00:00 [Music]
00:02 Listen carefully to this story.
00:06 Because our ears are always open, an insect can enter it.
00:12 Just like what happened to Regine.
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00:20 [Music]
00:21 It has two antennas,
00:22 [Music]
00:24 three pairs of legs,
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00:29 and a body that gets smaller and smaller when it reaches the tip.
00:33 [Music]
00:36 And if it moves,
00:37 it's like a fish.
00:39 [Music]
00:45 If it's just there,
00:47 it's already scary.
00:49 [Music]
00:51 What if it bites
00:53 [Music]
00:56 your ear?
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01:02 It has gills.
01:04 It's biting my ear like it's biting me.
01:07 Then I'm screaming.
01:09 Ah! It hurts!
01:11 What kind of insect is that?
01:13 To avoid it from entering your ears,
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01:21 listen carefully.
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01:27 Regine lives here in Quezon City.
01:30 An insect entered her ear.
01:33 And Calvario started when she fell asleep outside their haunted house.
01:40 It was so hot outside that I fell asleep.
01:43 Early in the morning, she felt something different in her ear.
01:48 That's when I felt that my ear was so painful.
01:53 Then I started screaming.
01:55 The first thing I heard was, "Oh, I might have a problem."
01:59 That's when I felt that my ear was itching.
02:03 It was like it was biting me.
02:05 I was trying to cover it up.
02:07 Then I was like, "What is this?"
02:09 [Screaming]
02:13 But the pain was getting worse.
02:16 It was like it was being shot.
02:18 It was itching, it was pinching, it was biting.
02:22 So Regine asked her colleagues for help.
02:26 She put baby oil and cotton buds in the slide.
02:30 And she put it on my ear.
02:32 I started screaming.
02:33 I was about to lose my hearing because of the pain.
02:36 I was afraid that she might not hear me.
02:39 They went to the nearest clinic.
02:43 [Screaming]
02:45 Relax.
02:46 [Music]
02:48 She's so happy.
02:49 [Indistinct chatter]
02:55 And when the doctor used an otoscope,
02:59 or a camera,
03:01 to see what's inside the ear,
03:03 this is what happened.
03:05 [Indistinct chatter]
03:12 A living insect.
03:14 She had a camera that caught an insect inside my ear.
03:20 I haven't done anything yet.
03:22 This insect is called
03:24 [Music]
03:26 Silverfish.
03:27 Silverfish live in a place that is usually damp,
03:32 a little moist,
03:33 or a little dark,
03:34 or an area that is not visited by people or where there is no human activity.
03:39 If the insect or any foreign body is left inside our ear,
03:44 it can cause infection,
03:47 it can also cause hearing loss because of the ear cap.
03:52 [Music]
03:56 I was afraid that she would bomb my ear.
03:59 I might get a hearing loss.
04:01 But because that's the only way for the insect to come out,
04:05 she agreed to bomb her ear with water.
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04:16 Until the silverfish entered her ear.
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04:23 It was completely expelled.
04:25 [Music]
04:29 Is that it?
04:31 What I felt was that the insect was small,
04:35 but it was very painful.
04:37 The doctor prescribed me ear drops
04:42 to heal the pain.
04:43 After three days, the pain was gone.
04:45 My hearing was okay.
04:47 [Music]
04:48 However, it left wounds inside her ear canal.
04:53 There, it bled.
04:54 She bit it.
04:56 [Music]
04:57 There, the wound is gone.
04:59 Because it might not be able to come out,
05:02 the insect bit me.
05:04 But if an entomologist or an expert on insects will ask,
05:10 the wounds in Regine's ear are caused by the insect.
05:15 Most likely, because she was irritated by inserting a sharp object,
05:20 maybe while pulling out the silverfish.
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05:25 There, it bled.
05:27 She bit it.
05:28 [Music]
05:29 There, the wound is gone.
05:32 The silverfish will not hurt a human's skin.
05:35 We are not her preferred food.
05:38 Her preferred food is paper.
05:41 Because our ears are always open,
05:44 what should we do if an insect enters it?
05:48 Let's not turn around.
05:49 It might be more dangerous in the situation.
05:52 The object can be pushed inside.
05:54 Our eardrum can be pierced.
05:57 The insect can also be more agitated,
05:59 and it moves more and more.
06:01 The wounds that our ears can get will be more dangerous.
06:04 [Music]
06:06 We should go to the nearest clinic or ER.
06:09 For example, in places where we cannot go right away,
06:13 if the insect is still alive,
06:15 what we can do is to spray baby oil.
06:18 A little spray to immobilize the insect
06:21 and it will not be able to scratch our ear canal.
06:23 How can we avoid this problem?
06:27 We should always keep our surroundings clean.
06:30 We should avoid spreading food
06:35 that can be eaten by other insects.
06:37 I put flowers on my ears
06:39 so that when I sleep,
06:41 nothing can enter.
06:43 [Music]
06:45 It is not advisable to cover your ears with flowers.
06:49 It can also be dangerous in the situation
06:51 because the flowers, if you use them often,
06:54 they are still foreign bodies.
06:56 We should be alert to the insects that enter our ears.
07:00 Be it flies, insects, or anything else,
07:03 you should immediately go to the doctor.
07:05 [Music]
07:06 Now that the insect has been removed from Regine's ears,
07:10 Is that it?
07:12 Woo!
07:13 Her smile has reached her ears.
07:17 [Music]
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