Doctor finds spider building a nest inside man's ear

UPI ^ | 05-08-2019 | By Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

May 8 (UPI) -- A Chinese doctor shared video of the unusual cause of a patient's ear discomfort -- a spider building a nest inside his head.

The video filmed at a hospital in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, shows the inside of an ear belonging to a patient identified by the surname Li.

Li came into the hospital complaining of discomfort in his ear and the doctor looked inside to discover a small spider was building a nest inside the man's ear canal.

The doctor said the spider was too small and fast to be grabbed using tools, but hospital staff were able to use water to flush the arachnid out of the patient's ear.

[Red Badger]

Happened to me once while pulling weeds in my yard, a spider jumped off a palm frond and scrambled into my left ear and hid. I immediately went into the house and flushed the critter out in the sink...................

[Red Badger]

VIDEO AT LINK..........................

[dfwgator]

There goes breakfast.

[z3n]

I thought ear wax was supposed to stop creepy crawlies

[Leaning Right]

This was all predicted many years ago. Back in 1995 Al Gore said - and I quote - “Global Warming will cause spiders to go crazy and attack ears.”

But let me tell you how wrong I was. I thought Gore was talking about ears of corn.

[precisionshootist]

Must be a conservative. If the guy was a
dem the spider would be in the vast space between the ears building condominiums.

[JudgemAll]

Probably related to spiders, in Iraq dusty ear plugs would cause crazy itches deep in the ear that I thought were microscopic arachnids. I would flush them out dumping rubbing alcohol in my ear canal.

[neverevergiveup]

He’s just a little spider. He could be a new little friend you carry around with you. Plus, he could keep other insects out of your ear.

[Sir Napsalot]

That (flushing) would be my second guess, I thought a small vacuuming tube would be the first tool to be used in this case.

Guess I was wrong.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Nothing that an irrigation with a few ounces of Roundup can’t handle. I would avoid irrigating with gasoline. Way too dangerous.

[VastRWCon]

How many on here unconsciously put there finger in there ear while reading this?

[Jeff Chandler]

the spider was too small and fast

Probably not fast. Probably quick.

[z3n]

Must be a conservative. If the guy was a dem the spider would be in the vast space between the ears building condominiums.
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LOL

[pepsi_junkie]

Probably related to spiders, in Iraq dusty ear plugs would cause crazy itches deep in the ear that I thought were microscopic arachnids. I would flush them out dumping rubbing alcohol in my ear canal.

The same thing happened to me. Except I wasn't in Iraq and there were no ear plugs. But there were invisible bugs and I made them go away by drinking the alcohol. Some doctor said it was the DTs but there were no pink elephants so I know better.

[dfwgator]

How many on here unconsciously put there finger in there ear while reading this?

"I'll stick me finger in me ear and go ting-a-ling-a-loo,
Me finger in me ear and go ting-a-ling-a-loo,
I'll just be like Nelson at the Battle of Waterloo,
I'll stick me finger in me ear and go ting-a-ling-a-loo."

-Benny Hill

[Deaf Smith]

Remove the spider's food source:

Head lice & bedbugs.

[BitWielder1]

The Caffeine web is a bit alarming.

[wastoute]

Actually, Lidocaine. Cheap, effective, readily available in every ER.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is The Incredible Ear Spiders of Dr. Fu Manchu starring Ross Martin, George Takei, Nancy Kwan, Edgar Buchanan and Buddy Hackett.

[dfwgator]