When doctors at the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences examined the woman, they discovered that she had a dead tick lodged inside her ear canal. "Examination using otoendoscopy uncovered a ...

A woman's sudden ear pain, hearing loss and dizziness turned out to have a disturbing cause: a tick infestation in her ear canal. The 21-year-old, from Dharan, Nepal, had been experiencing ...

The tick was found lodged in the skin of her left ear canal after a thorough examination by her doctors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Buried in the skin of her ear canal was a tick, according to the report. Ticks have an enzyme in their saliva that causes inflammation and, in some cases, paralysis, doctors said. Erik Karits via ...