Man lives with bullet in his head for 82 years

Usually when you hear about somebody getting shot in the head, their long-term prospects are not great.

However, a man in Russia has gone about his life with no ill-effects despite having a bullet lodged in his brain for the past 82 years.

His brother accidentally shot him when he was three years old and doctors decided that surgery would be too risky.

Miraculously, the male has not suffered any health problems as a result of the accident and the case has been reported by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr David Ross – emergency physician at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado – said the speed bullets travel at worked to his advantage, as it generated so much heat that it was sterile and so the chance of infection was reduced.

It certainly gives him a story to tell the grandchildren and I just hope he didn't fall out with the brother who shot him.

Posted by Mark Wilkins