A terrified mother of three has shared the moment she realised there was a spider’s nest inside her ear.
Lucy Wild, 29, of Sale, Cheshire, discovered the horrible discovery when looking into pain and irritation in one of her ears, which she attributed to wax accumulation.
She had removed a spider that had climbed into her ear three weeks prior, and Lucy had initially thought the misery would finish with the removal of the creepy crawly.
But a ‘scratchy’ pain persisted, so the part-time teacher and content creator sent the camera—a smartbud—for another look.
Lucy describes the unsettling encounter as something out of a science fiction production, and she was surprised to see what she believed to be a spider’s nest.
Lucy first became aware of something “crackling” in her ear when she woke up in mid-October. At the time, she thought it might be wax buildup.
She said: ‘About three weeks ago, I felt crackling in my ear and just thought a bit of ear wax wanted to fall out.’
But as the feeling persisted throughout the day, she decided to look into it with her earbud camera and was startled to discover that a spider had made her ear its home.
‘I thought I’d have a look when I came home, but I didn’t press record since you wouldn’t expect a spider in your ear,’ stated Ms Wild.
“We called 111 and used warm olive oil to draw it out while I was flapping around trying to get it out.” It measured around 1 centimetre and was coated in oil, similar in size as my newborn fingernail.
Lucy thought the experience was over after receiving an antibiotic prescription, but a week later, she started experiencing ear discomfort once more.
She saw a peculiar black material covering the inside of her ear as she took another look using her Smartbud device.
Ms Wild booked an appointment with her doctor, who referred her to the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department. When they investigated, she was given the horrifying news by a specialist that it was likely to be a spider’s nest.
She explained: ‘At the ENT appointment, as soon as he saw the video and looked inside my ear, he said he’d never seen it before.
‘He said yes, it is a spider’s nest; you’ll have to deal with the pain because I need to get this out of your ear.’
So, she had to call 111 and then get antibiotics when she went to see the doctor before being referred to ENT and before anything was done. Who can see the problem with the NHS?
If this happened to me, I would probably need some sort of therapy after because I would be totally traumatised.
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