Doctor finds two spiders in boy's ear

[orangeman]

I read this in the newspaper a few days ago and I looked for it on the internet when I felt a weird feeling in my ear, it reminded me of the article lol. Just thought i'd share it with anyone that didn't know about it. I dunno it just shocked me, like wtf..spiders in a kids ear. How the hell did that happen lol?

Digital Journal - Doctor finds two spiders inside boys ears (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/178076/Doctor_finds_two_spiders_inside_boys_ears)

[Matt the Funk]

I saw this soewhere else....my ears have been hurting lately and I tried checking them myself to make sure spiders weren't in there...creepy/funny shit.

[rebgirl420]

it was on the Colbert Report, the kid named them Floaty and Drowney

[Eazy]

eww

[orangeman]

Lol wow the kid acts like it was like a prize or something. Does he look weird? xD

[rebgirl420]

I dunno he's a bit chubby haha

[Eazy]

hey mr bully dnt hit me or my spiders will get u


dnt ask

[Kid Dynamite]

This scares the crap out of me. I hate stories about insects living in you, especially ones on the news.

[Matt the Funk]

This scares the crap out of me. I hate stories about insects living in you, especially ones on the news.For real...I recently got over a phobia of spiders...

[smoke it]

fuckin spiders.... i hate them with a passion.

[orangeman]

Lol yeah I hate spiders too. Just something about bugs with a lot of legs...I don't like.

[Dro_Princess]

I hate spiders I can spot one if there is one in the room. If they wer ein my ear I would freak. Speaking of things being in your ear my husband couldnt hear good so we flushed his ears and he had wood dust and a tick in his ear.

[Matt the Funk]

I've had some pretty bad anxiety about spiders after I read some stupid snapple cap claiming you eat 8 spiders in your sleep in a lifetime(creepy shit). And some story my teacher read to me in the news (in like 5th grade) about some business exec who went to brazil to do some business but died in his sleep when a pincher bug crawled in his ear and ate through his brain, because they can't go backwards.

[Pylon]

I hate spiders I can spot one if there is one in the room. If they wer ein my ear I would freak. Speaking of things being in your ear my husband couldnt hear good so we flushed his ears and he had wood dust and a tick in his ear.

eww fuk a tick in his ear? that sucks; i hate ticks

[Staurm]

I bet the spiders were happy about that too, I can't imagine ear holes are the best places for spinning webs.

"Look, I'm telling you, I really think we should be on the other side of this vibrating wall!"

[reality0]

that is just creepy haha

[birdgirl73]

That is a creepy story, but if it's any reassurance to most of you, it probably only happened to that little boy because he was young and had exceptionally clean ears. Very young kids' ears are shaped differently than they are as adults, which might make insect access easier. And the sebaceous secretions (waxy, oily secretions) that older kids and adults produce have natural insect-repellent qualities. If that weren't the case, we'd hear of this problem a lot more often since bugs like dark, safe hiding places and niches.

Matt, that story you remember hearing as a child was folklore. Even if a spider could get through the tympanic membrane and deep enough into the inner ear to be close to the brain through the skull, it couldn't eat through to a person's brain because spiders can't chew through bone. The only anatomical part that connects the ear to the brain is the cochlear nerve, which isn't a tube. The Eustacian tube connects the ears to the back top corner of the throat on each side, but a spider wouldn't be able to travel that path, either. Too salty and covered with mucous membrane.

[mfqr]

For real...I recently got over a phobia of spiders...

Lol, me too! I have slowly stopped being completely freaked out by them. I don't think I have spiders in my ears, though :thumbsup:.

[passitplz]

hey mr bully dnt hit me or my spiders will get u


dnt ask

wtf?

yea... i asked:cool:

[orangeman]

Matt, that story you remember hearing as a child was folklore. Even if a spider could get through the tympanic membrane and deep enough into the inner ear to be close to the brain through the skull, it couldn't eat through to a person's brain because spiders can't chew through bone. The only anatomical part that connects the ear to the brain is the cochlear nerve, which isn't a tube. The Eustacian tube connects the ears to the back top corner of the throat on each side, but a spider wouldn't be able to travel that path, either. Too salty and covered with mucous membrane.

