Leeches have a long medical history. Here's what happens if one gets in your nose.
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Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.
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I remember reading about a kid who stuck a bean up his nose and it was only discovered after it had sprouted.
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I generally find Dr. Mole's articles amusing, yet for some weird reason I can't fathom, I was unable to avoid visualization on this one and thus suffered through the usually pleasant read.
And now I hate leeches.
And now I hate leeches.
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Aha, so we finally have an explanation for RFK Jr.'s symptoms
Edit: "Nostril Nosferatu", hah! That's amazing
Edit: "Nostril Nosferatu", hah! That's amazing
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C'mon - that is like so 10 seasons ago!
https://greysanatomy.fandom.com/wiki/Andrea_(With_or_Without_You)
Seriously? Seriously!? Seriously!!?!?
https://greysanatomy.fandom.com/wiki/Andrea_(With_or_Without_You)
Seriously? Seriously!? Seriously!!?!?
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Jeez, Beth! When people were saying we were sorry that you had to spend so much time on the current administration and public health, we didn't mean we wanted you to go all gonzo like this!
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Notices body horror headline.
Knowingly checks writers name.
Of course it's a Beth Mole article.
More please.
Knowingly checks writers name.
Of course it's a Beth Mole article.
More please.
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My father told me a story about a friend of his who as a kid once got bored while watching a movie and put M&Ms up his nose, then eventually said "I can't breathe" and he had to get nasal surgery to remove them. I forget the exact number they extracted, but it was at least six.
Almost seems weird that a story about a leech up the nose ends with "we flushed it out and the patient was fine within a week". You'd expect there to be some sort of lingering side effects or ghastly invasive procedures, but no, just suck it out and wait.
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The leech in the article image looks so friendly, like it just wants to give warm hugs.
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Was that before they introduced the slogan, "Melts in your mouth, not in your nose" ‽
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An article about a disgusting blood-sucking parasite that isn't a Republican or techbro. What a wonderful bit of fresh air
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I grew up learning to wash my face in the morning. Enjoying the cold splash of reality to wake the senses .
Morning face washes will never be the same. The realizing the cold horror that can hide in a single splash .
Thanks Dr. Mole.
Morning face washes will never be the same. The realizing the cold horror that can hide in a single splash .
Thanks Dr. Mole.
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I don't know what would be worse, a leech up the nose, or that scene from Stand by Me
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As a interesting side curiosity, leech use in modern medical care has been associated with aeromonas species bacterial infections, because even though the leeches are raised in an extremely clean environment they need to have that bacteria in their gut in order to properly digest blood, so you can't kill it, without killing the leach!
Also, it has been known to happen that leeches get lost in the wounds they are meant to be treating, many places are doing a "leech count" when removing leeches in order to make sure all the ones put in come back out again!
Also, it has been known to happen that leeches get lost in the wounds they are meant to be treating, many places are doing a "leech count" when removing leeches in order to make sure all the ones put in come back out again!
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"Once a nostril Nosferatu is finally identified..."
Well played, Dr Mole, well played.
Well played, Dr Mole, well played.
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I burst out in laughter at that, "Oh, Hello", says the Noseferatu
I happened to have a co-worker walk by my office right as I laughed and they came in demanding to know what was so funny. She got about halfway through the article at my desk, gave me a big, "NOPE" and left.
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So nice to read a Beth Mole article that is not depressing and vomit inducing.
Thank you, Dr. Mole.
Thank you, Dr. Mole.
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Yes this was a little bit odd. M&Ms, being chocolate, would dissolve in hot water.
It's not nice having hot-ish water squirted up your nose, but given the young lad who couldn't breathe was presumably intubated and stable at this point, it's much a better option than cutting his nose open.
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I did a real WTF at that part of the article. You have what you think is a blood clot that stretches from your nose to your lip when you take a shower, and that isn't a big enough problem to have it checked out ?!?
Then I realized we are dealing with humans here.
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When we say accidental, how did it happen. I see no mention of it, except for the extraction ceremony.
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Last sentence in What leeches do in the shadows:
As it turns out, the man had been mountain climbing a full 20 days prior. While out in nature, he washed his face with spring water, which likely splashed the sucker up his schnoz.
Kudos to Beth Mole for the fascinating read.
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ColdWetDog
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Cocaine used to be the anesthetic / vasoconstrictor of choice for ENT procedures. Effective, rapid acting. Well tolerated (ummm). For some reason the drug has fallen out of favor and one uses tetracaine (the anesthetic) and adrenaline (the vasoconstrictor) in a mix. There used to be an all of the above product, TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline, cocaine) where the first to ingredients supposedly made it less, umm, tolerable when misused. I haven't seen that in decades.
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Yellowstone Lake. Decade ago. No crowds. Easy parking. Kids - LEMME PLAY! Kids knee-deep. Monsters on their feet. Leeches. How many leeches? All of they. Understand no crowds and easy parking now. Kids still call it Leech Beach.
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