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.

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

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        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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            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