On January 5, a representative of the polyclinic in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district, Nghe An said they had successfully removed a live leech from the patient’s trachea.
Disease The victim is Mr. L.V.T. (53 years old, residing in Tri Le commune, Que Phong district, Nghe An). The same morning, Mr. L.V.T. came to the clinic with persistent symptoms of coughing up fresh blood for more than 10 days. Through examination and endoscopy, doctors found a leech in the patient’s trachea.
The clinic’s doctors performed endoscopy under anesthesia to remove the leech. The leech was still alive in patient T’s trachea.
The leech that was removed was mature and more than 6cm long. After the foreign object was removed, patient T. breathed easily and stopped coughing.
According to the information Mr. T. provided to the doctor, the patient often went to the forest and often drank water from streams. It is likely that the leech entered the patient’s trachea due to drinking spring water.
The doctor recommended People should not drink water from rivers, streams, ponds and lakes that have not been boiled or treated…
Leech is a parasite that lives in the body and will suck blood and damage the body’s organs if not detected. early. When there are unusual symptoms, you need to go to a medical facility for timely examination and treatment.
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