
Woman rushed to hospital for life-saving procedure after eating pork rinds
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A Peruvian woman underwent major surgery after she ingested a sharp object from her bag of pork rinds. The object, which turned out to be a nail, pierced her carotid artery.
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The woman soon fell ill and began vomiting blood. After being taken to an emergency room, doctors discovered that the nail was piercing one of her carotid arteries – which help supply oxygen and blood to the brain.
Tello thought the mysterious object was a bone, but it turned out to be even more unusual: a nail.
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