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Subject: Blood-sucker gets up woman's nose Author: Betty [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:30:22 04/11/05 Mon A Hong Kong hiker washed her face in a freshwater stream and did not notice that a leech wormed its way into one of her nostrils, the Hong Kong Medical Journal says. Unaware she was playing host to the creature, the 55-year-old woman only consulted a doctor when her nose started bleeding intermittently about two weeks later. The unusual case occurred in 2003 but doctors highlighted it in this month's edition of the journal, where they discussed how to remove live leeches from human nasal passages using anaesthesia. The first doctor the woman saw could not find anything wrong and it was only when she visited a second doctor that he saw the five-centimetre leech protruding from her left nostril. The article says doctors only managed to remove the stubborn bloodsucker with forceps after applying anaesthesia to the woman's nose. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]