COLORADO SPRINGS -- Imagine having a nail stuck up your nose for three decades?
It happened to a Colorado man who got some relief after he finally went to the doctor.
The Old Colorado City family clinic said patient Prax Sanchez arrived complaining of a sharp pain in his face under his right eye.
Doctors and staff at the clinic said they were shocked when, after a magnetic resonance imaging test (MRI), Sanchez began coughing and a 1-inch nail fell out of his nose.
"To us, he's a medical miracle. It's amazing. We've never seen anything like this," medical receptionist Cheryl Paterson said.
Doctors said the nail may have been lodged in Sanchez's nose for up to 30 years.
"Once it's in the nasal cavity like that, a little membrane forms around it and it becomes a foreign object," one doctor said.
Sanchez said he didn't know how the nail got into his nose.
It happened to a Colorado man who got some relief after he finally went to the doctor.
The Old Colorado City family clinic said patient Prax Sanchez arrived complaining of a sharp pain in his face under his right eye.
Doctors and staff at the clinic said they were shocked when, after a magnetic resonance imaging test (MRI), Sanchez began coughing and a 1-inch nail fell out of his nose.
"To us, he's a medical miracle. It's amazing. We've never seen anything like this," medical receptionist Cheryl Paterson said.
Doctors said the nail may have been lodged in Sanchez's nose for up to 30 years.
"Once it's in the nasal cavity like that, a little membrane forms around it and it becomes a foreign object," one doctor said.
Sanchez said he didn't know how the nail got into his nose.
