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.

[neverevergiveup]

The itsy bitsy spider crawled into your ear,
Laid a bunch of eggs and then she disappeared.

The eggs all hatched right there next to your brain,
and now you will never be alone again.

[dfwgator]

Look, he’s crawling up my wall
Black and hairy, very small
Now he’s up above my head
Hanging by a little thread

Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Now he’s dropped on to the floor
Heading for the bedroom door
Maybe he’s as scared as me
Where’s he gone now, I can’t see

Boris the spider
Boris the spider

Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly

There he is wrapped in a ball
Doesn’t seem to move at all
Perhaps he’s dead, I’ll just make sure
Pick this book up off the floor

Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy,…

[Red Badger]

LOL!.....................Most, I bet!....................

[Red Badger]

That would damage the eardrum................

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

If you look at the video, he has ‘clean ears’...........

[Red Badger]

These Iraqi Spiders?.................

[mad_as_he$$]

Ether and forceps is the established protocol.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Love The Who. Great post.

[aimhigh]

There is a reason ear wax stinks - to repel insects.

[Red Badger]

But apparently not arachnids........................

[jurroppi1]

Nope, the ENT I see has used a small vacuum tool once in a while, but he mostly uses curettes. If it is done with the correct tool (vacuum setting to no more than a specific value, proper tubing type, etc. it is not damaging at all).

[griffin]

What does the web look like when exposed to socialism?

[BenLurkin]

Unnngh!

[BenLurkin]

Caffeine is good stuff we all know, but hard to believe that would be the most potent substance.

[z3n]

What does the web look like when exposed to socialism?

~~~

There’s one web, with bunch of spiders crowded around the periphery, lazy and dejected, but there are a bunch of bureaucrat spiders on the web itself which is a little bit tattered, and they are delegating who has to contribute work toward trying for web upkeep, and they are also delegating who actually gets a chance to use the web, but those who get the chance to actually use the web must share their catch with the bureaucrats.

[DeFault User]

I miss Benny Hill. Low brow but ingenious comedy.

[Disambiguator]

There is a similar critter that lives in Arizona.

https://cals.arizona.edu/yavapai/anr/hort/byg/archive/solpugid2013.html

[Red Badger]

I would not want that in my ear.....................

[Kommodor]

Eek!