A doctor in Lục Ngạn, northern Vietnam, removed a venomous insect from inside a woman's ear.

Footage shows the doctor use medical equipment to pull the worm out from the woman's ear canal.

Doctor Hoat said that the woman came to his clinic claiming something was attacking her ear.

He later found the worm wriggling around inside her ear canal and removed it.

The woman's ear will return to normal after several days of treatment.

This footage was filmed with the patient's permission on May 1.

Video captured the moment of The doctor removes the giant worm that is attacking the woman's ear in Bac Giang, Vietnam.

According to the doctor, Dr Hoat said the woman came to her clinic, and said an animal was attacking her ear while she was sleeping.
After using the endoscopic device, the doctor suddenly discovered a giant worm was trying to attack the woman's ear canal. On the worm's body there were spikes that were piercing her ear canal and causing her pain.

The doctor quickly tried to bring the worm out of the woman's ear.
The woman's ear canal was damaged when the worm attacked, the doctor said. This was a venomous worm that if it goes deep inside it will seriously damage a woman's ear canal.

The woman was surprised when the doctor picked the living worm out of her ear canal. She said that while she was sleeping, she suddenly felt pain in her ears and immediately went to the hospital.
The doctor said that this was the first time he had picked a worm out of a patient's ear canal.

It will take the woman several days of treatment for the ear canal to return to normal

The video was filmed with the patient's permission.