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Cause of womans severe pain found to be fruit-fly larva living in her ear (Warning: contains graphic images)
By Charlene Sakoda February 13, 2014 3:02 PM Odd News
Emergency doctors in Taiwan who were treating a womans severe ear ache discovered that the pain was caused by fruit-fly larva living in her ear canal. The nightmarish find was documented in the New England Journal of Medicine. The physicians recorded video (that can be viewed here) of the patients ear canal, which, as you can imagine, shouldnt be watched by those with a weak stomach.
The 48-year-old woman wore a hearing aid and when doctors removed the device, a bloody discharge was found in her left ear and skin over the floor of the auditory canal, close to the eardrum, was eroded....
Cause of womans severe pain found to be fruit-fly larva living in her ear (Warning: contains graphic images)
By Charlene Sakoda February 13, 2014 3:02 PM Odd News
Emergency doctors in Taiwan who were treating a womans severe ear ache discovered that the pain was caused by fruit-fly larva living in her ear canal. The nightmarish find was documented in the New England Journal of Medicine. The physicians recorded video (that can be viewed here) of the patients ear canal, which, as you can imagine, shouldnt be watched by those with a weak stomach.
The 48-year-old woman wore a hearing aid and when doctors removed the device, a bloody discharge was found in her left ear and skin over the floor of the auditory canal, close to the eardrum, was eroded....
