A leech lived for a month in the nose of a male student in the mountains.
(Baonghean.vn) - Doctors removed two leeches from the noses of two highland residents. One was the size of a chopstick, 7cm long, and the other was the size of a matchstick, 3cm long.
| Endoscopy to remove foreign objects for 2 patients. Clip: Hung Cuong |
Doctor Vo Hoai Nam, working at Que Phong District Medical Center, said: On the afternoon of May 29, doctors successfully removed a foreign object, a live leech, from the nose of patient Vi Quoc Tien, 8 years old, in Don Phat village, Cam Muon commune. A month before, Tien went swimming in the river, then occasionally had a stuffy nose and bleeding. It is possible that the leech entered his nose while bathing.
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| A leech-like foreign object was removed from the patient's nose. Photo: HC |
On the same day, the District Medical Center also successfully removed a 7cm long leech from the nose of patient Ngan Thi Binh (73 years old) in Cang village, Nam Giai commune (Que Phong).
Ms. Binh said that two weeks before, while herding buffalo, she drank water from a stream and this creature crawled into her without realizing it. Afterwards, she often sneezed and had a nosebleed.
