Adana boy sees specialist who pulls 14 live wriggling MAGGOTS out of his ear canal

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Mehmet Elmaz was taken to hospital because of pain caused by earache
A specialist pulled out several live maggots from the schoolboy's ear canal
Doctors are now investigating how the fly larvae got into Mehmet's ear

Published: 11:19 EST, 27 October 2016 | Updated: 05:06 EST, 28 October 2016

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Doctors were horrified when they discovered a young boy complaining of an earache had been living with maggots inside his ear canal.

Mehmet Elmaz, from the city of Adana in southern Turkey, was taken to hospital because the pain from the earache was so severe he could not sleep.

The seven-year-old put up with the problem for ten days - and when he was taken to see a specialist, 14 live maggots were found harvesting inside his ear.

Specialist Dr Cagri Derici pictured looking inside Mehmet's ear to find the source of the problem

Mehmet Elmaz was taken to hospital because the pain from the earache was so severe he could not sleep - and doctors were horrified with what they found

One had rooted itself so deeply, it had to be removed surgically.

The youngster was taken to the Adana Research and Training Hospital by his father, also called Mehmet Elmaz, to find the cause of his agonising earache.

Specialist Dr Cagri Derici used an otoscope - an instrument used for examining the eardrum - to look inside the ear and find the source of the problem.

But he said he 'could not believe' what he saw.

Inside was a wriggling maggot which he pulled out using a pair of medical tweezers.

Upon further examination, he pulled some 13 live maggots from Mehmet's ear.

A 14th maggot was stuck between the bones of his ear and had to be removed through surgery.

A 14th maggot was stuck between the bones of his ear and had to be removed through surgery

The youngster was taken to the Adana Research and Training Hospital by his father, also called Mehmet Elmaz, to find the cause of his agonising earache

When he was taken to see a specialist, 14 live maggots were found harvesting inside his ear

Mr Elmaz said his son had been continually scratching his ear and complaining about the pain

Mr Elmaz said his son had been continually scratching his ear and complaining about the pain.

He said: 'I asked him what was going on, and he said his ear was itching, that something inside was moving. I checked his ear but I couldn't see anything.

'The next day he said it was hurting and itching even more. He was constantly holding his ear so we brought him to the hospital.

'Thank God for the doctors who immediately took care of him and found the worms.'

Dr Derici said the youngster was recovering well, but the hospital was keen to investigate how the maggots, which were fly larvae, had ended up in his ear in the first place.