The shocking discovery: On Nov. 25, the man sought medical help at the Cuba Friendship Hospital in Dong Hoi, where he complained of severe headaches, along with fluid discharge and loss.

CT scans revealed tension pneumocephalus, a “very rare” and potentially life-threatening condition causing increased intracranial pressure. Doctors, led by Dr. Nguyen Van Man, found that the source of the issue was a pair of chopsticks that had penetrated his nose and entered his brain.

A trip down memory lane: The unnamed patient recalled being involved in a fight five months earlier when he was drinking. Although his memory was hazy, he vaguely remembered being stabbed in the face, possibly with the chopsticks. But when he visited the hospital after the altercation, medical professionals found no chopsticks or irregularities in his nose. Regardless, the patient suspected that the utensils were lodged in his nose during the fight and had remained undiscovered in his skull.

  • [email protected]
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    541 year ago

    Sometimes I think I’m having a bad day, but then I realize I don’t have chopsticks up my brain.

      • [email protected]
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        131 year ago

        True.
        But Im fairly sure I haven’t recently been drunk enough not to remember having chopstick forcefully inserted up my nose and into my brain.
        Then again, I guess nothing is ever 100% certain.

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            41 year ago

            Oh shit you might be right.
            Maybe the doctors also have some, which would explain them not noticing.
            What if it’s chopsticks all the way down

  • Pleb
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    261 year ago

    What the actual fuck?

    I’d like to add something of worth but just… what?!?

  • ivanafterall
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    251 year ago

    I feel for this guy. The worst headaches I ever felt were those few months I had a pair of chopsticks in my brain. It’s not half as fun as it sounds.

  • @[email protected]
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    231 year ago

    I’ve been drunk before, but I don’t think I will ever be stabbed in the brain during a chopstick altercation and not remember it levels of drunk.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPM
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      61 year ago

      If you’ve not been drunk enough to wake up in the morning wondering how you got a thumb tack in your perineum then you haven’t been trying hard enough.

  • @jopepa
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    111 year ago

    This guy has a drinking problem or evil friends.

  • @MrJameGumb
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    41 year ago

    “a fight”

    He stuck those chopsticks in his nose himself, probably during a desperate act of sexual gratification. He probably tripped and they got jammed up there during the fall, and he was too embarrassed to go to the hospital until he couldn’t take the pain anymore

  • @skygirl
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    41 year ago

    Hey look, we happen to be sharing a time line with a guy who is experiencing quantum immortality first hand.

  • @Coreidan
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    21 year ago

    Sounds like this dude has a serious drinking issue