I’m a doctor — the disgusting reason why I never eat in bed
This news will have your skin — and bed — crawling.
A Singapore-based TikToker who claims he’s a general practitioner has revealed the gross reason he never snacks while lounging in bed: Cockroaches.
“Do you like eating in bed?” the GP inquired, kicking off his TikTok video that has attracted more than 64,000 views this month.
“Well, I’ve got news for you,” continued the TikToker, who goes by Samuel.
He cited a case study of a 24-year-old Chinese man who allegedly had “a habit of leaving unfinished food packets by his bedside.”
One night, he felt a sharp pain in his ear, Samuel claimed, and was rushed to the doctor by his family.
The doctor reported finding a cockroach with a growing family of 10 babies nesting in his ear canal, “crawling and scratching” and “causing a lot of discomfort.”
“Before you panic,” Samuel assured his viewers, “this is rare, but can happen to anyone in different countries.”
The Post reached out to Samuel for comment.
Entomologist Coby Schal previously told The Verge that it’s not unheard of for the pest to weasel its way into the human ear — in fact, it’s “attractive.”
“The smell that emanates from the ear is attractive to the cockroach,” Schal told the outlet in 2018.
Ear wax emits the same fermented fragrance that emulates from volatile fatty acids found in our favorite indulgences like bread, cheese and beer.
And roaches are keen on a midnight snack, making sleeping beauties an ideal target.
In the clip, Samuel showed footage of a cockroach being evacuated with hydrogen peroxide while recommending olive oil to achieve the same result.
“Do not try to use an instrument to remove the insect yourself,” he warned, while instructing viewers not to panic. “You may end up doing more harm to yourself than the insect.”
Disgusted users watched aghast, realizing their days of noshing in bed were over.
“Omg Nooooooo!!! I have this habit,” admitted one TikToker.
“This story really bugs me,” quipped another.
“Welp… Ima be wearing ear plugs now,” one person declared.
“Not me eating in my bed rn while watching this,” another user wrote.
The ear canal isn’t the only crevice the leggy insects can burrow inside.
A gynecologist in Honduras recently revealed that a curious roach found its way into a patient’s vagina.