article_snippet.sent: A man who complained of headaches found A man who complained of headaches were caused by an infestation of maggots - which had inadvertently saved Labourer Pham Quang Lanh from a deadly infection.
article_snippet.sent: It was only when Labourer Pham Quang Lanh asked family to look at the wound that family noticed a dozen maggots crawling under the skin and family took Labourer Pham Quang Lanh to the Hanoi's Viet Duc Hospital.
article_snippet.sent: Labourer Pham Quang Lanh shows the wound in his head where a maggot infestation had taken hold following a botched operation to repair an earlier head injury with a metal plate .
article_snippet.sent: When we took Labourer Pham Quang Lanh into surgery, we discovered several maggots which were removed. '
article_snippet.sent: we then needed to carry out a full operation to remove several maggots which were removed.'
article_snippet.sent: But Labourer Pham Quang Lanh said a maggot infestationhad actually saved Labourer Pham Quang Lanh life by eating the infected tissue.
article_snippet.sent: Labourer Pham Quang Lanh said: 'This sort of a maggot infestation is extremely rare especially in the skull. '
article_snippet.sent: In this man's case, however, several maggots which were removed had not gone on to eat any of this man brain because of the metal plate. '
article_snippet.sent: several maggots which were removed actually may have kept this man alive by eating the dead tissue that might otherwise have made the infection spread more quickly and killed this man.'
article_snippet.sent: Lifesavers: Doctors say several maggots which were removed ate diseased tissue that could have caused a fatal infection .
article_snippet.sent: The use of maggots to cleanse wounds is well known as maggots can remove necrotic tissue and also disinfect the wound.
highlights_snippet.sent: Family spotted maggot infestation after Labourer Pham Quang Lanh repeatedly complained of pain .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Surgeons say the maggots had eaten the infected tissue but not Labourer Pham Quang Lanh brain .