Live Four-inch Centipede Removed From A 52-year-old Woman EAR (photos)
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Live Four-inch Centipede Removed From A 52-year-old Woman EAR (photos) A female patient in Taiwan was shocked to discover that a centipede had been living inside her ear. The 52-year-old woman checked herself into hospital in Chiayi, south-west Taiwan a few days ago after feeling discomfort in her ear canal, according to local reports. Horrified doctors discovered the 10-centimetre (4-inch) creepy crawly and immediately removed the insect with a pair of tweezers. Doctor Xu Zhengming, director of the Department of Otolaryngology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital said he applied an anaesthetic spray to prevent the bug from biting before removing it. The woman told doctors at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital she suspected there was something crawling inside her ear, according to United Daily News. After checking her ear canal with an otoscope, Doctor Xu Zhengming, director of the hospital’s Department of Otolaryngology confirmed that there was an unknown insect in her canal. He imm...