Just a question Birdgirl have you ever been tempted to paralyze some one? Haha it seems like you know everything about the human body.

[LIP]

I read this in the newspaper a few days ago and I looked for it on the internet when I felt a weird feeling in my ear, it reminded me of the article lol. Just thought i'd share it with anyone that didn't know about it. I dunno it just shocked me, like wtf..spiders in a kids ear. How the hell did that happen lol?

Digital Journal - Doctor finds two spiders inside boys ears (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/178076/Doctor_finds_two_spiders_inside_boys_ears)

I read it in the paper a couple of days ago too. Something about banging on the kids ear drum.

How the hell do spiders live in someones ear??? What the hell - what is it, a luxury condo for them? LOL

[ZeldaG.]

some business exec who went to brazil to do some business but died in his sleep when a pincher bug crawled in his ear and ate through his brain, because they can't go backwards.


lmao!!

i am just starting to develop a spider phobia after reading uk newspapers saying that some black widow cousins have been brought over to england in crates of bananas and are being spotted really often, they warn gardeners to check their gardening gloves before puttting them on as they hide in thetre and bite you when you wear them.


Also about bugs living in you, lateley i have had a twitching in my arm, and it feel like some bug trapped uder the skin :p

sort of...

lol

PS: i just read this now:
It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear -- what next?" Jesse said
lmao what next???

its like he is expecting to find something else living somewhere else lol...

[Dro_Princess]

lmao!!

i am just starting to develop a spider phobia after reading uk newspapers saying that some black widow cousins have been brought over to england in crates of bananas and are being spotted really often, they warn gardeners to check their gardening gloves before puttting them on as they hide in thetre and bite you when you wear them.


Also about bugs living in you, lateley i have had a twitching in my arm, and it feel like some bug trapped uder the skin :p

sort of...

lol

PS: i just read this now:
lmao what next???

its like he is expecting to find something else living somewhere else lol...

I live in NC and black widows are the norm around here. I am scared to death of them. We have found 2 in our house, and numerous outside. I could go outside right now flip over that green well cover and find at least 2. Im so creeped out now

[werd328]

Lol yeah I hate spiders too. Just something about bugs with a lot of legs...I don't like.

MILLIPEDES!

[jessem98]

thats been one of my worst fears lol.

[zeebo phillips]

My ears hurt after hearing about that. Not gonna lie.

I'm so afraid of spiders, its not even funny. :(

Imagine baby spiders coming out later...eeeeck.

[WakingDream]

I heard that on my local radio station in washington. Dont know if it was local though. He heard sounds like rice crispies in milk. snap cracle pop.

[TheAtomicPunk]

If you suffer from spiderphobia, DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING, CLOSE THE PAGE NOW!!!

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Did you know that spiders crawl into your mouth at night, drown, and you swallow them in your sleep? The average person swallows 10 spiders in their lifetime, that's not alot at all, but still, holy shit! I'm sleeping with duct tape over my mouth from now on

[werd328]

Did you know that spiders crawl into your mouth at night, drown, and you swallow them in your sleep? The average person swallows 10 spiders in their lifetime, that's not alot at all, but still, holy shit! I'm sleeping with duct tape over my mouth from now on

I think I read this as a fact on the underside of a Snapple's bottle cap.

[LuckyG]

I've had some pretty bad anxiety about spiders after I read some stupid snapple cap claiming you eat 8 spiders in your sleep in a lifetime(creepy shit). And some story my teacher read to me in the news (in like 5th grade) about some business exec who went to brazil to do some business but died in his sleep when a pincher bug crawled in his ear and ate through his brain, because they can't go backwards.

Okay, not to get you worrying, but I think that's 8 spiders per year. Don't quote me on that.