Medical Must-See: After a month, his mask grew on him, literally
The patient became overly attached to his face covering
A US man adhered a little too well to social-distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the social-distancing measures adhered right back.
So stringent was his mask-wearing, in fact, that he left it on day and night for a month straight, with eerie consequences.
The 56-year-old Texan presented to ED with increasing bilateral ear pain, reporting he had been unable to remove the surgical mask for the past 2-3 weeks.
His medical history was significant for cocaine use, and he denied trauma or fever.
