Clean your ears!

Reuters.

Doctors remove 50 maggots from Thai man's ears

27.04.05 3.20pm

BANGKOK - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch.

Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding.

"We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him.

Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said Anan would be kept in for observation for a while to make sure no more eggs hatched.

FYI: pic is not related to this particluar story... but... EWW!

what is that a picture of? Looks like someone's nose, but it looks like part of the picture has been painted over with a soft edge.

I dunno what the pic's of.. I got it off another board...

😆 "got it off another board" I bet that's you and your pet maggots.

Hey STFU!

and besides... I keep my maggots on my arm not my nose...

Well then. They must be someone else's pet maggots.

I got three simple words for that:

😖

😘

puke

Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Reuters.

[b]Doctors remove 50 maggots from Thai man's ears

27.04.05 3.20pm

BANGKOK - Doctors found around 50 maggots in the ears of an 84-year-old Thai man after he went to hospital complaining of an itch.

Wednesday's Nation newspaper said Anan Temtan, who lives in the tsunami-hit southern resort island of Phuket, had used cotton buds to relieve the itching, but had scratched so hard his eardrums ruptured and started bleeding.

"We believe flies might have gone inside his ears to lay eggs, which hatched into larvae and caused the itching," said Somsak Nonthasri, the doctor who treated him.'

I am cleaning my ears no doubt about that.JM

Somsak, who used tweezers and a small suction device to remove the maggots, said Anan would be kept in for observation for a while to make sure no more eggs hatched.

FYI: pic is not related to this particluar story... but... EWW! [/B]

I guess this answers the age-old question: How many Republicans can one fit in their nose?

I'm wondering, though... how'd they get over to Thailand?

Originally posted by BullitNutz
I guess this answers the age-old question: How many Republicans can one fit in their nose?

I'm wondering, though... how'd they get over to Thailand?

Actually, this pic looks like it might be medical. There has been a huge number of cases reported where both maggots and leeches have been used to treat medical problems. I don't recall the specifics for maggots, but I think leeches are used to treat problems with blood clots among other things.

But, things like the Thai man, that's a lot more common in countries that are less developed than we are here in the States.

Omg thats bloody vile...😘

what are maggots? 😕

some parasites? 😱 may i know latin name of them? 😱

Originally posted by Clovie
what are maggots? 😕

some parasites? 😱 may i know latin name of them? 😱

Are you kidding? You are kidding right? Maggots are baby flies.

thank you 😮 i wasn't kidding 😮 me doesn't know english 😮

Originally posted by Clovie
thank you 😮 i wasn't kidding 😮 me doesn't know english 😮

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be an ass. Maggots are baby flies that hatch from eggs laid in meat. They hatch and then feed off of the meat in which they've been laid.

50 maggots? They actually took the time to count them all? Yuck!

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be an ass. Maggots are baby flies that hatch from eggs laid in meat. They hatch and then feed off of the meat in which they've been laid.

Thats ****ing disgusting

Originally posted by Clovie
i understand it now.
and i know something about it from biological point of view...but they've told us that it's happening mostly to animals 😕

They've been used in medicine because when you introduce them into an infected area, they eat the infected meat and allow the wound to be sterilized and heal properly.