A patient from Bangkok, Thailand, went to a local hospital complaining of earache. As it turned out, the cause of the pain was ... a lizard, entertainmentnine.com.eu reported. 

At Rajavithi Hospital, a 25-year-old general practitioner, Varanya Nganthavee, received the patient. It was the first day of her work in this clinic.

“This was my last case of the day – I am so confused. How did a huge gecko crawl into a tiny earhole,” Dr Nganthavee posted on Facebook along with a picture of the reptilian.

The doctor pulled the lizard with tweezers and handled the wound. Concerned it might still be lodged in the patient’s ear, Dr Nganthavee consulted an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist to be on the safe side.

Doctors still do not understand how the lizard managed to penetrate the patient's ear and live there for several days. Now the health of the girl is not in danger.