7 Horrifying Things Found Living Inside A Human Body

We’ve all heard weird things that doctors found inside patients who came into their offices complaining about weird aches and pains. Sometimes a nail has gone up the nose, or something went into the butt that was never meant to be in the body. The really and truly shocking tales are the ones told by doctors who not only found something that didn’t belong inside the human body, but that was still living when it was found. Check out this list of 7 horrifying things found living inside a human body and tell us if you were able to read through the list without wincing or even worse, gagging or shuddering.


7. Tapeworms

Of all the things on this list, tapeworms being found alive inside the human body are the most popular. There are numerous stories of these creatures being found, with some being quite large.


6. A Fish In A Bladder

A very small fish once got into an Indian boy’s bladder by entering through his penis. The fish found refuge there when the boy was cleaning the tank. Not surprisingly the fish had to be surgically removed.


5. Pea Plant In A Man’s Lungs

Ronan Svedan from Massachusetts went to his doctor complaining of a cough that would not go away. Once they ran x-rays, the docs found there was an actual pea plant growing in one of his lungs. It appears he had eaten a germinated pea, it had survived consumption and lodged in his lung. The Jolly Green Giant has nothing on Ronan.


4. Worms In An Eye

In 2010, a man named John from Iowa was having blurry vision, and kept seeing dark spots. He didn’t know what was wrong, so he went to see an ophthalmologist. The man was told that he had a parasitic worm in his eye. As if this wasn’t gross enough, the worm was starting to eat his retina.


3. Botfly Larvae In An Eye

Take a look at that little bugger. You wouldn’t even want that thing sitting on your fingertip, let alone inside your eyeball. However, a five-year-old boy in Honduras had that experience and the thing even laid eggs. The larvae had to be surgically removed.


2. Cockroach In An Ear

A man from Australia, Hendrik Helmer, was having severe ear pain, and he actually thought a spider was stuck in his ear. Upon examination it was a one-inch cockroach. After unsuccessfully attempting to have the cockroach vacuumed out of his ear he had to go to the doctor and they used a pair of tweezers..


1. Maggots In An Ear

One 92-year-old woman once found more than 57 maggots hanging out in her ear. Doctors say a fly must have gotten in her canal and laid the eggs and the insects were in that ear for at least a few days before they were found.