Can maggots survive in your stomach?

I was about to say that this is impossible. But before I answered, I double checked (as I do with virtually all my answers). Apparently, maggots can survive in your stomach. Weird. That being said. In order for anything to survive in the stomach the following hurdles need to be overcome: Suffocation: maggots breath oxygen. read more

Apparently, maggots can survive in your stomach. Weird. That being said. In order for anything to survive in the stomach the following hurdles need to be overcome: Suffocation: maggots breath oxygen. Barely any oxygen in the stomach. This might be resolved if the maggots somehow did anaerobic respiration, or the host swallows air a lot. read more

Stomach acid is pretty brutal. Only parasites with specific defenses against it can survive any amount of time in the stomach. If maggots were ingested via eating out of a trashcan or some other infested food source, and he threw up shortly after it's possible they would still be alive. read more

Yes, maggots can infest the digestive tract of humans. I was able to find a number of articles describing this condition: Gastrointestinal Myiasis by Larvae of Sarcophaga sp. and Oestrus sp. in Egypt: Report of Cases, and Endoscopical and Morphological Studies - Korean Journal of Parasitology. Four cases of gastric or intestinal myiasis are reported. read more