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Doctors have pulled a live leech from a patient's nostril where it had been hiding for two weeks.
The disgusting extraction was filmed by a nurse as Dr Liu Xiongguang grabbed the parasite and yanked it out.
The 51-year-old had been having nosebleeds for 10 days non-stop.
He went to the Beihai People's Hospital in South China and was helped by Dr Liu, who is the facility's chief ear, nose and throat specialist.
He tells the patient to be calm while the man's agonising facial expressions suggest it to be a painful experience in the footage.