MAN FINDS HE HAS LIVED WITH BULLET IN HIS NECK FOR 77 YEARS
A 95-year-old Chinese war veteran recently discovered he had been living for almost eight decades with a bullet lodged in his neck.
After suffering a fall from the balcony of his house in Shandong, China, Zhao He did not report any symptoms to his worried family, but after a while, the World-War-Two veteran did start to feel a discomfort in his neck. His son decided to take him to the hospital for a checkup.
After hearing about his fall, doctors recommended an X-ray, to ensure that he hadn’t suffered serious damage to his neck. But instead of a fracture, the X-ray revealed a foreign object in the man’s neck, which was later identified as an old bullet.
Zhao told doctors that he had joined the Chinese army as a teenager and fought through two wars – against the Japanese invaders during World War Two (1931-1945) and on the side of North Korea during the Korean War (1950-1953).
He suffered multiple injuries during his time in the army.
“He was injured while carrying a wounded comrade across a river during one of the battles. There is shrapnel in other parts of his body as well,” the man’s son-in-law said.
Zhao himself estimates that the bullet must have been in his neck since 1944, when he was hit while crossing a river. The bullet went in through the left side of his nose, broke his upper jaw, and knocked out four of his teeth before becoming lodged in his neck.
After examining the X-rays, doctors told Zhao and his family that the bullet was close to some major blood vessels and that since it had not caused him any problems, it was best to leave it in. The war veteran agreed. I have been healthy all these years, so there is no reason to change things now,” Zhao said.
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