Video captured the moment of The doctor is trying to remove a giant flea in the ear of an 18-month-old boy in the clinic in Ha Nam Province, Viet Nam.
According to Dr. Tuan, The boy's mother took the boy to the clinic and said that the boy was having an earache.
After using the endoscopic device, Dr. Tuan was surprised to find a very large flea in the boy's ear. It sucked a lot of the boy's blood and became big and blocked the boy's ear canal. The flea may have been in the boy's ear for a few days.
Soon after, Dr. Tuan used tools to remove the giant flea from the boy's ear. It attacked the boy's ear and sucked a lot of blood. If not brought out in time, it can reproduce very quickly and make the boy's ears hurt badly.
Luckily the flea is not yet reproduced and it only makes the boy's Ear injured by the bite.
According to the boy's mother, the boy's family has dogs. Maybe the fleas have crawled from the dog and crawled into the boy's ear. Dr. Tuan said the family should avoid giving the boy contact with dogs with fleas on the body.
The video was filmed with the patient's permission.
Video captured on April 29. 2019 in Ha Nam province, Viet Nam.