Warning: Not Safe for Hypochondriacs

[summer]

news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/doctors-remove-spider-hiding-woman-ear-canal-195029859.html



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.

A report by CNN states that spiders and other bugs are appearing in greater numbers this summer due to warm weather and drought conditions across the U.S.

"All insects are cold-blooded, so in extreme heat they develop quicker, which results in more generations popping up now compared to previous summers," Jim Fredericks, an entomologist and wildlife ecology expert with the National Pest Management Association, told the network.

[summer]

Sorry - can't get pic to load. It's gross. You can see it in the link

[pedanticwench]

WHAT THE FUCK

DONT LOOK AT THE PICTURE
DONT LOOK AT THE PICTURE OMG OMG OMG

[pixy0stix]

I had a coworker who had a moth burrow into his ear. They had to drown the moth and then extract it surgically to get it out.

[copzgirl1171]

OHFUCK!!

Don't look and I am not squimish at.all.

DON'T LOOK!!

[wawa]

I had a bug deep inside my ear at summer camp one year.

I had this itching stabbing pain in my ear so I went to the infirmary. She looked in there and kinda jumped back. Then she told me to hold very still while she fished the little bastard out with a pair of tweezers, and then flushed out my ear with the alcohol mix they used on us to prevent swimmers ear. It was some little tiny moth looking thing. Gave me the willies for days.

[summer]

Aw, copz, I was going to post it!

[copzgirl1171]

Aug 10, 2012 11:02:27 GMT -5 summer said:

Aw, copz, I was going to post it!

NOOO!! OMG, I am trying to get my goosebumps to go away still

[setsail1999]

OMG...I refuse to look.

When my house was being rebuilt after storm damage (SOUND FAMILIAR!!) we had to live in the basement den for 5 months. And this was after a huge tree sized hole was ripped in my roof. We had freaking birds living in my upstairs for a bit even. But anyway the number of spiders down in my basement gave me the chills and I once woke up with some huge giant bug WALKING ACROSS MY FACE. I brushed it off in my sleep but then it came back I finally realized how fucking big it was and jumped out of bed screaming. There is no recovering from that so I went to work super early. I was afraid to sleep the next night

[taratru]

OMFG times infinity.

[summer]

Aug 10, 2012 11:06:13 GMT -5 setsail1999 said:

OMG...I refuse to look.

When my house was being rebuilt after storm damage (SOUND FAMILIAR!!) we had to live in the basement den for 5 months. And this was after a huge tree sized hole was ripped in my roof. We had freaking birds living in my upstairs for a bit even. But anyway the number of spiders down in my basement gave me the chills and I once woke up with some huge giant bug WALKING ACROSS MY FACE. I brushed it off in my sleep but then it came back I finally realized how fucking big it was and jumped out of bed screaming. There is no recovering from that so I went to work super early. I was afraid to sleep the next night

OMG, at my mom's house once, I woke up with a huge ass COCKROACH running across my face. Terror does not describe my reaction. My ass stayed up the entire night, sitting upright in a chair, knees clutched to my chest in fear as if Freddy Kreuger was coming.

I don't know how I'd recover from this woman's ordeal. That thing looked like it was laughing in that picture!

[Deleted]

So in another post, I said doctors should never do treatment without consent.

I take that back. If I have have a spider, or other bug, living in me, they better fix it BEFORE they tell me about it.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

There is not enough xanax in the world to help me cope with the notion that there might be a motherfucking spider in my ear. Oh my god. I want to unsee that. I want to unthink it.

[pixy0stix]

BWALBGJALBJALBJABHGAHGHAGH!

Why did I go look at the picture?!

[charminglife]

DON'T CLICK THE LINK!! that picture is seriously freaking me out. OMG!

[copzgirl1171]

Aug 10, 2012 11:25:40 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

BWALBGJALBJALBJABHGAHGHAGH!

Why did I go look at the picture?!

My pain wasn't enough to convince you *SMH*

what has been seen cannot be unseen.

[dylanite]

Someone post the pic I can't see it on my phone WAH!!!

[Deleted]

YOU BETTER NOT POST THAT PICTURE!

[copzgirl1171]

Aug 10, 2012 11:26:45 GMT -5 dylanite said:

Someone post the pic I can't see it on my phone WAH!!!

I will march out of this board in protest.

And WTF do I keep coming back here? I think it is to see every bodies horrified responses

[pixy0stix]

dyl, I pm'd it to you.