Breathe easy: Woman has bullet removed from her nose - after it was lodged there for 48 YEARS

A woman can finally breathe easily as doctors removed a bullet from her head - after it had been lodged there for a suspected 48 years.

The Chinese woman, known only as 'Zhao', went to hospital recently due to chronic rhinitis, a condition which typically involves sneezing, and a blocked, itchy, and runny nose.

She said: 'My nose was always having pus, but for the last 10 years, I've had breathing difficulties and headaches, which made me suffer a lot.'

CAT scans revealed that there was a metal item in her nostril, and after doctors used an endoscope to remove it, they were shocked to discover that the object was actually a bullet.

Zhao believes she was actually shot 48 years ago. 'It was in 1967 when I was only 14. I was walking on the footpath and suddenly felt a sharp pain on my right temple. I thought I was hit by a pebble and there was blood,' she said.

At home her family simply cleaned and bandaged the wound, and after it eventually close up everyone forgot all about it.

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'I should thank the bullet that it didn't take my life 48 years ago, otherwise I can't have my family and my life now,' she added.