Man finds fly larvae living in his scalp (doctor said it was shingles)

Aaron Dallas, a man from Colorado who recently took a trip to Belize, was told by a specialist (a specialist!) that the painful bleeding bumps on the back of his head might be shingles and he was given a variety of lotions and topical treatments to try. None of them worked, and the bumps only got worse. Why? Because they were bot fly larvae! Mr Dallas was quoted as saying "I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head." He also said he could hear them and thought he was going crazy.

Okay, so I've totally got the heebie jeebies! It's bad enough to have this happen (I guess bot fly infections are not uncommon in some parts of South and Central America) but for a doctor to think it's shingles? Get a new specialist.