Dizziness, pain, hearing loss, finding bugs in a woman's ear
Jan 21, 2025
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A 21-year-old woman living in Daran, Nepal, recently visited the hospital with dizziness, vomiting, tinnitus, and right ear pain accompanied by hearing impairment, according to an example published in the international journal 'Journal of Medical Case Reports'.
As a result of the examination, inflammation was observed in the right ear canal and it was red and swollen. He also had a severe hearing loss.
Medical staff who performed endoscopy to find the cause of the disease found dead ticks embedded in the skin in the ear.
The medics said the enzyme in the mite's saliva appears to have caused inflammation, adding that a later detection could have led to side effects such as permanent hearing loss or facial paralysis", he explained.
This case was recorded as 'acute myelitis', which was inflamed by neurotoxic substances in tick saliva.
The medical staff used medical equipment such as suction to remove ticks and prescribed drug therapy including anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, steroids and prophylactic antibiotics. After that, her pain disappeared within four weeks, and her hearing recovered.
Nepal 'B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences' team that reported the case reports that the "Nepali mites usually release neurotoxins that inhibit acetylcholine, an autonomic neurotransmitter."Inhibiting acetylcholine secretion could potentially lead to shortness of breath or paralysis," he said.
On the other hand, diseases caused by ticks are called 'mite-mediated infectious diseases', including severe febrile thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), Tsutsugamushi, and Lyme disease.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
