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| Woman finds three-inch leech in nose after South East Asia trip | Woman finds three-inch leech in nose after South East Asia trip |
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| A backpacker found a 3in (7.5cm) leech that had been living up her nose for a month after a trip to South East Asia. | A backpacker found a 3in (7.5cm) leech that had been living up her nose for a month after a trip to South East Asia. |
| Daniela Liverani, 24, from Edinburgh, had been having nosebleeds for weeks but put them down to a burst blood vessel from a motorbike crash. | Daniela Liverani, 24, from Edinburgh, had been having nosebleeds for weeks but put them down to a burst blood vessel from a motorbike crash. |
| Ms Liverani was having a shower last Thursday when she was realised the dark shape wriggling in her nose was actually an animal. | Ms Liverani was having a shower last Thursday when she was realised the dark shape wriggling in her nose was actually an animal. |
| Hospital staff used forceps and tweezers to remove the parasite. | Hospital staff used forceps and tweezers to remove the parasite. |
| Ms Liverani believes she picked up the leech in Vietnam or Cambodia, but even when she felt it moving up and down her nostril, she thought it was a blood clot. | Ms Liverani believes she picked up the leech in Vietnam or Cambodia, but even when she felt it moving up and down her nostril, she thought it was a blood clot. |
| She told BBC Radio Scotland: "Your initial reaction isn't to start thinking, oh God, there's obviously a leech in my face." | She told BBC Radio Scotland: "Your initial reaction isn't to start thinking, oh God, there's obviously a leech in my face." |
| It was when Ms Liverani was in the shower that the leech's presence was most noticeable. | It was when Ms Liverani was in the shower that the leech's presence was most noticeable. |
| She said: "Obviously my nasal passages would open up because of the steam and the heat and the water, and it would come out quite far, about as far as my lip. | She said: "Obviously my nasal passages would open up because of the steam and the heat and the water, and it would come out quite far, about as far as my lip. |
| "So I could kind of see it out of the corner of my eye but still didn't think it was a worm because it just looked like a blood clot. | "So I could kind of see it out of the corner of my eye but still didn't think it was a worm because it just looked like a blood clot. |
| "On Thursday I jumped out the shower and I unsteamed the mirror and I had a proper good look, and I could see little ridges on him." | "On Thursday I jumped out the shower and I unsteamed the mirror and I had a proper good look, and I could see little ridges on him." |
| That was the moment when Ms Liverani realised she was housing a parasite. | That was the moment when Ms Liverani realised she was housing a parasite. |
| 'Strange situation' | 'Strange situation' |
| She went to accident and emergency where doctors removed "Mr Curly" - as Ms Liverani nicknamed the leech - with forceps and tweezers. | She went to accident and emergency where doctors removed "Mr Curly" - as Ms Liverani nicknamed the leech - with forceps and tweezers. |
| "The doctors did a great job, hats off to them, because obviously they don't see something like that every day", she added. | "The doctors did a great job, hats off to them, because obviously they don't see something like that every day", she added. |
| "They did what they could in a strange situation while trying to keep their cool." | "They did what they could in a strange situation while trying to keep their cool." |
| Ms Liverani then took the leech home for the night, at the doctors' suggestion. However, Mr Curly did not live to see another day. | Ms Liverani then took the leech home for the night, at the doctors' suggestion. However, Mr Curly did not live to see another day. |
| "He's in an Edinburgh City Council bin," said Ms Liverani. "He's probably long gone by now. I boiled him first." | "He's in an Edinburgh City Council bin," said Ms Liverani. "He's probably long gone by now. I boiled him first." |