Terrible earaches caused maggot

48-year-old woman came to the hospital with complaints of pain in the ear, which did not stop the whole day. She was shocked when doctors reported that larvae found there.

insect in the ear

A resident of Taiwan, the whole day was suffering from severe pain in the ear. At first she thought the pain as something caused by wearing a hearing aid, but the removal of the situation did not improve. Then the woman went to the doctor for advice. Doctors have carefully studied the patient's left ear and saw that the inner part of it is covered with some blood-red secretions.

And directly in front of the ear canal is located Drosophila larvae, which slowly moved inside. As physicians consider, larva insect ear   a woman is not less than a day. Dr. Cheng Chi-Ping, who treated the patient, told reporters that the sensitivity of a woman's left ear was reduced due to extended wear hearing aid.

Furthermore, because of this the apparatus in the left ear it was warmer than usual, which may additionally involve larva. Detailed description of this case is in the medical journal New England Journal of Medicine. It is reported that doctors were able to easily remove the larva treat ear and let the woman home, gave her antibiotics.

Her condition improved immediately after the removal of the larvae. After two weeks, all of the ear canal injury healed. As doctors say, the larva crawled into his ear woman in her home. Most often,   insects in the ears   people get all sorts of flying objects and cockroaches, and as for the larvae of Drosophila, such cases are relatively rare. (READ MORE)

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