An old Chinese man has been living with a bullet in his neck for nearly 80 years and does not remember it from any war

A 95-year-old Chinese war veteran recently discovered he had lived to be nearly 80 with a bullet in his neck.

The Chinese man, Zhao He, fell from the balcony of his house in Shandong, China, and did not feel any pain, but after a while, the veteran of World War II began to feel a slight pain in his neck, so his son decided to take him to the hospital for a medical examination.

After hearing the news of his fall, the doctors recommended an x-ray to ensure that he had not suffered severe damage to his neck, but the x-ray revealed a foreign object in the man's neck, which was later diagnosed as an old bullet.

The 95-year-old told doctors that he joined the Chinese army as a teenager and fought two wars against the Japanese invaders during World War II (1931-1945) and on the North Korean side during the Korean War (1950-1953) and sustained multiple injuries during his time in the army. , but he did not remember anything about being shot in the neck.

Zhao He himself says that he (expects) that the bullet had been in his neck since 1944, when he was wounded while crossing the river and that the bullet went through the left side of his nose, pierced his upper jaw and exited through his teeth before settling in his neck.

Wang, the man's brother-in-law, said he was wounded while carrying his wounded comrade across a river during a battle and that there were shrapnel still in other parts of his body.

After an X-ray examination, the doctors told Zhao He and his family that the bullet was close to some major blood vessels and that since it did not cause him any problems, it would be best to leave it, the veteran agreed.

"I've been healthy all these years, so there's no reason to change things now," said Zhao He.

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