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HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong woman hiker who washed her face in a freshwater stream unwittingly returned home with a leech embedded in her left nostril.
The woman did not realise anything was wrong until two weeks later when she felt there was something in her nose, the Hong Kong Medical Journal reported in its April edition.
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"This form of leech infestation has not been previously reported," it added.
The woman could have suffocated if the leech had attached itself to her larynx, the journal said.
HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong woman hiker who washed her face in a freshwater stream unwittingly returned home with a leech embedded in her left nostril.
The woman did not realise anything was wrong until two weeks later when she felt there was something in her nose, the Hong Kong Medical Journal reported in its April edition.
..........
"This form of leech infestation has not been previously reported," it added.
The woman could have suffocated if the leech had attached itself to her larynx, the journal said.