Most of the time, the only thing that you pull out of your ear is earwax.
Every once in a while though, you may get something else stuck in there. If you’re lucky, it’s just the usual stuff like water, sand, or dirt.
If you’re not lucky, then you may end up with some pretty disgusting things in there like the poor people in this slideshow.
Check out this list of 15 truly nasty things found inside people’s ears and be sure to share it with a (strong-stomached) friend!
1. June Bug
One man was playing a game of cards with his friends when a June bug flew into his ear. He tried to get it out but ended up pushing it deeper inside of his ear.
It took him two days to get an appointment with a doctor to finally have it removed!
2. A Fly With Eggs
One woman had to deal with a fly burrowing into her ear. Luckily for her, it flew out on its own eventually.
Not before it laid eggs in her ear, however, which turned into 57 maggots that had to be removed by the doctor.
3. Tick and a Moth Together
What’s worse than having a bug in your ear? Having two bugs in your ear, of course, and having one of them be a notorious disease-carrying bloodsucker.
One man had both a tick and a moth stuck in his ear which were luckily removed by his friends and a pair of tweezers.
4. Centipede
One teen in Arkansas woke up with excruciating pain in his ear one morning. After digging in there and grabbing hold of something, the teen pulled out a 4-inch long centipede.
Oh yeah, and it was still alive!
5. A Moth
One Colorado boy had to go to the doctor to get a moth pulled out of his ear.
The doctor spent a fair amount of time trying to reach the little critter and when he finally did get it out, the moth flew around the room as if nothing had happened.
6. Spider
Spiders are freaky enough when you see them outside. But how would you feel if one ended up in your ear?
One Chinese woman had a spider living in her ear for a week before she went to the doctor to get it removed.
7. Cockroach
We all know cockroaches can survive in some pretty harsh conditions. But did you know that they could survive inside a human ear?
One Australian man found this out the hard way after he went to the doctor with some pain in his ear. The doctor pulled an inch-long cockroach out of his ear.
8. Bed Bug
No one likes getting bed bugs in their bed. If you are unfortunate enough to get them, you better wash your sheets stat.
One man ended up with bed bugs and one of them found their way into his ear. And it wasn’t just sitting there, by the way, it was eating into his eardrum.
9. Flesh-Eating Maggots
A 27-year-old British woman couldn’t figure out why she was having headaches and hearing scratching sounds inside of her head.
After a trip to the doctor, she discovered, to her horror, that she had a ball full of flesh-eating maggots inside of her ear that were eating into her head.
10. Cricket
One man had to go to the doctor to get something removed from his ear. The doctor ended up pulling a 3-inch long cricket out of it.
And believe it to not, the cricket was still alive.
11. A Tooth
A little girl put one of her baby teeth in her ear and got it stuck. She had to go to the clinic to get it removed, however, she wasn’t too worried about it.
When asked by the doctor how a tooth ended up in her ear, she responded that she “wanted to keep it in the safest place for the tooth fairy.”
12. A Toy Barbie Shoe
Kids put all kinds of things in their ears. One child put a tiny barbie shoe in their ear and no one knew about it. It stayed in their ear for so long that skin actually started growing around it.
It was mistaken for cancer at first before doctors took a closer look.
13. A Tooth For 33 Years
Having a tooth lodged in your ear would be awful. Believe it or not, one man had one stuck in his ear for 33 years. No one could tell him why he was experiencing partial deafness and constant pain until one thorough doctor finally found the tooth.
No one could say how the tooth got into his ear or why no one had noticed it before.
14. A Dandelion
Having a dandelion in your ear would be strange enough, but imagine if it was also alive and growing.
That was the case for one young Chinese girl who somehow ended up with a live weed taking up space inside her ear canal.
15. A Matchstick
Okay, so maybe it’s not the most disgusting thing in the world to find in your ear, but it would still be uncomfortable and a little unnerving.
Health24’s resident doctor, Dr. Owen Wiese had this to say about people getting matches stuck in their ears. “It is not only children putting things in their ears, adults do too. Often to relieve an itch, they will use matches. The head of the match often breaks off and gets lodged in the ear.”
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