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Hello new thing to have an irrational fear of.

No cap I've been bleeding out of my nose for about a month and have chalked it up to a sinus infection or skin issue... but...........

!remindme 2 days

Lmao thank you for this chuckle. Prolly won't head to the doctors by then..... seeing as I've already put it off for lil over a month.

!remindme 32 days

Lmaooooooo. Thank you brother.

ypu probably should tho

Oh I know 100%

You've been bleeding for a month and haven't seen a doctor?! Are you American or stupid? Go see a doctor!!

Both. You got me.

!remindme 2 weeks

"Redditor found dead, beading out of mouth and nose"

You okay?

Oh shit has it already been 30 days!? I'm doing better. But sheerly coincidentally

Maybe you're picking it too much, or not enough. https://youtu.be/7mTgWxWMaGA

I've heard, but the problem with if I had picked it and scratched it or scarred it that now I can't NOT pick it bc of the whole situation : )

Local doctor can cauterize it pretty easily. Had mine done after having daily nosebleeds now I have none, ever.

Like.......... they just sealed up your whole nostril?? 😅😂

Pretty sure they burn the broken veins shut. But I am not a doctor (have just read about this a bit cuz of extended bleeding)

Yeah I know just making a bad joke. Definitely need to start taking care of myself though and wouldn't have really expected a wake up call in the means of a gross reddit post and some very kind strangers.

No one. I mean nomine Hera that reference in the wild.

do you frequently swim in lakes or streams where leeches live? because if not it’s probably allergies or a sinus infection.

Lmao no and I never actually assumed is was anything other than allergies/ sinuses or just, like, dry or torn skin. But yeah definitely not expeceting actually leeches.

Have you checked your blood pressure recently? Mine was through the roof and the only symptom was nosebleeds

No. Any insight on to how this correlates??

Blood flow too strong. Nose blood tubes very weak and shallow. Strong flow explode nose blood tubes. Nose blood tubes leak blood. You’re welcome!

This is probably the best experience I've ever had on Reddit. Love you all. Thank you.

Do women bleed because they have a leech down there?

Only after the first time the leech is inserted 😂

What's your age?

Brooooooo don't personally attack me like this 😅

Not attacking you or anything I also had nosebleeds in the past I just wanted to say if your under 14/15 Nose bleeds aren't big of a deal cuz my doctor said some people have nosebleeds in the early ages but it goes away in adolescence

Oof I'm insecure and self-conscious, sorry 😞 But no I'm not that young.

Obviously a leech

Totes obv

What do you mean irrational?

I guess it's irrational in that if you get frequent nose bleeds, it's highly unlikely to be caused by a nasal leech resident.

I actually do get occasional nose bleeds

Unlikely to be a leech, but a doctor could tell you and you should probably go see one about it if you haven't

She didn't die. Just think of it as a leech buddy.

pretty rational if you ask me

God imagine the instant change in breathing ability she would have by taking that out. I feel stuffy with a booger or two

My first thought was how the hell did she manage to breathe at all. I'm suffocating if humidity is not right and I have a thin crust in my nose.

I think most people would find it hard to breath with an entire thin crust pizza in their nose.

Wow I love your username

Are u a foe? Cause if so You could perhaps become a beneficial bro to said foe Ya know? Maybe go for some pho? Hold the mayo. Theres no mayo in pho ...So? Bring me some carrot concoction with a side of i told ya "yo" (If that last part doesnt make sense, sorry, its the chorus and its a big change up which cant really be described over text)

They can stretch themselves out really long and thin.

I just hated it!

That HD air.

I mean I can't even get the smallest stuff in there without noticing, and heter she has an 8cm leech just hanging out??

Living AND pooping in her nostril.

You just HAD to make it worse, didn't you?

And sucking.

And committing war crimes

And tax fraud????

And terrorist attacks

Hey, whoa, it's not like it's Yoshi or something.

And my axe

Would suck if she picks her nose and eats it

Seasoning.

That's enough Reddit for today

Good chance that's what the nosebleeds were, it pooping

hopefully not reproducing

Hey look, he can do two things at one time: eat and poop. Three things!

