Man Finds Odd Mark on His Body. When It Grew, He Went to the Doctor and Got an Unnerving Diagnosis

17 Oct, 2014 by Cassy Fiano

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So imagine you go get your appendix removed, go home and think everything is fine, only to find a strange mark on your stomach later… only to find out that the mark is being caused by a spider that burrowed into your body through your appendix scar. It may sound like something out of a horror story, but it’s not.

According to an Australian news outlet, Dylan Thomas woke up to find a bizarre red mark on his stomach. When it grew a few inches, the 21-year-old went to the Bali International Medical Center.

… After some investigating, Thomas said the doctors finally solved the mystery: a spider had burrowed itself inside his body through an appendix scar and had been living under his skin for three days.

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“Well after running tests and putting things inside my stomach they finally found out it was a tropical spider that’s been living inside of me for the last 3 days, managed to get it out luckily,” he wrote on Facebook. “Haven’t felt so violated in my life before! Just glad it’s all over.”

It may not have been a life-threatening diagnosis, but most people probably can’t think of something worse than having a spider crawl inside of their body and live there. At least they were able to remove it safely with no harm done!

Cassy Fiano

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