A girl had to fight a deadly infection after developing seemingly harmless pimples.
The spot on the girl’s forehead turned into a large, painful swelling, so her parents decided to take her to the hospital. Doctors there discovered that the 12-year-old girl’s acne was likely caused by an insect bite she received several months earlier.
Medical staff in Iran noted that the child’s lump was “hard,” “shiny” and “painful to the touch.” Scans showed the mass had grown to the size of a tennis ball and was buried in her frontal lobe, the part of the brain responsible for memory and emotion.
Doctors diagnosed the girl with Porter’s Floating Tumor (PPT), a rare but dangerous complication of sinusitis, or sinus infection. This occurs when infectious fluid collects on the forehead.
Head trauma, surgery, cocaine abuse, dental infections, and insect bites can also cause this growth. If left untreated, it can lead to brain-swelling conditions such as meningitis, encephalitis, or brain infection.
The young girl was treated with high doses of antibiotics after the infection in the mass on her forehead was drained during surgery, which included a craniotomy. A craniotomy is a surgical procedure in which a bone flap is temporarily removed from the skull to gain access to the brain. Six months after the major surgery, the lump did not reappear and the doctor gave the child a clean bill of health.
The Mirror recently told the difference between stings and bites. Dr James Logan of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said: “An insect bite comes from the rear end of the insect and involves the injection of venom (a toxin), whereas an insect bite injects saliva into the skin.” , you start from the front Come.
“They also feel different. There is usually an immediate burning sensation when bitten, and you are usually aware that an insect is nearby. Biting insects are generally smaller (with the exception of horseflies) and therefore harder to spot.”