Some cases from medical practice may well be classified as nightmares or plots for horror films. The other day, Indian doctors removed a huge live cockroach from the head of an Indian woman. But how did he get inside?
Last Tuesday, a 42-year-old Indian woman was admitted to hospital complaining of extremely painful tingling and twitching in her head. After the patient was examined three times by a team of doctors, it was concluded that her cranium contained some foreign and highly mobile body.
Yes, the horror movie nightmare has turned into reality. Doctor M. N. Shankar of Stanley College of Medicine said that an adult, fully formed cockroach was found in the patient's head. When doctors removed one of the nastiest representatives of the animal kingdom from the "zone at the base of the skull between the eyes, close to the brain," they managed to capture him on camera.
A live cockroach most likely hit the girl's head through her nostril. He spent 12 hours inside the cranium and whenever he moved, he caused a burning sensation and pain in the eyes of the woman. It took the doctors 45 minutes and long tweezers to remove the insect, which stubbornly refused to leave its shelter.
As practice shows, huge cockroaches often crawl into a person's head, but usually they prefer to do this not through the nostrils, but through the ear holes. What does this lead to? Sharp ear pain and partial (and sometimes complete) hearing loss. In the middle lane, insects are not such a big threat, and such cases are quite rare, but if this happens to you, then doctors advise you to try to just tilt your head and rinse your ears with water or oil, and if this does not work, you should immediately consult a doctor.
Vasily Makarov