The Strange Buzzing the Boy Heard was a Tick on His Eardrum! (Video)
by N.Morgan This is one of those stories that will be retold over and over again when tick season is approaching. David Kasle and Erik Waldman, both M.Ds., shared a story on a possible explanation. In fact, the doctors admitted a 9-year-old patient with a very particular problem. The boy, who lived in Connecticut, complained of an ear buzz which happened after something got stuck in his ear. After being hospitalized, the doctors uncovered the boy had a bug trapped inside his ear, stuck inside the air membrane. The tick caused severe inflammation in the area, which prevented the doctors from extracting the bug. As the operative microscope failed its mission, the boy had to undergo general anesthesia surgery. Fortunately, ‘After extraction of the tick, the patient had no signs or symptoms suggestive of systemic illness,’ the doctors confirmed. A Frequent Occurrence To the doctors, this type of accident is not uncommon among patients. Dr. Darius K...