On the morning of June 17, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tien, Head of the ENT Department (Quang Nam General Hospital), said that doctors had just successfully treated a case of dozens of maggots nesting in the tracheal tunnel of a man.

Previously, at around 9:00 a.m. on June 16, the hospital's Oncology Department admitted patient PVU (69 years old, from Tien Ky Town, Tien Phuoc District, Quang Nam) with fever, neck pain, difficulty breathing, and the entire neck area was red, inflamed, and had a foul-smelling yellow discharge.

Through examination, doctors determined that the patient had a fairly severe infection, with symptoms of mild itching of the skin around the tracheostomy, foul-smelling discharge from the tracheostomy, and the discovery of many living foreign objects wriggling in the tracheostomy tunnel.

After preoperative tests, the patient was admitted to the Anesthesia - Surgery department.

Here, the doctors and surgical team successfully removed dozens of maggots living in the tracheal opening.

According to his family, Mr. U. had a history of laryngeal cancer, so he had a tracheostomy, a catheter placed, and was treated at home.

Currently, the patient is being monitored and treated at the Oncology Department.

According to doctors, this is a very rare case that occurs in patients with tracheostomy. The reason why maggots nest is subjective, partly because of fear of causing pain to the patient, the family only cleans the outside of the catheter. Maggots grow very quickly, the longer they are left, the more dangerous it becomes.

Doctors also recommend that patients with tracheostomy catheters need to change the dressing and clean the tracheostomy wound once a day. After cleaning, observe the surrounding skin and check the color. In addition, after cleaning, cover the tracheostomy wound with a damp gauze pad to prevent dirt and foreign objects from falling into the airway.