Worms in the Face
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Hi All, I dont know if anyone has come across this. I have a worm infestation in my face. They travel around under the skin leaving tracks and bursting holes into my skin. they create glass like balls that split the skin open and move around my skin with ease.
I first reported it 3 months ago and the doctors totally ignored me treating me for a secondary infection that was caused by open wounds in my face. They have given me 4 courses of antibiotics treating the wrong infect but totally ignored waht I was telling ithem about the worms.
The worms whatever they are are very sharp and whereever they travel through in my face the skin collapses, leaving it like plastercine and it causes tiny splinters that are as sharp as anything that inbed themselves in the inside and outside of my skin right down to the lowest skin level. My skin is also producing a clear sticky substance which feels like little shards of glass if I touch it. All in all, it really couldnt be much worse except for the fact they have made a hole around my mouth which they can look out of. I am totally sane!
I am in pieces. I've been telling the doctors what it is and they have totally ignored me. Even refusing to refer after an A & E i visited confirmed I needed to be referred as the lesions had been on my face for so long.
I discovered I had private medical care through my company which now thank god means I've seen my first dermatologist. He's referred me to another dermatlogist that apparently knows more about things in the skin who I'm yet to see. Even though he's now put me in the right direction, I'm not convinced he was sure it is worms. I can pull 1/2 inch worms out of my skin bit by bit. They look like thread worms and never come out intact, you pull little bits off of them. It leaves worm shape dents in my face and they feel like little match sticks under the skin. Nobody is taking me seriously as people dont really get worms in the face.
They have totally destroyed me skin and I have bad scaring. I have never had acne and had no scaring. This has all been caused in the last 3 months. I dread to think how many are alive in there now they'v been left so long.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
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lane97480 nicolamc
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not much sense posting anything if the moderator of going to remove every post
kitty1971 lane97480
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i know. i dont understand why..
mitee16319 nicolamc
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Benzyl Benzoate
Resistance to permethrin and ivermectin have become very high in battling ectoparasite infections of the skin. Several have mentioned demodex and i know first hand how hard these mites are to treat. Although most adults have some demodex they carry with them, IF they for whatever reason, start to over-populate, it is just a matter of weeks before they get out of control. More over, reinfection can be high, and now it has been proven that canine demodex can and does jump to humans. Since our immune system is not used to those, it can be a big issue.
Essential oils may help as some have stated for years, and ivermectin oral and topical cream can be prescribed.
But the ONLY tried and true way to get rid of demodex, scabies and related ectoparasites, is the long-time standby/go-to topical only med "benzyl benzoate" in 29% strength cream (sprays for dogs also available but do not get into your eyes or your dog's eyes - spray gauze or clean paper towel and dab face of dog avoiding eyes).
WHO has benzyl benzoate on their global list of essential medicines:
"WHO Model List of Essential Medicines"; page 23; "13.5 Scabicides and pediculicides".
Other formulations of BB are also doled out to thousands by WHO.
The only notable side-effect being irritating skin (do not apply to wet skin), and VERY irritating to eyes (a traumatic event that one will not soon forget, but it is only temporary - if such occurs, important to flush eyes immediately with water, or water with a small amount of dissolved baking soda mixed in, or saline wash, or even a drop of dawn in water to remove oil base)... best is to just do not get it in eyes - wash rinse dry hands thoroughly with dawn after applying to skin as rubbing ones eyes is common way to accidentally get into eyes.
mitee16319
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Published example of Demodex.Canis infecting human:
A dog related Demodex spp. infestation in a student: a rare Demodex case].
Esenkaya Taşbent F, et al. Mikrobiyol Bul. 2018.
"This demodicosis case, thought to originate from a dog, is a rare condition because of Demodex mites are known to be highly host specific and not a zoonotic parasite. Although host specific cross infections between humans and animals have been rarely reported, D. canis was determined to be more transmissible across species than the other Demodex mites as indicated in the literature. As a result, it is necessary and important to keep in mind about Demodex spp. infestation in patients with skin complaints and pet feeding."
I was diagnosed with c.demodex likely contracted from my dog that suffered from it after picking it up from other dogs he was with.
The canine demodex is notably longer than human type, and can be mistaken for a worm (long flat concave cigar shaped with one end coming to fat point, and the "head" wider than tail) A description used frequently to describe "worms in skin"
mitee16319
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Even PetMD web site Q&A cites canine.demodex case in humans:
"Human demodex cases are rather rare but do occur. The images on the right are of an animal caretaker who became infested in the facial regions with demodex mites. She had been providing the dog with prescribed treatments in the animal hospital. After consulting with a human dermatologist she was eventually able to eliminate the mites but the process entailed numerous topical treatments and also systemic medications. After six months of treatment, all symptoms of the mites disappeared."
