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Daily Mirror
Matt Atherton

'I thought I just had a rash - but a parasite was living inside my leg and laying eggs'

A woman was left absolutely horrified to find a parasite growing in her leg and laying eggs at night.

Marystella Gomez, 27, noticed small pimples on her leg after a trip to the beach in Colombia.

She thought nothing of it, but soon found the spots turned into a rash that kept getting bigger.

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