BillsFanNC Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Leech! HONG KONG - Doctors have removed a 5cm bloodsucking leech from the nose of a Hong Kong woman, a news report said on Friday. The leech is believed to have entered the 55-year-old woman’s nose and lived there for three weeks after she washed her face in a freshwater stream infected with leeches while hiking. She began suffering from nose bleeds and blockages but a private doctor who examined her failed to spot the leech, the South China Morning Post reported. The woman went to an accident and emergency unit when the nose bleeds continued and the leech slid out of her nose then crawled back in while she was being examined, the newspaper said. Doctors eventually removed the leech by applying anaesthetic to her nose which made the leech go rigid. It was pulled off with forceps. Dr. Ron Mexico, who treated the woman, said the leech could have dug deeper into her nose and even carried on into her lungs if it had not been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 good job, Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Leech!The woman went to an accident and emergency unit when the nose bleeds continued and the leech slid out of her nose then crawled back in while she was being examined, the newspaper said. 299603[/snapback] If Dr. Mexico wasn't checking out the eye candy in the next bed over, the leech would not have had the chance to get back up her nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! That really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo in Pa Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7426103/?GT1=6428 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 According to the article, doctors only managed to remove the stubborn bloodsucker with forceps after applying anaesthesia to the woman’s nose.Why do I have this flashing memory of an Arnold Schwarzenegger flick? "Total Recall"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinVA Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Why do I have this flashing memory of an Arnold Schwarzenegger flick? "Total Recall"? 302699[/snapback] Probably for the same reason I have a flashing memory of "Groundhog Day" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 How big does your nostril have to be to get a two inch leach up there that goes unnoticed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 How big does your nostril have to be to get a two inch leach up there that goes unnoticed? 302706[/snapback] Larger than 2 inches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Larger than 2 inches... 302717[/snapback] You are the Magnum PI of TBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 You are the Magnum PI of TBD. YOU FOOL! Now we'll have to look at tom selleck (sp?) as his avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidbuff Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 That is some FNKY stuff. I'll make sure I wont wash from a stream when I go camping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 The leech has it's uses.. http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.js...id%2F5319129%2F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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