Photo of canine.demodex (if one were to remove such from skin, and head left behind in skin, this would look a lot like a flat worm):
mitee16319
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Where human demodex infestations (larger than normal infection where tipping point reached of being out of control without treatment), require initial and followup treatments, but such can take only 30 days (longer term infections take longer cute times), canine.demodex commonly becomes out of control in dogs, resulting in mange. IF such jumps to humans, it can take as in above example, 6 months to successfully eradicate. Part of this no doubt due to trial and error of prescribing different treatments until one is found to work, but it is also likely due to humans not having developed natural immune defenses to a foreign parasite contracted from a dog.
mitee16319 nicolamc
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Benzyl Benzoate
Resistance to permethrin and ivermectin have become very high in battling ectoparasite infections of the skin. Several have mentioned demodex and i know first hand how hard these mites are to treat. Although most adults have some demodex they carry with them, IF they for whatever reason, start to over-populate, it is just a matter of weeks before they get out of control. More over, reinfection can be high, and now it has been proven that canine demodex can and does jump to humans. Since our immune system is not used to those, it can be a big issue.
Essential oils may help as some have stated for years, and ivermectin oral and topical cream can be prescribed.
But the ONLY tried and true way to get rid of demodex, scabies and related ectoparasites, is the long-time standby/go-to topical only med "benzyl benzoate" in 29% strength cream (sprays for dogs also available but do not get into your eyes or your dog's eyes - spray gauze or clean paper towel and dab face of dog avoiding eyes).
WHO has benzyl benzoate on their global list of essential medicines:
"WHO Model List of Essential Medicines"; page 23; "13.5 Scabicides and pediculicides".
Other formulations of BB are also doled out to thousands by WHO.
The only notable side-effect being irritating skin (do not apply to wet skin), and VERY irritating to eyes (a traumatic event that one will not soon forget, but it is only temporary - if such occurs, important to flush eyes immediately with water, or water with a small amount of dissolved baking soda mixed in, or saline wash, or even a drop of dawn in water to remove oil base)... best is to just do not get it in eyes - wash rinse dry hands thoroughly with dawn after applying to skin as rubbing ones eyes is common way to accidentally get into eyes.
lane97480 mitee16319
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Thank you.. mighty.. I drove an hour and a half to a dermatologist today and was told by him by looking through a magnifying glass that there were no parasites and am being treated with fucidin ointment and another one for the rash.. forget what it is called but I'll get it tomorrow from the pharmacist... but the picture of the lady looks exactly as to what i have... and mine had been going on for years...
roberta07458 lane97480
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lane i went to 5 dermotologist at our university hosp an was told the same thing that i was scratching my face. imblooking for a parasite dr because ive seen thrm an i know i have something like a mite an its under my skin in rows, then comes out at top. goes away an returns. Hope we get the answers we seek. roberta
lane97480 roberta07458
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Whoa.. and i mentioned that i went to a holistic pharmacist and he got all defensive... well I've been educated in Western medicine i don't know anything about holistic... lol i thought ya and you'll tell me i don't have parasites and try treat me for a bacterial infection... and i was right
mitee16319 lane97480
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The same initial response I got from my dermatologist as well. Been there a few times in past for non related treatment, and I point blank asked her to do scraping with rationale "that way at least we will know for certain either way. Had to ask twice (calmly but firmly). She took to her microscope and sure enough Demodex ("abnormally high population").
roberta07458 nicolamc
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mittee. Thank u for the information u put out there. ill give anything a try. If that is a picture of urs it looks so dimilar to hat i have. i just cant understand why dermologist wont treat it. again thank you an will keep u updated. roberta
roberta07458 nicolamc
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mittee. Thank u for the information u put out there. ill give anything a try. If that is a picture of urs it looks so dimilar to hat i have. i just cant understand why dermologist wont treat it. again thank you an will keep u updated. roberta
mitee16319 roberta07458
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Found that photo as part of published case study on canine demodex infection in human (that woman was the subject/patient). That was relatively early stage of the infection in first year. As many know, it can get much worse. Rapid large number breeding is part of evolved survival mechanism for demodex
mitee16319 roberta07458
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Docs diagnose and treat patients clinically. Their knowledge is only as good as the research provided plus their own experience. when they lookup symptoms of patients coming in saying worms in face, PAGES of research on delusional parasitosis pop up on computer - over past 3 -4 years and esp past two years more and more research is showing that delusional may be incorrect (aka misdiagnosis). Lyme/morgellons studies alone have helped debunk delusional diagnosis But those articles still outnumbered 10 to 1 or worse - will take time but we don't have that luxury do we?!?
Will add that i am having good success in adding clotrimazole topical cream to the treatment . Fungus factor seems to be big issue esp with demodex as they feed on fungus - im getting positive improvement toggling clotrimazole cream (2-3 days in a row) with benzyl benzoate (every about twice a week) to kill off newly hatched ones). Seems to help a LOT
mitee16319
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One clinical sign of skin fungal infection is liss of pigmentation (blanched white patch areas that remain after the infection). There is treatment fir that that re-establishes pigmentation but until infection gone its useless to get done