Monsters Inside Me - Season 5 - Eps 5: There's a Maggot Crawling in My What?

Name: Eps 5: There's a Maggot Crawling in My What?
Released: 2014-11-13
Rating: 4.0

2014-11-13 • 43 min • ⭐ 7.9/10

A Canadian science-lover and traveler suffers a painful lesion caused by botfly larvae; a video game programmer gets suffers from constant vomiting and coughing. When doctors find a large mass in his chest, it is discovered that he has histoplasmosis, which was contracted from inhaling bat droppings in a cave; a 15-year-old girl gets an extremely sore throat, a headache, nausea, and body pains from Lemierre's syndrome.

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About Monsters Inside Me

Title: Monsters Inside Me

First Air Date: 2009-07-01

Last Air Date: 2017-12-17

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.9/10 (from 11 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 9

Total Episodes: 76

Network: Animal Planet

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Optomen Productions

Synopsis

Part horror movie, part medical detective story, find out what happens when people fall prey to an infection from a parasite, those nasty microscopic creatures found in water, soil and even in the air. Victims' stories are retold, including how doctors and scientists attempt to unravel each case before it's too late. Biologist Dan Riskin, assisted by doctors and experts who witnessed each case, leads the scientific discussion about each parasite.