Live Maggot Found In Woman's Ear (GRAPHIC PICTURE)

Add Live Maggot To The Stuff You Don't Want In Your Ear (GRAPHIC PICTURE)
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In terms of stuff you don't want in your ears - this live maggot is pretty high up there.

The fruit fly lava was found to be nestling behind a 48-year-old woman's hearing aid, the New England Journal of Medicine revealed on Thursday.

Dr Hui-Ming Feng of the Tri-Service General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, writes: "The skin over the floor of the auditory canal, close to the eardrum, was eroded."

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You're not from round here

It is thought the bug chose to nestle in the woman's ear because it was warm and cosy. It was easily removed and the patient made a full recovery.

"Most cases of animals in the ear canal are the flying objects and cockroaches," Dr Cheng-Ping added of the unusual visitor.

Indeed. Back in January we brought you the unfortunate tale of Hendrik Helmer, who had a 2cm long cockroach nestling in his.

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Incy wincy spider: The arachnid peers out of a Chinese woman's ear canal