Doctors found a fruit fly in a 48-year-old woman’s ear
A woman from Taiwan presented to the emergency department with a complaint of earache for one day. On examination, the doctors found that she had been using a hearing aid for a few years. كيفية لعب لعبة بينجو When they removed the hearing aid, bloody discharge exuded from the ear. قواعد لعب البوكر
Fruit Fly Larva: Treatment
When the doctors examined the patient’s ear canal they found a fruit fly larva in it. An infection with a fly larva is termed myiasis. Additionally, the skin of the ear canal was eroded. This erosion was in close proximity to the eardrum. العاب على الهاتف المحمول Therefore, immediate evacuation of the foreign agent was necessary.
The doctors removed the fruit fly larva from her ear and gave her a topical antibiotic called ofloxacin.
“I have seen several types of insects in the human ear, but not fruit fly larva.”
DR RICHARD NELSON, AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER
Prognosis
The woman’s earache subsided immediately. Moreover, when the doctors observed her on follow-up two weeks later, the erosion in her ear canal was also resolved.
Insects in the Ear: A Common Occurrence
Insects in the ear are not uncommon. However, it is best to not tell the patients about the foreign agent in their ear to prevent them from getting anxious.
“Cockroaches are the most common insect Nelson has seen in patient’s ears — they crawl into the ear at night. They tend to run toward small dark places, which fits the description of the ear”
DR RICHARD NELSON, AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER,
