This is the horrific moment a doctor removed a live leech from a man's nose in Vietnam.

Footage filmed at a clinic in Nghe An province on July 4 shows a doctor prodding around in the man's nostril.

On a TV screen to his side, the leech can be seen wriggling around.

The approximately inch-long creature is delicately pulled out and immediately starts thrashing around.

The man claimed he had difficulty breathing from his nose, according to Dr Manh Le.

The man, who works in the forest, reportedly drank water from a stream in the wilderness.

The video captured the moment of the doctor took a live leech from the man's nose in Nghe An Province, Viet Nam on July 4, 2018.
According to the doctor Mr. Mạnh Lê, The man worked in the forest and drank water in a small stream in the forest. Then he felt difficulty breathing in the nose. After men's noseoscopy. The doctor found a leech in the nose of the man. It is dangerous if the man does not go to the hospital soon. The leech will grow and destroy his nose.