You probably don't need to worry about maggots making a home in your vagina, but this very rare condition, known as myiasis of the vagina, does affect a handful of people. Fly larvae cause this ...

A maggot is a larva of the common fly. Maggots have soft bodies and no legs, so they look a bit like worms. They usually have a reduced head that can retract into the body. Maggot commonly refers to ...

A person may accidentally ingest maggots if they eat spoiled food infested with fly eggs and larvae. Accidentally eating maggots can sometimes lead to health complications, such as bacterial poisoning ...