BillsFanNC Posted April 8, 2005 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.
LabattBlue Posted April 8, 2005 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.
IDBillzFan Posted April 12, 2005 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"?
JinVA Posted April 12, 2005 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"
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 How big does your nostril have to be to get a two inch leach up there that goes unnoticed?
stevestojan Posted April 12, 2005 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...
CoachChuckDickerson Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 Larger than 2 inches... 302717[/snapback] You are the Magnum PI of TBD.
Corp000085 Posted April 12, 2005 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!
sidbuff Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 That is some FNKY stuff. I'll make sure I wont wash from a stream when I go camping
stuckincincy Posted April 12, 2005 Posted April 12, 2005 The leech has it's uses.. http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.js...id%2F5319129%2F
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