I’m A Doctor And You’ll Never See Me Enjoying A Snack In Bed: Here’s Why Eating Where You Sleep Is Dangerous
- Dr Sam from Singapore says ‘don’t eat in bed’
- He says it invites roaches to live in your ears
A doctor has revealed exactly why you should never eat in bed, astounding thousands of his followers.
Dr. Sam, from Singapore, loves gross medical stories and explained that eating in the bedroom makes you the perfect candidate for a German cockroach infestation.
And he doesn’t mean “your house.”
TikTok’s famous doctor explained that the little cockroaches are attracted to the smell of earwax and love nothing more than to live in a warm, moist environment, such as the ear canal.
All they need is food. And if you eat in bed, the leftovers will be enough.
Dr. Sam has revealed why he doesn’t eat in bed
“The cockroaches use it as a base to look for food at midnight,” the doctor explained.
He told the story of a 24-year-old man from China who had a family of ten cockroaches in his ear.
The young man “had a habit of leaving unfinished food packages by his bedside,” the doctor explained.
One night he woke up with a sharp pain in his ear.
When his family took a closer look, they were shocked to see a cockroach peeking at them.
“It caused a lot of discomfort because it was crawling and scratching inside,” he said.
He explained that the ear canal is the perfect home for insects, especially cockroaches
The doctor said it’s important never to try to remove the cockroach yourself – because you could do more harm than the insect.
Instead, you should always have the bug or family of bugs removed by a doctor.
Dr. Sam added that other bugs can also make a home in your ear and there are similar medical stories from many different countries.
His post left his fans disturbed and certainly with a “new fear unlocked.”
“I will sleep with earplugs from now on,” said a shocked woman.
“This inspired my fear of sleeping without a blanket over my head,” one person added.
Other people said they had bugs in their ears.
“I had a fly in my ear when I was six, it hurt a lot,” said one woman.
Dr. Sam is a family doctor specializing in skin care and family health. But his TikTok feed focuses on disgusting medical mysteries and “unlocking fears.”