our helper was picking up clothes and a bug literally went down her ear.
When I reached home she was in a state of complete panic as it was buzzing non-stop and described it like a helicopter noise.
i took her to a clinic nearby and they couldn't remove it so we went to a hospital.
The doctor actually laughed and did not believe her - he had a look and there it was.
He called the experts at ENT and they suggested mineral oil and low and behold the bug was removed.

I had never heard about this ever happening before.
Never use a Qtip either.

nt

Pushes it down and if you don't remove it in 24 hours, it will lay eggs and start destroying the ear drum - maggots can then crawl out of the ear.

I remember some horror stories with bees coming out of a person's mouth (King?) but not wasps. In any case

I was waiting for a friend at the hospital last week and saw the evening gossip newspaper.

Now since my helper had that crisis with the bug in her ear, I paid attention to this story.

http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20120712/news/news1.html
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A young mother who had been thrilled by the birth of her son three weeks ago lost jubilance on Monday after it was discovered that one of the child's ear had been infested with maggots.

The 24-year-old told THE STAR that the disturbing incident has left her uneasy.

According to woman, who hails from Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew, the insects were discovered while the child was sucking on her breast.

She recalled, "When I finish bathe him and was breastfeeding him I saw two maggots crawl out and I box them out and bawl out and him father came and pick it up and put it in a clear plastic bag. I was frightened so I box it out."

THE STAR understands that following the discovery the child was taken to the Bustamante Hospital for Children in St Andrew where he has been admitted since.

"While I was there waiting I saw three more crawl out and then them tek him to the ears specialist. Dem look inside him ears and say dem didn't see anymore," the mother said.

The incident she claims has left even the doctors astonished.

That would be what I would try...

Oil and the best one is mineral oil and then helping the dead bug out with tweezer or the mini vacuum.

Funny when we were discussing it with a neighbor, she told us she saw an episode of Emergency Room with a similar bug incident and they did use mineral oil. I had never heard about this happening until it happened to our helper. This now makes three plus the one my neighbor mentioned. A real case of 'shit' happens.

they eat wasps - think so anyway.

The bug flew into her ear while we were camping out. She went to the ER the next day and they removed the bug. A few days after that, she was still feeling some discomfort in her ear and went back to the Dr. They found the egg case, which was moving due to the little buggers getting ready to hatch.

They can destroy the eardrum.
When camping make sure you use the repellant on your ears.
Didn't she suffer from the buzz from the bug? That nearly drove Marj crazy and I'm serious.

It could only be an improvement.

I heard a buzzing near my ear.

I didn't smack my ear but I instinctively brushed my hand past my ear to shoo it off but the "wasp" stung just inside my ear but fortunately it didn't go in.

I don't know for certain that it was a wasp, having never seen it.

Thanks for the thread, CTyankee.

in all the frantic flailing about and splashing I never actually saw it again.

So I have no confirmation it ever came out.

This has been responsible for more than one sleepless night.

Hydrogen peroxide to bubble an ant out of my ear. I was at a ten day Vepashna meditation course, and we were not allowed to speak.

I had to tell our instructor. It drove me crazy hearing that thing march around on my ear drum.

got sucked into the window of the van and went straight into my ear. i had no idea what it was and instinctively tried to get it out. needless to say, the little bugger stung me, though it wasn't too deep. the itching the following day was the worst. i hadn't been stung since then, till last weekend when i was stung on two seperate occasions while out riding my motorcycle. fortunately, those stings were on my arm.

myself and once on one my kids. If the bug is in your ear, and you can hear it buzzing around in there, the baby oil will kill it, then it isn't as difficult to remove using a q-tip or tweezers (very carefully). It is un-nerving to have an insect in your ear-

Damn!

wtf the thudding was against my ear drum. it didn't hurt and of course it didn't sting. I finally went to the doc's and he peered in my ear and there was this moth fluttering desperately. He flushed it out. Don't ask me how the moth survived for several days in my ear, I haven't a clue. The doc said, the moth must have gotten in my ear while I was sleeping.

I'm amazed at the number of stories about this happening.

Freaky! Yes, "Wrath of Kahn" is what you think of first!

I had this cool syringe with a curved tip that I got from my vet for dispensing meds to my rabbit. It's got a huge reservoir. I filled it with warm water & tipped my ear toward the sink & flushed the little fucker out.

It's really creepy.

I promise I won't do it again...

Thank you, malaise!

They are evil incarnate. And don't get me started about yellow jackets.

The barking drove me crazy until it was removed.

Luckily, it was a male and there were no eggs.

'ear pug'

Nuk nuk nuk nuk

If it's Uncle Ben's rice or Ramen Noodles I'm gonna lose it!

1) When I was about 5 years old, I was sitting on my tricycle at grandmas house and a bee landed on my forehead. Not knowing what to do, I smacked it against my forehead. And this drove the stinger straight into my forehead. I ran inside crying. I learned to never do THAT again.

2) A few years later, again at her house, a bee landed on my cheek. I did not hit it, but I did begin to try and call my grandmother for help. But I did so while trying to not move my face in any way. So when she saw me, and could tell I was calling for her, she was confused as to why I was not moving at all. And all I was saying is "Gram .. Help", over and over. Finally she came over and saw the bee, and shewed it away.

3) While in graduate school, I lived in a dump apartment. One day I went to open a window. SO I pulled up the blind, and then reached for the window lock. Hiding behind the window lock was a black Hornet. It buzzed up, and I punched it. And in doing so, yes, I killed it, but I also broke the window, and I received a nice cut (no stitches) on my knuckles.

A gazillion years ago a bug flew into the ear of one of the girls at our Girl Scout weekend overnight outing. Our troop leader held a flashlight to her ear and the bug, attracted to the light, crawled out. Twenty years later I was camping with a friend at a music festival and a bug flew into her ear. I remembered the Girl Scout experience, grabbed a flashlight and held it against her ear and again the bug was attracted to the light and crawled out. This may only work with those nighttime bugs that flutter around lights.

but with a moth.