Woman had mystery bullet in her skull for 48 years

By Mirror

Kenya: A Chinese woman had a bullet removed from her head after 48 years and she didn't even know it was there.

The 62-year-old woman, identified in local media only by her surname Zhao, had a 2.5cm long munition extracted from behind her nose by surgeons.

But it was a complete mystery how it got there in the first place.

She had gone to the doctors complaining about a chronic stuffy nose, headaches and swollen lymph nodes that had bothered her for 10 years, Want China Times reported.

“I am happy that the bullet did not kill me, I am grateful to it for allowing me to live and have the opportunity of my life with my family,” said Mrs Zhao, from Liaoning province in the north east of the country.

The question of how she went 48 years without knowing about the bullet resulted in conflicting media reports.

According to Want China Times, Mrs Zhao said she was hit on her right temple when she was 14 years-old.

At the time she thought it was a stone.

But the Shanghaiist reported the woman as saying she had been hit by a stray bullet as a girl, but only felt minor pain and decided she would live with it.