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  2. Myiasis - Wikipedia

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    Maggot therapy – also known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, or larvae therapy – is the intentional introduction by a health care practitioner of live, disinfected green bottle fly maggots into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of selectively cleaning ...

  3. Apple maggot - Wikipedia

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    The larva, which is the stage of this insect's lifecycle that causes the actual damage to the fruit, is similar to a typical fly larva or maggot. Caterpillars , especially the larvae of the codling moth , that infest the insides of apples are often confused with the apple maggot.

  4. List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations - Wikipedia

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    There are many diseases known to cause ocular or visual changes. Diabetes , for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20–74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more.

  5. Disturbing video shows hundreds of maggots removed from ... - AOL

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    By RYAN GORMAN Horrifying video has emerged of doctors pulling maggots out of a man's ear. The unidentified Indian man went to a doctor's office to complain about hearing a non-stop buzzing sound.

  6. List of apple diseases - Wikipedia

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    Apple dwarf (Malus platycarpa) Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) (? not US/CAN) Apple flat apple genus Nepovirus, Cherry rasp leaf virus (CRLV) Apple mosaic genus Ilarvirus, Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) genus Ilarvirus, Tulare apple mosaic virus (TAMV) Apple stem grooving = Apple decline of Virginia crab genus Capillovirus, Apple stem grooving virus ...

  7. Trachoma - Wikipedia

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    Trachoma is an infectious disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. [2] The infection causes a roughening of the inner surface of the eyelids. [2] This roughening can lead to pain in the eyes, breakdown of the outer surface or cornea of the eyes, and eventual blindness. [2]

  8. Sooty blotch and flyspeck - Wikipedia

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    Haralson with its typical peel coloration from sooty blotch and flyspeck. Sooty blotch and flyspeck is a descriptive term for a condition of darkly pigmented blemishes and smudges caused by a number of different fungi affecting fruit including apples, pear, persimmon, banana, papaya, and several other cultivated tree and vine crops.

  9. Parinaud's syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Parinaud's syndrome is a cluster of abnormalities of eye movement and pupil dysfunction, characterized by: Paralysis of upwards gaze: Downward gaze is usually preserved. This vertical palsy is supranuclear, so doll's head maneuver should elevate the eyes, but eventually all upward gaze mechanisms fail. In the extreme form, conjugate down gaze ...