Living spider removed from ear of woman
- 6 years ago
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A living spider was removed from the ear of a woman, who was relaxing at her home in India.
It was just another day for the 49-year-old housewife, who was unwinding after completing her household chores. Her regular routine is to lie down in the veranda during summer afternoons. However, this day was different.
As she woke up after falling asleep for a couple of hours, she started feeling discomfort in her right ear. She tried to remove the particle with the help of her finger but failed. After experiencing unbearable pain and discomfort, she asked her daughter to look into her ear with a torch.
The sharp pains followed by a feeling of discomfort was unbearable. Her husband rushed her to Columbia Asia Hospital to consult with Dr. Santosh Shivaswamy.
“I was terrified as I could feel movement of a creature in my ear,” the woman said. “The acute earache followed by sharp pains suffocated me. I couldn’t think of anything and was petrified when the doctor confirmed presence of a spider in my ear.”
“It is common to see emergency room visits due to the presence a foreign object in the ear, and it takes a simple procedure to remove the object,” Dr. Shivaswamy said. “However, when a living insect makes its way inside a human ear, the patient might get frightened making it difficult for the doctor to continue the procedure. It was a rare case to see a spider moving inside the ear canal.”
A living spider was removed from the ear of a woman, who was relaxing at her home in India.
It was just another day for the 49-year-old housewife, who was unwinding after completing her household chores. Her regular routine is to lie down in the veranda during summer afternoons. However, this day was different.
As she woke up after falling asleep for a couple of hours, she started feeling discomfort in her right ear. She tried to remove the particle with the help of her finger but failed. After experiencing unbearable pain and discomfort, she asked her daughter to look into her ear with a torch.
The sharp pains followed by a feeling of discomfort was unbearable. Her husband rushed her to Columbia Asia Hospital to consult with Dr. Santosh Shivaswamy.
“I was terrified as I could feel movement of a creature in my ear,” the woman said. “The acute earache followed by sharp pains suffocated me. I couldn’t think of anything and was petrified when the doctor confirmed presence of a spider in my ear.”
“It is common to see emergency room visits due to the presence a foreign object in the ear, and it takes a simple procedure to remove the object,” Dr. Shivaswamy said. “However, when a living insect makes its way inside a human ear, the patient might get frightened making it difficult for the doctor to continue the procedure. It was a rare case to see a spider moving inside the ear canal.”