jamotto Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 Link quote:BANGKOK (Reuters) - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch. Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding. "We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him. Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said Anan would be kept in for observation for a while to make sure no more eggs hatched.
Ben Zwycky Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 Well, that kinda puts you off your lunch, doesn't it?
street228 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 sorri guys & gals...just HAD to do this: "HUH?.......WHAT U SAY?????"
paranide Posted April 27, 2005 Report Posted April 27, 2005 I am wondering how he couldn't be aware of flies crawling in his ear?Maybe they came insidiously when he was asleep... I guess I'm gonna buy some earplugs now,just to be sure
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