missmuffet Posted January 11, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.82 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted January 11, 2014 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/01/10/doctors-remove-large-cockroach-from-man-ear/?intcmp=obnetwork A man in Australia had to be rushed to hospital in terrible pain after a large cockroach crawled into his ear as he slept, and an attempt to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner failed. Medical treatment initially only caused the inch-long insect to burrow further into the head of Hendrik Helmer. The unwelcome invader was eventually extracted by a doctor with forceps, but only after Helmer had endured the unpleasant sensation of it being in the "throes of death-twitching." His ordeal began in the early hours of Wednesday morning when he was woken by a sharp pain in his right ear, according to Australian TV. He said: "I was hoping it was not a poisonous spider ... I was hoping it didn't bite me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maui Ice Posted January 30, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 133 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 24 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/30/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/04/1986 Share Posted January 30, 2014 That's pretty common I thought. Maybe not of big ole cockroaches, but I know insects and such have done it quite a few times. When one of my sisters was younger she awoke with the complaining that there was a lady bug that was stuck in her ear. She had a fear of them from before and had not seen what was in her ear, but low and behold, when we got something out of her ear, it was still a live lady bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted January 30, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,061 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,803 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted January 30, 2014 trying to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner sounds kind of dangerous to me... We always had a set of hemostats around for things of that nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have heard that those who sleep with their mouth open, unknowingly swallow tiny bugs, spiders etc. Maybe they should have shone a torch in his ear - don't insects go toward the light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted February 6, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,061 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,803 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have heard that those who sleep with their mouth open, unknowingly swallow tiny bugs, spiders etc. Maybe they should have shone a torch in his ear - don't insects go toward the light? Roaches are afraid of light..... A torch in my world is not a flashlight but something that has a flame on the end of it...... reading about shinning a torch in someone's ear really caught my attention for a moment.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ha ha!! Now that would be a whole new medical issue going on lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted February 6, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.82 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 trying to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner sounds kind of dangerous to me... We always had a set of hemostats around for things of that nature. Yes,it can damage your eardrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted February 6, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.82 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 This is an old article but still creepy. Spiders found in ear of boy http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-05-06-spider-earache_N.htm?csp=34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebFisher Posted February 11, 2014 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 51 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/19/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/25/1968 Share Posted February 11, 2014 My wife used to work at a doctor's office and had a woman with the same problem... roach in the ear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted February 13, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 307 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,134 Content Per Day: 4.63 Reputation: 27,814 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted February 13, 2014 Blessings Everyone! What creeps me out most in life....cockroaches! Well,see,here in Florida we have a pre-historic variety of "the cockroach" which is the size of a poodle(for Pat)....I am exaggerating,but they are huge & I am so freaked out right now I have even pulled my feet off the floor & I am sitting on them-lol uggggh Love y'all-Kwik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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