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Sunday, March 07, 2021, 11:54 GMT+7
The leech is removed from the nose of H.V.H. at Thai Binh Duong General Hospital in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. Photo: Duc Tai / Tuoi Tre
Doctors in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam have successfully removed a four-centimeter-long leech from the nose of a man.
The patient, 38-year-old H.V.H. from Bac Tra My District, was admitted to Thai Binh Duong General Hospital in the province s Tam Ky City on Thursday.
He suffered symptoms including nose pain, a continuous nosebleed, and dizziness.
Through clinical examinations and nasal endoscopy, doctors discovered a parasitic foreign body in the right bridge of the patient’s nose, whose shape was similar to blood-sucking forest leeches.