This is hard to believe Oh and take your mind out of the gutter for those of you who thought this was something else. Link Well, Here's Your Problem Right Here, Ma'am.... 2 hours, 34 minutes ago Oddly Enough - Reuters 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.
Ha, I was sure this thread wasn't about that, but it was still the first thing I thought about that for whatever reason. :/ You gotta be pretty smart to have a leech stuck in your nose like that.
I think leaches produce an anesthetic in their saliva so its possible that it numbed her nostril enough she didn't notice.
Wouldn't you notice that you weren't breathing as well? When you looked in the mirror, couldn't you tell there was anything different? Finally, wouldn't you wonder why that troublesome booger wouldn't come out and kept wiggling and squirming? I now return you to your normal pre-lunchtime conversation...
