What A Live Cockroach Was Doing In A Woman's Brain
A 42 years old woman had a live cockroach removed from inside her brain. This happened at the hospital in Stanley Medical College, India.
A report from CNN indicated that the woman had come to the hospital complaining of a headache that was accompanied by itching and difficulty in breathing. A doctor conducted an endoscopy to determine the source of her pain. At first he didn't see anything. Then he did -- the legs of some kind of creature.
"The cockroach had burrowed into the roof of the nose, almost near the skull base, which is the dividing point between the brain and the nose," Shankar said. "It was quite unusual," according to Professor MN Shankar, head of the Ear, Nose and Throat section.
The cockroach was pulled out with the help of suction machines and forceps over the course of 45 minutes. It was about an inch long and still alive. It had been in the woman's body for about 12 hours.
With the creature removed, both the headache and her respiratory problems immediately ceased.
The unusual situation, according Shankar, was potentially dangerous. He said if the cockroach had remained in the woman's head, it would have likely died and that might have caused an infection which, if it spread through the body, would've killed her.
A report from CNN indicated that the woman had come to the hospital complaining of a headache that was accompanied by itching and difficulty in breathing. A doctor conducted an endoscopy to determine the source of her pain. At first he didn't see anything. Then he did -- the legs of some kind of creature.
"The cockroach had burrowed into the roof of the nose, almost near the skull base, which is the dividing point between the brain and the nose," Shankar said. "It was quite unusual," according to Professor MN Shankar, head of the Ear, Nose and Throat section.
The cockroach was pulled out with the help of suction machines and forceps over the course of 45 minutes. It was about an inch long and still alive. It had been in the woman's body for about 12 hours.
With the creature removed, both the headache and her respiratory problems immediately ceased.
The unusual situation, according Shankar, was potentially dangerous. He said if the cockroach had remained in the woman's head, it would have likely died and that might have caused an infection which, if it spread through the body, would've killed her.
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