Man in Nanjing gets 8cm nail lodged in his head, doesn't notice

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-01-07

An X-ray of the nail lodged in Yang's head. (Photo/CNS)

An 8 centimeter nail pierced the eye of a man in Nanjing and became lodged in his head, fortunately missing all the major blood vessels in the brain, reports the People's Daily.

The accident occurred when the man, surnamed Yang, from Hebei, was refurnishing the floor of his home toward the end of last month. He felt something in his left eye and heard a noise as he was cutting material for the floor. He noticed a little blood, but as he was not in much pain he did not give the irritation much notice.

The next morning he woke up with a serious headache and found his eye had swollen up. On going to a hospital, he was told by doctors that he had a nail stuck in his eye. The nail was 8cm long, and had entered Yang's head past the side of the eyeball.

"The nail missed all the important vessels and nerves and there is no bleeding in the brain. This is rare. The patient is very lucky," said his doctor, who added that the nail flew into Yang's eye at high speed.

The doctor removed the nail in a four-hour operation.