Beijing: A cockroach and more than 10 of its babies were found living inside the ear canal of a Chinese man after he complained of a “sharp pain” in his right ear while sleeping, a media report said.
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Following the discovery, Lv, 24, sought out doctors at the Sanhe Hospital in Huiyang district, Guangdong province, last month, the Daily Express said in its report on Wednesday.
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An ENT specialist from the hospital said: “He said his ear hurt a lot, like something was scratching or crawling inside. It caused a lot of discomfort.
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“I discovered more than 10 cockroach babies inside. They were already running around.”
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The newly hatched cockroaches were small and lighter in colour than their black and brown mother, the hospital said.
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The specialist plucked the tiny insects from Lv’s right ear one by one using a pair of tweezers, before removing the much larger mother roach.
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The hospital’s head of ENT, Li Jinyuan, told local media that Lv had a habit of leaving unfinished food packets near his bed, attracting parasites such as cockroaches.
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