Doctors discovered a sea snail living in the skin of an 11-year-old boy

American doctors took a small sea snail from the abscess (pus) on the skin of the 11-year-old boy.

This boy had to bend his elbows when playing in a natural aquarium in California, which contained thousands of mollusks. Doctors believe that snail eggs have found their way into the wound, hatch and develop, causing abscesses, which contain pus causing pain due to infection - before it is removed.

Loma Linda University's team of pediatricians was surprised to come across this bizarre case and publish it in the journal BMJ Case Reports.

"We have not found any case reports of medical documents about . sea snails living in skin abscesses for such a long time."

In 2013, a similar case of a four-year-old boy was recorded, he also had a snail living inside his body.

In the current case, the 11-year-old Hispanic boy went to an outpatient clinic with a strange stain on his left elbow.

Previously, a week after being injured, the boy noticed that the strange wound had gradually grown in size and he was worried.

When asked, the boy explained that he had discovered the San Pedro tide - seven miles (11km) away from Long Beach - then, he slipped and folded his elbows into the lake.

While the boy's symptoms - painless and non-itchy show clearly an infection, the doctor, after closer inspection, decided to suck the pus on the boy's elbow with a needle. coincide.

They took some pus - but were shocked to discover a 'small black body'.

It is an individual sea snail and its shell, 4mm in diameter, has been removed from the festering tumor. After that, it was sent to the laboratory to confirm the identity.

Dr. Albert Khait, who announced the incident, revealed they had given antibiotics to the boy and his wound had healed completely a week later.

Doctors say his abscess is a "favorable environment" for snails because of the ability to retain moisture in its shell, which is why snails exist.

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