Tiny flies can transform minor mouth sores into a serious condition known as oral myiasis. This rare occurrence begins when flies lay eggs in open wounds, leading to larvae feeding on damaged tissue.

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Michaela 'Michi' Benthaus is an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the ESA. Blue Origin will make history when it sends the first person who uses a wheelchair past the Kármán line, an ...

It sounds unbelievable at first, almost like something you would only hear in a late night medical documentary, but tiny flies really can turn an ordinary mouth sore into something far more serious ...

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