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Welsh woman suffering from head pain discovers spider living in her ear | Welsh woman suffering from head pain discovers spider living in her ear |
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A woman from Wales suffering from a pain in her ear asked her husband to check for signs of infection – only to discover a live spider had crawled inside. | A woman from Wales suffering from a pain in her ear asked her husband to check for signs of infection – only to discover a live spider had crawled inside. |
Victoria Price, a 42-year-old police IT trainer, started experiencing “incredible” pain after swimming in the sea at Newton Beach in Porthcawl, south Wales. | Victoria Price, a 42-year-old police IT trainer, started experiencing “incredible” pain after swimming in the sea at Newton Beach in Porthcawl, south Wales. |
“I got out of the shower [when I got home] and the pain in my ear was just incredible,” she said in a statement released by the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board. | |
“I was like Irish dancing around the bathroom. I didn't know what to do with myself. I assumed I had trapped water or I'd perforated an eardrum or something.” | “I was like Irish dancing around the bathroom. I didn't know what to do with myself. I assumed I had trapped water or I'd perforated an eardrum or something.” |
Despite the fluctuating pain and a gurgling sensation, Ms Price went to work the next day and then out for a meal with her husband Huw and their eight-year-old daughter. | |
When they arrived home, he peered inside her ear to try to find the cause of the pain. To their horror, he saw something moving inside. | |
Sarah Gaze, an emergency nurse at Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, removed the spider from Ms Price’s ear with forceps last Friday. | |
“It was very straightforward. The spider was visible in Victoria's inner ear and it came out quite easily,” said Ms Gaze. | “It was very straightforward. The spider was visible in Victoria's inner ear and it came out quite easily,” said Ms Gaze. |
“But it was alive and very wriggly. It was quite big, too. It must have been twice as big as it first looked.” | “But it was alive and very wriggly. It was quite big, too. It must have been twice as big as it first looked.” |
Ms Price is a member of Newton Lifeguard Club and swims in the sea several times a week. | |
She said she thought the furry spider had found its way into her ear after hiding in the hood of her jumper. | She said she thought the furry spider had found its way into her ear after hiding in the hood of her jumper. |
“When I went to get changed in the cabin and put my hoodie on, the spider must have been in the hood and got into my hair," she said. | “When I went to get changed in the cabin and put my hoodie on, the spider must have been in the hood and got into my hair," she said. |
“When I went into the shower the first thing it wanted to do is find somewhere warm and dry so it went into my ear. | “When I went into the shower the first thing it wanted to do is find somewhere warm and dry so it went into my ear. |
“I think the pain must have been him dancing on my eardrum and the gurgling was him moving around.” | “I think the pain must have been him dancing on my eardrum and the gurgling was him moving around.” |
Last year, special effects expert Bruce Branit fooled millions when he posted a viral video of a spider crawling out of his ear. | Last year, special effects expert Bruce Branit fooled millions when he posted a viral video of a spider crawling out of his ear. |
But unlike Ms Price’s unwelcome intruder, his turned out to be fake. | But unlike Ms Price’s unwelcome intruder, his turned out to be fake. |
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