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The Grossest Grossness that ever Grossed!

Original post by MonkeyLuv

From YahooNews Oddly Enough:

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong hiker washed her face in a freshwater stream, not noticing that leech had wormed its way into one of her nostrils, according to the Hong Kong Medical Journal.



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 anesthesia.

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-centimeter (two-inch) leech peeking out of her left nostril.

According to the article, doctors only managed to remove the stubborn bloodsucker with forceps after applying anesthesia to the woman's nose.

'Direct removal of a live leech might be difficult because of its powerful attachment to the mucosa and its slimy and mobile body,' the journal said.


I just threw up a little in my mouth. And I'm considering sealing up my nasal passages!



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MrsTC Posted:

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that's hysterical how could you not notice that?! Did she just think it was a big boogie?
Kriss2c Posted:

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not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.

MonkeyLuv Posted:

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Posted by Kriss2c

not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.




I thought they were like slugs (which is even more heebie-jeebie inducing) that sucked blood. Do they really start as something microscopic??
nov04LIbride Posted:

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Posted by MonkeyLuv


Posted by Kriss2c

not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.




I thought they were like slugs (which is even more heebie-jeebie inducing) that sucked blood. Do they really start as something microscopic??



OMG I feel a little thing in the cheek of my mouth, do you think one could have been embedded and is now growing to its full length, making my cheek grow large and painful!?
MonkeyLuv Posted:

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Posted by nov04LIbride


Posted by MonkeyLuv


Posted by Kriss2c

not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.




I thought they were like slugs (which is even more heebie-jeebie inducing) that sucked blood. Do they really start as something microscopic??



OMG I feel a little thing in the cheek of my mouth, do you think one could have been embedded and is now growing to its full length, making my cheek grow large and painful!?



I don't know, but I've blown my nose about a dozen times since reading that story!
Butterflybride Posted:

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Posted by MonkeyLuv


Posted by Kriss2c

not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.




I thought they were like slugs (which is even more heebie-jeebie inducing) that sucked blood. Do they really start as something microscopic??



I thought they were more like slugs too, which makes the vision in my head even more gross now. Have you ever stepped on a slug barefoot? It's probably the nastiest feeling in the world! Could you imagine feeling that feeling in your nostril ?
MrsTC Posted:

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Posted by Butterflybride


Posted by MonkeyLuv


Posted by Kriss2c

not for nothing, but aren't they like bugs in the sense that they grow from something microscopic the more they feed, if that is the case - then she would not have felt it at the time she washed her face, but should have felt it sooner than it becoming two inches in length.




I thought they were like slugs (which is even more heebie-jeebie inducing) that sucked blood. Do they really start as something microscopic??



I thought they were more like slugs too, which makes the vision in my head even more gross now. Have you ever stepped on a slug barefoot? It's probably the nastiest feeling in the world! Could you imagine feeling that feeling in your nostril ?



YES I have once when I was a kid I stepped on a slug barefoot... I remember it vividly to this day!

My mom always used to 'salt' them and I would feel bad when they shrank
MonkeyLuv Posted:

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Posted by Butterflybride

I thought they were more like slugs too, which makes the vision in my head even more gross now. Have you ever stepped on a slug barefoot? It's probably the nastiest feeling in the world! Could you imagine feeling that feeling in your nostril ?



YES I have once when I was a kid I stepped on a slug barefoot... I remember it vividly to this day!

My mom always used to 'salt' them and I would feel bad when they shrank



Me too, when I was 5!! I ran to my mother, who was on her way to work and running late, and she said 'Well, I guess we'll have to cut your foot off.' I answered with a blood-curdling shriek.
brooklynbridezilla Posted:

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Monkey, you are too funny!!!!! i am cracking up.
EireBride-to-Be Posted:

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OMG I'm going to be sick.

Thats disgusting.

How did she not FEEL that?
Kriss2c Posted:

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Ok I looked it up.... I now know way more than I ever needed to about leeches...

They do start out small, but not microscopic.
leeches



It turns out a man from the woman's camping trip had the same thing CBS News
MonkeyLuv Posted:

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Kriss2c... I have never been so squicked in all my life...

the pictures of the jaws... they can stretch 200cm... and the other guy with the nose-leech... and it could have suffocated them by traveling to their voicebox!!!

I'm going to go home and take a 3 hour shower, and I'll probably scrub my skin with lye.
Kriss2c Posted:

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I hear you on that..... brings a whole new appreciation for chlorine, doesn't it?

MonkeyLuv Posted:

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Posted by Kriss2c

I hear you on that..... brings a whole new appreciation for chlorine, doesn't it?



Yes!!

And I can't stop blowing my nose!!

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