It started as a harmless rash—just a few red spots. Within days, the itching became unbearable, her skin crawling as if something moved beneath it. Her boyfriend dismissed it as stress, but deep scratches and swelling bumps proved otherwise. On the fourth night, she felt something shift under her skin. At the ER, doctors found not an allergy—but a nest of parasitic larvae burrowed inside her. She hadn’t traveled. She hadn’t left the city. And yet, the biggest question remained: how did they get there?
