donning white gloves and wearing his silver watch, the unfazed doctor tackles the infestation of maggots one-by-one with his tweezer.
Little effort is needed to pull them out in the footage, which has so far amassed more than 6,300 views on the video sharing website.
In the disgusting clip, others can be heard in the room exclaiming their shock – even though the patient appears to not be bothered.
The revolting footage, titled ‘No, that’s not a bowling ball’, has attracted scores of comments by repulsed viewers.
The footage, posted to LiveLeak, shows the unnamed medic yanking the revolting larvae out of three holes in the child’s skull. Cruel viewers from across the globe mocked the unidentified child, joking that his head ‘looks like the finger holes in a bowling ball’
According to The Sun, one cruel viewer mocked the boy. He wrote: ‘His head looks like the finger holes in a bowling ball.’
Another said: ‘Time to change shampoos.’ A third commented: ‘How in the world do they let it progress that far before seeking medical attention.’
Despite having no official diagnosis, the boy appears to suffer from myiasis – which comes from the Latin word ‘myia’ meaning fly and ‘iasis’ meaning disease.
The flies’ larvae, usually found in rotting meat, can feed on the host’s living or dead tissue, liquid body substance, or ingested food.
Those at risk of the rare condition include those from poorer social backgrounds and people who have suffered wounds or other injury to the face.
Infestations of the head are dangerous because of the possibility of penetration into the brain, the fatality rate is estimated to be 8 per cent in such cases.
The new video follows the revolting story of a homeless Indian woman whose head was also infested with maggots, MailOnline reported in November.
Preeti Devi, from north west India, was nursed back to health thanks to the help of good Samaritans, who the 30-year-old called her ‘angels’.
She was sat crying by the road when volunteers from a charitable organisation in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, spotted her and reached out to her.