The tick was found lodged in the skin of her left ear canal after a thorough examination by her doctors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Buried in the skin of her ear canal was a tick, according to the report. Ticks have an enzyme in their saliva that causes inflammation and, in some cases, paralysis, doctors said. Erik Karits via ...

When doctors at the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences examined the woman, they discovered that she had a dead tick lodged inside her ear canal. "Examination using otoendoscopy uncovered a ...

A woman's sudden ear pain, hearing loss and dizziness turned out to have a disturbing cause: a tick infestation in her ear canal. The 21-year-old, from Dharan, Nepal, had been experiencing ...