Doctors remove spider hiding in woman’s ear canal for 5 days (photo warning :-) )

[Omaha Steve]

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.

FULL story at link.

[malaise]

1. Damn critters are crawling down ears way too often these days

Five days?

[Xipe Totec]

2. First it was earworms, and now this?! nt

[woo me with science]

3. He looks comfy in there.

[slackmaster]

4. It looks pissed off

As spiders always do.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Hell of a place to look for flies?

Must be a teabagger widow!

[Scootaloo]

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]

7. It had trouble reading the "EXIT" signs

They were in Chinese.

[Voice for Peace]

8. this guy?

or maybe

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. ugh.

[Larkspur]

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]

11. That is why

I'm scared $hitless of spiders

[kestrel91316]

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]

13. .

[Omaha Steve]

14. LMAO