Shreya Darji, from Deesa, in Gujarat, western India, has around ten live ants crawl out of her ears daily, her parents say. Shreya’s problem first started as an irritation in her ear in August last year, and when she visited her local hospital, doctors found the ants inside her ear canal.
A video filmed with an endoscopic camera shows a doctor removing what appears to be dead ants from her ear.
Dr Jawahar Talsania, 58, senior Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon, in Gujarat, said:
‘We
have conducted all possible scans on the child including an MRI and CT
scan but they are all normal. We cannot find any abnormality in her
ears.
‘She doesn’t experience any kind of pain – despite the ants biting her – and no damage has been found to the eardrums.
‘The
family live a normal life and they have a healthy environment so we
can’t even blame their living conditions. We’ve not seen anything like
this in our medical history.’
Dr Jawahar explained that he has tried to even suffocate the ants with drops but they continue to breed.
‘We
don’t believe the ants are laying eggs inside the ear as we’ve not
spotted a queen ant inside. We are completely perplexed,’ he said,
adding he has already used a camera inside the ear to check for an egg
chamber.
Father Sanjay Darji, 40, who
runs a small television repair business, in Gujarat, said his daughter
would sit in school and ants often crawled out of her ear.
He’s terrified the condition is getting worse and not better.
He said:
‘I
have done everything I can. I have taken her to the best doctors but
they have failed to solve the problem. I just hope things get better.
‘I’m
worried about her future and how this will affect her studies. She is a
brilliant child and she’s already missed a lot of school.
Other
children in her school and community are teasing her and it’s already
making her feel bad. I need this problem cured as quickly as possible
before it affects her confidence in life.’
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