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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoctors remove spider hiding in woman’s ear canal for 5 days (photo warning :-) )
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/doctors-remove-spider-hiding-woman-ear-canal-195029859.html
Photos of the spider before it was removed from the woman's ear (Imgur)A woman who went to China's Changsha Central Hospital complaining of itching in the left side of her head was told by doctors that the source of irritation was a spider that had been living inside her ear canal for five days.
Doctors reportedly used a saline solution to flush out the spider in order to avoid having the spider burrow deeper inside the canal or bite her.
The flushing technique was successful and the woman reportedly wept with gratitude after being told the spider was removed. Doctors say they believe the spider entered the woman's home while the home was undergoing renovations, and crawled into her ear while she was sleeping.
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Doctors remove spider hiding in woman’s ear canal for 5 days (photo warning :-) ) (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2012
OP
I got a flying bug of some sort in my ear years ago for part of a day and it about drove me
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#12
malaise
(268,949 posts)1. Damn critters are crawling down ears way too often these days
Five days?
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)2. First it was earworms, and now this?! nt
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)3. He looks comfy in there.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)4. It looks pissed off
As spiders always do.
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)5. Hell of a place to look for flies?
Must be a teabagger widow!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)6. Bah, just a little jumping spider
Even if it tried to bite her, it wouldn't be able to get any purchase; their chelicerae pinch, rather than stab, and there's nothing in there for it to pinch. No venom worth mention, anyway.
Still, doesn't look like a comfortable roommate.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)7. It had trouble reading the "EXIT" signs
They were in Chinese.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)8. this guy?
or maybe
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)9. ugh.
Larkspur
(12,804 posts)10. Yikes!!!!
This would be one of my worse nightmares.
I'm sure the SyFy Channel is working on a low rated horror movie about this already.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)11. That is why
I'm scared $hitless of spiders
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)12. I got a flying bug of some sort in my ear years ago for part of a day and it about drove me
crazy. Fished it out with an alcohol-soaked qtip.
I can't imagine a jumping spider scurrying around.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)13. .
Omaha Steve
(99,590 posts)14. LMAO