Nose Candy

Reading this clip from this morning's Express was a bad start to my day:

A Sinus Problem That Really Sucked
Doctors have removed a leech from the nose of a Hong Kong woman after she swam and washed her face in a stream, the Hong Kong Medical Journal said in its April issue. The woman had been complaining of nose bleeds and an occasional sesation that something was blocking her left nostril. Her family doctor notice a "brownish mass" in her nose but couldn't remove it because of heavy bleeding. Doctors later identified it as a bloodsucking leech, but had trouble pulling it out because the 2-inch creature had retracted far into the nose.

Two things. 1 - GROSS. The Express, yet again, goes above and beyond the call of duty to provide morning commuters with squirm-worthy fodder. They should just call their "eyeOpeners" section on page 2 "This Morning's Nasty News" or something like that. Maybe they named it eyeOpeners because most of the entries are guaranteed to widen your eyes in shock and revulsion.

2 - How the hell do you not realize a leech has crawled up your nose and taken residence? Seriously, that's really, really disturbing. Like I needed any more reasons not to go swimming in places that don't maintain a regular level of chlorine.