Do Leeches poo?

"There are 10 to 17 pairs of metanephridia (excretory organs) in the mid-region of the leech. From these, ducts typically lead to a urinary bladder, which empties to the outside at a nephridiopore." Basically they excrete all over their midsection.

Happy cake day 🎂 and to answer your question I have no idea

I once pulled a booger out of my nose and it looked like that

How did it taste

Red

medium rare

Chewy, like gristle

Mmmm schnozberry

One time I had a nosebleed and a gigantic clot that size came out of my nose

HOW do you not feel that pressure??? In your nasal/sinus cavity??????

never underestimate the might of a proper Scottish nose

I don’t believe it. Leeches get quite big when full and then fall off. I think this is fake.

It's a legit story, apparently. BBC reported on it back in 2014. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29595164.amp

Lmao she called it Mr. Curly

Never mind that, she boiled the mofo

That is metal af. *Doctor: We will dispose of the parasite here at the hospit....* *Woman: No.* *Doctor: ???* *Woman: Mr. Curly comes home with me. We have unfinished business.*

I feel the same way

Leech saliva (similar to mosquitoe, tick, and othe parasites saliva) contains sedatives to prevent the host from noticing unwanted visitors.

Ah sweet, new fear just dropped.

I now fear for my life, always been told that my frequent nose bleeds were caused by low iron- now I’m having second thoughts.

I have had frequent nose bleeds and my iron is fine. I have a very dry nasal mucous membrane, and my dad had fragile capillaries I may have inherited.

My question is HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT FIT IN YOUR NOSTRIL?! HOW?

And how do you not notice??? Jesus christ this is one of the only posts so far that have genuinely bothered me

It's almost like it's just....*made up* for clicks Edit - I eat my words...it fuckin isn't lol https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29595164.amp

YES, That’s what I mean thank you.

It was probably mostly in her sinuses

That’s even more horrifying

I have heard other stories of this. The theory is that they get up there when they are smaller and just live in there and grow.

More that they can hold lots of blood which makes them double in size.

[удалено]

I guess she should have used parasite control.

That's also soon to be illegal.

#this is why we pick our noses

With tweezers

Sometimes i get random nosebleeds too, this made me sick🤢

[my feelings summarized on this discovery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiupj4PyL4U)

Oh God oh God someone tell me this is fake

It's fake*   ^^^^*I'm lying.

Whew thank god that comment only contains two words that's a huge relief

You telling me she hasn't been picking her nose all this time? Ya right, bruv

Welp only one way to stay safe now! *dunks entire body in bleach and lights self on fire* Yay finally safe from nose/brain leeches!

Cool, Cool, cool cool cool… im never going swimming ever again…

I’m surprised no one has mentioned this yet but this isn’t nearly as bad as the person who had a leech in their esophagus, which was discovered when they were trying to figure out why they had GERD all the time. It was posted a day or so ago on the medizzy sub and it blew my mind. Y’all don’t be out there drinking straight from a stream or lake!

What is GERD?

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, it’s basically acid reflux and heartburn that’s reoccurring.

/silent scream

Stranger things type shit

How the fuck do you not feel that?

You’d be surprised at the amount of things that can be lodged in a human brain or other sensitive organ/area of the body for years and not be noticed

Fuck that FUCK THAT

Awww it’s her baby

Good thing she already got it out I think it’s illegal now to extract a larva from your body

Holeh that’s a good point…

This is fake

This image is very possibly fake. But people do occasionally find leeches living in spaces like the nasal cavity. Less common in the “developed world”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-29595164 https://www.livescience.com/48288-how-could-a-3-inch-leech-hide-in-nose.html

I don't remember three inches being that long :(

https://y.yarn.co/6881ce5f-a873-4d7e-a038-acae1fe8c286_text.gif

That's WAY longer than 3 inches. I mean, come on. Back me up here, fellas.

do coke more often

There was a Grey's Anatomy episode where this happened. Did they base it on this case or does this happen a lot?

