Doctors find a cockroach in a woman’s VAGINA in Honduras
Doctors Find Cockroach in VAGINA of Woman Who Went to Hospital Complaining of ‘Extremely Strange’ Sensation in Her Genitals
A woman had a cockroach removed from her vagina after going to the doctor complaining of an “extremely strange” feeling in her genitals.
The patient, whose name has not been released, came to the clinic in Honduras complaining of feeling “extremely restless, agitated and sweaty.”
She also hadn’t been able to sleep the night before and said it felt like there was something “extremely strange” in her vagina.
Doctors were stunned when an examination revealed the dead bug inside her.
A woman who went to the doctor complaining of itchy genitals was told it had a cockroach in it (stock image)
Dr. Marco Calix, a gynecologist in Honduras, led the patient’s care
It was immediately removed and the woman was able to be discharged after checking for injuries.
Medics who treated the woman in Tegucigalpa, the country’s capital, said they had previously encountered condoms and sex toys in patients’ genitals
But they were “very frightened” when they saw the insect – a first for the hospital.
Dr. Marco Calix, a gynecologist who cared for the patient, said: ‘[The woman] said she had something unusual in her vagina.
“When I inserted the speculum, I saw that it was an insect. Actually, I had to take out something like a cockroach.’
A speculum is a device used by doctors to look inside parts of the body, such as a vagina.
It was unclear how the cockroach got into the woman’s body or how long it had been there.
But Dr. Calix said the woman was from a “rural area” and was already dead when the insect was removed.
A number of cases of bugs becoming trapped in humans are reported each year, with doctors at an Alabama hospital saying they treat up to five cases a year.
But this is normally in areas like the ears.
It’s extremely rare for a cockroach — the most common insect that experts say gets into a person — to be seen in a person’s vagina.
Insects that get into the body can be dangerous because they can scratch sensitive tissue, such as in the vagina or ear, and cause infection.
Warning signs of trouble are pain or swelling at the affected site.
Dr. Calix added that, with vaginas, insects that get stuck in them can cause abnormal or foul-smelling discharge, bleeding, swelling or a rash.
It comes after a woman in Vietnam who went to the doctor complaining of hearing buzzing was found to have a mosquito in her ear.
She came to the clinic in Dien Bien province with the complaint.
Doctors examined with a small camera and found that there was a mosquito in her ear canal.
It was a nasty shock to the woman, who had no idea, but she quickly had it removed to avoid ear damage.
In 2019, doctors used long, thin tweezers to extract the insect. They said the bugs can easily fly into someone’s ear.