While bathing in a stream on a holiday, a resident in Nghe An got a leech in his nose.

On May 2, Doctor Ho Phu Hai of Ky Son District General Hospital said he had performed surgery to remove two live leeches from the noses of two patients in Keng Du and Muong Tip communes.

During the recent April 30 and May 1 holidays, thousands of people went to the highland streams to cool off.

According to the family of patient Luong Van N. in Keng Du commune, before the holiday, he and his family and friends went to a stream in the district to bathe and relax.

When he returned home, his son had difficulty breathing and an itchy nose, so his family took him to a medical facility for examination.

Surgery to remove leeches from patient's nose due to bathing in a stream.

Through examination, a leech was found living in the patient’s nose. “Fortunately, this leech had just crawled into the patient’s nose and was easy to remove. There are many cases where leeches suck a lot of blood and have difficulty living for months,” said Dr. Hai.

Leech removed from patient's nose in Keng Du.

It is known that Dr. Ho Phu Hai is the person who has performed many cases of removing leeches from patients’ noses. According to him, the main cause of the disease is due to people’s habit of drinking water and bathing in streams.

Ky Son district, where two patients recently had surgery to remove leeches from their noses. Photo: Google maps

Stream leeches usually breed and live in natural streams and streams. Initially, they are just like hairs or very similar to normal seaweed and moss. However, when they enter the human or animal body, they become very dangerous with the habit of residing in the nasal cavity, sinuses, nasal cavity, throat, trachea, lungs to suck blood, phlegm and cause discomfort in the parasitic areas, destroying the human body if not detected early.