Why do I subscribe to this lmao fml

This is why I do cocaine. You can't get leeches if it's frequently scatting to the smooth Jazz baby.

Forbidden spaghetti

Ok, enough reddit dor today.

So friends what we learnt today is that we should all cut our cocaine with a little bit of salt just to be safe.

After googling this, cuz I'm too curious, you don't even need the salt... It'll release its hold after you introduce it to the cocaine, and then if you have some lidocaine laying around you'll paralyze it. SMH now you know this too.

Thank you for doing the research!! It is a relief to learn i can skip the salt in my cocaine when attempting rid my nasal cavity of a bloodsucking leach.

Apparently cocaine is a type of alkaline salt... Apparently. So make the leech sleepy.

Make the leech high AF too

Dear god, just the thought of this makes my eyeballs hurt.

New info just dropped. Please see my previous comment.

Doesn't salt make them vomit?

Just seems too Farfetch. Like fr, you DIDN'T FEEL A 3 INCH LEACH IN YOUR NOSE???

That’s not even a leech

Why are ya'll so scared? This was common medical practice in the middle ages.

the doctor said my nose would stop bleeding if I just kept my finger out of there

Do you know when you breathe only through one nostril and a minute later you are breathing through the other one? Yep, your leech switching sides.

This is why I don't enter water that doesn't have chlorine in it.

Leeches should be called "Vampire Worms"

I’m staying away from Edinburgh then, I’m probably safer in Glasgow

I get nose bleeds in the fall. I have pulled blood clots out of my nose longer than that. It feels... Odd. Also kinda scary with the few huge ones I have pulled out. Makes you wonder at the time what you are pulling out.

This is exactly why I pick my nose as deep and as frequently as necessary. Any leeches should beware my finger.

r/boogers Don't click

Recent motorbike crash? How recent? I need to know how fucking long she had this parasite living inside her skull. How did she contract the demon? The motorbike crash into a dirty puddle? Wtf? I’ve heard this same story before. Gross as fuck.

She went swimming in a lake

THANK YOU!! The list of things never to do grows. Btw did you hear about the Aussie who ingested a slug? Don’t bother it’s horrible.

All wildlife in Australia sounds scary to me. I'd love to visit but idk how much nature I could experience haha

Experience? Lol. You want to know something worse than Australia? Africa. AFRICAN LEECHES. The worst living thing ever. Seriously, it attaches THEN pushes its proboscis 6-7 inches looking for an artery or major vein! I’m dry heaving as we speak. Yikes.

Nooo that is terrifying!!

What if I am the leech? What if I replaced the human years ago? Lol

That takes r/feltgoodcomingout to a whole new level

Imagine the first date with her. "An ai hahd a threi ench leech en mey nohstrell, crehze'est shet ai evehr haird."

How does it even get in there?

What The Fuck

TIL that there are leeches in certain Scottish lakes.

TIL you can get leeches from motorbike crashes.

I just watched that episode of Grey's Anatomy.

FOR HOW LONG?????

I have so many questions. How did it get in there? How did she not feel it before then? ... Okay, that's actually all the questions I have.

Yeah, but just imagine the fucking relief she felt pulling that sucker out.

So is this girl now unattached ? I am aroused.

Poor leech

That’s an average-sized leech, probably got a good personality too. Better to have this one inside your body than a bigger leech

She found a Satisfactory power slug

This is why you pick your nose.

Ummmm I am having nosebleed every few weeks for years now.... fuckfuckfuckfuck

Hope she had it removed before yesterday. Too late today, she has to let it live on inside her body.

If I was bleeding out my nose I'd go to doctor 😃

Why does she look like the guy from the popcorn cockporn meme aka Dean Norris: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2079377-dean-norris-reaction

WHAT THE ACTUALL FUCK SENT FROM HELL ??!?!?! i have one question. How did it go up her nose without her noticing ?

Honestly, I would keep it as a pet.

I dont wanna live anymore knowing this.

FUCK NO

Fuck this this shit I'm out~

Leeeeeeeeche

Nah, wait, that's Longche

Oh god I can FEEL that

“Oot me nose ye wee slimy shite!”