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Moscow doctors removed a cockroach from the ear of a boy complaining of pain
In Moscow, doctors found a cockroach in the ear of a 13-year-old boy. The patient was admitted to the hospital at night due to severe ear pain. The Moscow Medicine telegram channel writes about this.
It is reported that at night the boy's mother tried to treat the child's sore ear, but nothing helped. In the morning, the woman and her son sought medical help. During the examination, doctors found an insect in the boy’s ear, but were unable to remove it and sent the patient to the hospital.
In the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of the Children's Center of the City Clinical Hospital named after M.P. Konchalovsky doctors were able to remove the cockroach from the child’s ear canal under the control of an endoscopic video system. The procedure lasted 10 minutes.
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“Fortunately, the removal of the insect went without complications. The eardrum and ear canal are intact. In this case, I would really like to remind you of an important rule - you should never use cotton swabs when treating your ears. In such cases, it is important to contact specialists without delay,” said hospital otorhinolaryngologist Alexey Pryanishnikov.
The Telegram channel, citing doctors, noted that cockroaches are very “inconvenient” foreign bodies also because they cannot crawl backwards, have a very fragile structure and are easily dismembered when removed. This means that when attempting to intervene without the help of a doctor, the patient risks leaving a part of the insect’s body inside.
According to doctors, the child is now feeling better. He was discharged from the hospital the very next day after the procedure.
A similar situation occurred with a two-year-old child in Chelyabinsk back in January. According to the portal 74.ru, for several weeks the child was restless, clutching his head and screaming. After hospitalization, doctors discovered the remains of a dried cockroach in the child’s left ear and removed them.
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