Please read the story below!
A little boy died because surgeons found ants in his brain! Apparently this boy fell asleep with some sweets in his mouth or with some sweet stuff beside him. Ants soon got to him and some ants in fact crawled into his ear which somehow managed to go to his brain. When he woke up, he did not realize that ants had gone to his head. After that, he constantly complained about itchiness around his face. His mother brought him to a doctor, but the doctor could not figure out what was wrong with him. He took an X-ray of the boy and to his horror, he found a group of live ants in his skull. Since the ants were still alive, the doctor could not operate on him because the ants were constantly moving around. The boy finally died.
Please is this possible? Kindly give a detailed explanation of your answer.
2007-06-04 20:48:51 · 10 answers · asked by nicechap 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No. It makes for a nice story but it cannot happen. There is no way to get into the brain through the ear. Even if you eat through the ear drum there are many other impassable anatomical barriers in the way.
There are no sensory nerves inside the skull so there would not have been any itching sensation.
Ants would not show up on an X ray.
There are no free passages to move around inside the skull. and no source of oxygen.
2007-06-05 03:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Vinay K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is highly unlikely. Ants could not dig a tunnel through the skull and into the brain. They would eventually strike a blood vessel or some other fluid and be drowned. Nerve cells may go from the ear canal into the brain but the ear canal does not.
2007-06-04 20:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know how much credibility I would give that story. Could you provide a link to where you found it from?
Also, I cant imagine how they can figure out that there were ants in his brain using an X-ray. I dont think it will show up that easily. Unless of course, there was an absolutely huge number of ants.
2007-06-04 20:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by TheAnswer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're able to't, as your suggestions is indoors a hollow section. besides the certainty that, the lightheadedness might prefer to be utilising certainty your inner ear canal is likewise to blame on your stability. inner ear infections, could make you experience dizzy. so in all danger having some element in there might prefer to as properly.
2017-01-10 13:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not possible. Ants could not survive inside a cranium, for lack of oxygen.
2007-06-04 20:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eww that really is scary... i dont think im gonna be able to get to sleep tonite now...but i remember seeing this tv show like the Twilight Zone or something where this one guy wanted to murder this other guy so he hired some one to stick this type of worm in the other guys ear at nite while he was sleeping...then the worm ate through the guys head into his brain and laid eggs in there...so yea i think maybe it really could happen...
2007-06-04 21:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by Gold Digger 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not possible.
There's not enough oxygen in the brain for ants to survive.
2007-06-04 20:55:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol, amazing what rumors can be spread on the net
2007-06-04 21:04:50 · answer #8 · answered by Leo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this story sounds so scary, but i don't think its possible either.
2007-06-04 20:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by [.CoNsTanTLy.CoNFuZZeD.] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ewww...that's quite scary...fortunately I don't eat sweets
2007-06-04 20:51:35 · answer #10 · answered by Moral Kiosk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