It’s weird. It’s wacky. It’s downright medieval. In this sweeps story from KPHO, Meredith’s CBS affiliate in Phoenix, people are seeking medical treatment for a variety of ailments by using this worm with 300 teeth and 10 eyes to suck their blood. It’s right out of the Middle Ages. But if the sight of blood-sucking […]
It’s weird. It’s wacky. It’s downright medieval.
In this sweeps story from KPHO, Meredith’s CBS affiliate in Phoenix, people are seeking medical treatment for a variety of ailments by using this worm with 300 teeth and 10 eyes to suck their blood.
It’s right out of the Middle Ages.
But if the sight of blood-sucking gorged worms hanging off people’s faces is disturbing to you, you might want to turn away. Or at least that’s what the KPHO news anchor that introduced this story advised.
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What kind of person voluntarily attaches blood-sucking critters to their skin believing it’s good for them? And what kind of doctor carries out such a procedure?
How could you not want to watch this?
One patient said the treatment ”makes her feel like a new me.”
With all due respect, Miss, it’s more likely the same you, except with slightly less blood, and money.
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