A leech lived for a month in the nose of a male student in the mountains.
(Baonghean.vn) - Doctors removed 2 leeches from the noses of 2 highland residents, 1 as big as a chopstick, 7cm long, 1 as big as 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 a 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 2 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.
