Sorry I am late in replying but was in hospital for 9 days . The fly phobia food hallucination issue we found is partly caused by the brain lesions from an old head injury. They just had to give me some more coping skills to get around it so I could eat. Then they gave me some meds to help with the neuro issue and it got a bit better. Just took a while for them to figure it out but they were talking to the neurologist to get a handle on it . Sometimes it is hard to figure out what is caused by a physical issue and what is caused by a mental issue . But it was majorly feeding the PTSD issue big time and I thought I was losing my mind. Wasn't losing my mind just had a part that is damaged and misinterpreting what it was seeing is how the docs explained it to me. That took a lot of the fear out of the issue for me.

But the fear is there and no it is not as uncommon up here as you might think with the fly larvae infection in wounds . But usually it is in animals and not humans. But someone with neuropathy or diabetes can be vulnerable if they cant feel their feet and forget to inspect them daily.

I am a bit neurotic about making sure I dont have wounds or cuts on my feet because I do have neuropathy in my legs and feet. By taking precautions i do keep the fear down in the summer. But the brain neuro issue was making me crazy with the hallucination symptoms. Now that the hallucination issue is more under control it has made the other more real issue be less of a fear .

Nora