Chinese girl vomits live worms for month; doctors finally find tiny moths to blame
Despite seeing many doctors, the unidentified girl from Yangzhou City, eastern China's Jiangsu province, could not pinpoint the reason why she was throwing up.
Her father said she would vomit a handful of 1cm-long worms each time. No one else in the family suffered the same problem.
The tiny moths are particularly prevalent in southern China because of the humid summer weather. Photo: 163.com
A doctor at the Children's Hospital of Soochow University in Jiangsu came to their rescue.
The doctor, Zhang Bingbing, advised them to have the rarely seen worm checked by the local Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
There, staff immediately recognised the worm, matching it with worms they had once found in a 60-year-old woman.
It turns out to be the larva of drain flies, which are also known as moth flies.
The insects are commonly found in damp interior places, such as the toilet and the kitchen. They more often appear in southern China, which has humid summer weather.
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