Young Girl Diagnosed with 'Full Grown' Dandelion inside Her Ear

Doctors have found a full grown dandelion inside the ear of a young girl, according to the Daily Mail.

The 16-month old girl was diagnosed by medics in Beijing, China after she was taken to the hospital crying and in serious pain. The dandelion inside her ears measured approximately two centimeters long before it was surgically removed. The girl's parents said their daughter, whom they call 'Ranran', complained about an earache for four months but they dismissed it completely. The girl started scratching her ear and upon checking, her parents saw 'something' inside.

Rattled, Ranran's parents tried everything they could to have what's inside their daughter's ear removed but to no avail. This was when they decided to just send her to the hospital. Early diagnosis confirmed that their daughter has a dandelion inside her ears which the doctors claim should have been addressed at the onset of the first complaint.

Attending doctors said the dandelion had grown into the girl's ear and had completely filled the canal wall which may have caused serious damage if it had been discovered later. "Even the slightest bit of pressure put her at risk for internal bleeding so it had to come out," said Gu Qinglong, the hospital's chief physician of otolaryngology. "The warm and humid conditions in the ear canal are likely to have encouraged the growth," the doctor added.

Ranran's case is not an isolated one. Months ago, an English woman had unexplained headaches that showed her ears were filled with flesh-eating worms she must have picked up from Peru. Last year, a woman from China who complained of excessive itching found that she had a spider living inside of her.