New Zealand
‘A cockroach in my head’: insect removed from man’s ear after three days
A doctor diagnosed Zane Wedding with a cockroach in his ear (icon image)
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A harmless beach trip turned into a gross event for a man from New Zealand. He then carried a cockroach in his ear for three days.
Water in the ear can quickly become an uncomfortable feeling, but there are usually a few tricks you can use to free your ear. Zane Wedding from New Zealand also had a blocked ear canal after a harmless bathing trip – but it wasn’t because of the water.
A harmless dip in the pool
The Auckland man told CNN that he went to the local swimming pool to cool off on a Friday, but ended up with a stuffy ear. At home he used a few ear drops and fell asleep. However, that didn’t solve his problem. “When I woke up in the morning and it was still congested, I went straight to the doctor. I couldn’t wait for the practice to open, it was so unbearable,” he continues.
But even the doctor couldn’t help him because he suspected that Wedding only had a little water in his ear canal. He advised him to blow dry his ear. “I left the doctor without any relief. I spent most of the weekend lying on my side or holding a hair dryer in my ear. If I had to walk around, I would get dizzy immediately. If I lay down, I could hear , the way the water moved around my eardrums,” he said. Wedding did everything to free his ear: ear candling, hopping on one leg, chewing gum, jogging.
Then on Sunday the water finally stopped moving, but the ear was still clogged. So he contacted an ear, nose and throat specialist, with whom he was given an appointment on Mondays. According to Wedding, when the doctor looked in his ear, she said, “Oh my god, I think you have an insect in your ear.”
“A Cockroach Moving in My Head”
“I immediately thought of the fact that I had just pumped hot air into my head and had been cooking a cockroach in my ear canal all weekend. I felt nauseous,” said the New Zealander.
In less than five minutes, the doctor then removed the insect from his ear canal. Knowing he had a cockroach in his ear didn’t make it easy for him. “I wasn’t the easiest patient,” says the Greenpeace employee. When the animal was removed, his ear cracked and he felt relieved. Wedding sums it up: “When I knew it was a beetle, everything fell into place. That’s why the water moved even when I was standing still. It was a cockroach moving in my head.”
Source: CNN