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Be prepared for your eyes to water and your nose to itch – this isn’t one for the fainthearted. Although it is oddly satisfying.
The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.A video has surfaced of a guy having an extremely long object from his nostril. Although the video describes the object as a tapeworm, it's most likely to be a strip of gauze. It isn’t clear how long it was, but after 30 seconds of constant yanking by the medical profession, the gross dangly strip looks to be a fair few feet in length.
Edited - 13/12/2016: The article originally stated it was a tapeworm, based on the video description and other sources. These were later shown to be unreliable. We apologize for the mistake.
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