Medics remove live cockroach from a patient's head surgery

Woman had a large live cockroach in her head
In India, doctors have removed a large live cockroach from a woman's head. Previously, other doctors had not recognized the problem of 42-year-old domestic workers. They said, among other things, that a skin proliferation in the nose for the nocturnal headache between the eyes was responsible.

Big live cockroach in the head
For some people who have seen on vacation in Asia, how big insects there, the stomach will turn around in the story: According to a report in the Indian newspaper "New Indian Express" doctors have a woman in Chennai (India) one large live cockroach removed from the head. The 42-year-old had previously felt stabbing headaches between the eyes at night. Only the third physician she visited found out what caused the discomfort.

In India, a large live cockroach was removed from a woman's head. The 42-year-old had previously felt a sharp headache between the eyes. (Image: Geza Farkas / fotolia.com)

Only the third doctor found the cause
According to the newspaper, the 42-year-old Selvi went to bed early after a hard day at work, but woke up at midnight with a "strange feeling". She had noticed that an insect had crawled in her nose and went to a clinic.

There she was examined with a flashlight, the doctor told her that he could do nothing for her. At the next facility, the woman was told that her discomfort was from a build-up of skin in her nose.

It was not until the third attempt, at the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai on the east coast of India, that the doctors found the true cause of the stinging sensation between their eyes through nasal endoscopy.

The physicians had never seen anything like it
According to the information, the living cockroach was on the skull base, between the eyes, near the brain. "This is the first case I've seen in my three decades of professional practice," said Dr. M N Shankar, head of the ENT department in the hospital.

Selvi, who works as a domestic worker, claimed to have received the recommendation for this clinic from her employer.

She said to the New Indian Express, "I could not explain the feeling, but I was sure it was some insect. It was a tingling, creeping feeling. Whenever it moved, I had a burning sensation in my eyes. I spent the whole night in discomfort, sitting around, waiting for the morning to go to Stanley Hospital. ".

The patient could have had an inflammation in the brain
According to their own statements, the doctors there had often been confronted with maggots or houseflies in nostrils, but when they found the live cockroach in their skulls, they too were shocked.

The insect "sat in the base of the skull, between the two eyes, near the brain. If it had stayed in place, it would have died and the patient would have developed an infection that had spread to the brain, "Dr. Shankar.

According to the newspaper report, the doctors removed the cockroach with tweezers and a suction cup. "It was difficult to remove her because she was sitting so badly," said the doctor. "I first had to move her to a place where I could pull her out. After 45 minutes, she was finally gone. ".

Tapeworm in the intestine and maggots in the ear
The fact that there are living animals in the body of a human occurs again and again. Only a few days ago it was reported that doctors - also in India - took a nearly two-meter-long tapeworm from a man's mouth. The parasite was in the intestine of the patient.

The case of a Taiwanese woman also reached the international media. She had living maggots in her ear that had spread behind the hearing aid. (Ad)