A man in Vietnam who had been suffering severe headaches for five months was left stunned after X-rays revealed he had a pair of chopsticks lodged in his skull.
A 35-year-old man presented at Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi on November 25 with a headache, fluid discharge and fluid loss.
After doctors were told he had been experiencing severe pain for five months, they conducted CT scans that revealed the man suffered a rare but possible life-threatening neurological condition that is brought on by dangerous increases in intracranial pressure.
But subsequent examinations showed what was really causing the issue: A pair of chopsticks lodged in his skull that penetrated up his nose and into his brain.
![The broken chopsticks can be seen in the 3D rendered CT scan and they had been lodged in his brain from his nose.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T3IFMXFL3NHDRNT2DPJI5UWXT4.jpg?auth=2c1b4e7bfe29ed52cc97b209be0816e53fe007718b919d2baf63c50340c1b51e&width=16&height=10&quality=70&smart=true)