I’m a doctor — the disgusting reason why I never eat in bed

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To Brooke Kato

June 13, 2023 | 8:25 PM

This news will make your skin and your bed tingle.

TikToker, who claims to be a Singapore-based general practitioner, has revealed the underlying reason why he never snacks while lounging in bed. It’s a cockroach.

“Do you like to eat in bed?” the doctor asked, and began his examination. TikTok video This month it has received over 64,000 views.

“Well, I have some news,” continued the TikToker called Samuel.

He cited the case of a 24-year-old Chinese man who allegedly had a “habit of leaving half-eaten food cartons by his pillow.”

Samuel said one night he felt a sharp pain in his ear and was rushed to the doctor by his family.

Doctors found cockroaches nesting in her ear canal, growing with 10 babies, and reported that they “crawled and scratched” and “caused great discomfort.”

“Before you panic,” Samuel assured viewers, “This is rare, but it can happen to anyone in a different country.”

The newspaper reached out to Samuel for comment.

Entomologist Coby Schaar once said: The Verge It’s not unheard of for this pest to use a weasel to get into the human ear, and in fact it’s “charming”.

“The odor emanating from the ears is attractive to cockroaches,” Schall told the magazine in 2018.

Earwax gives off the same fermented aroma as the volatile fatty acids found in luxury foods such as bread, cheese and beer.

Cockroaches are also keen on late-night snacks, making Sleeping Beauty an easy target.

In the clip, Samuel showed footage of cockroaches being dosed with hydrogen peroxide while recommending olive oil to achieve the same results.

“Don’t try to remove the bugs with your own tools,” he warned, instructing viewers not to panic. “You might end up doing more harm to yourself than the bugs.”

Fed up users were stunned to discover that their days in bed were over.

“Oh nooooo!!!” I have this habit,” admitted one TikToker.

“This story really pisses me off,” quipped another.

“Hmm… now I’m wearing earplugs,” declared one.

Another user wrote, “I’m not eating in bed watching this.”

The ear canal isn’t the only gap that long-legged insects can burrow into.

A Honduran gynecologist recently revealed that a curious cockroach had invaded a patient’s vagina.