A Mexican child was forced to receive medical care after an unusual incident on the beach, when a crab got into his ear. The moment was recorded by her mother, the influencer and fashion designer Kitzia Miter, and shared in her social networks, where the video has reached a great impact.
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Pedro, a child who had spent a day on the beach with his family, began to complain about discomfort shortly after returning from the sea. The little one said he felt something moving inside his ear, which caused his mother’s concern. Immediately, Kitzia Miter, who has 591,000 followers in Tiktok, took him to a nearby health center for a doctor to evaluate his situation.
A Mexican child suffered an incident on the beach when a crab got into his ear. Photo:Ig @kitziamitre
The unexpected diagnosis
Upon arriving at the health center, doctors confirmed that what caused the inconvenience was not a simple strange object, but a living crab that had been introduced into their ear. This revelation stunned the mother, who documented the process of extraction of the animal.
The video, published on September 7, shows the exact moment in which a health professional withdraws to the crab from Pedro’s ear. In the recording, the child, visibly scared, asks: “Am I going to be blind?”, While his mother reassures him. In the shot, the crab is observed walking on the stretcher after being extracted.
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The video has reached more than 22 million views on platforms such as Tiktok, becoming a viral phenomenon that surprised social networks users.
The video shows the extraction of the crab by a doctor Photo:Ig @kitziamitre
Reactions and comments on social networks
The publication unleashed a wave of reactions among Internet users, who shared their own experiences related to strange incidents in the ears. “Once I got a cockroach in my ear; it was horrible. It feels to move; it is very painful and uncomfortable,” said a user.
For his part, Kitzia Miter, who also directs a travel channel on YouTube, expressed his surprise: “A new fear unleashed … A crab got into Pedro’s ear … it is very unlikely that something like this happened, but it happened.” He also took the opportunity to make a joke: “No crab was injured during the realization of this video.”
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Although the incident was terrifying for Pedro, everything remained in a curious anecdote that did not happen to adults. However, both the child and his mother will be marked by this rare event, which will remain a matter of conversation on social networks for some time.
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