For a month, Aunt Li of Yangzhou, southern China, suffered from abdominal pain that gradually worsened. On April 22, she went to Subei People's Hospital to seek medical treatment.

Yan Jiayu, a hernia surgeon at Subei People's Hospital, said: "I felt something hard and took a flat film. There was a metal foreign body but I wasn't sure what it was. It felt like a needle, but she had no memory of needles being inserted into her body surface."

To be on the safe side, the doctor immediately carried out an operation and found a sewing needle about 5 centimeters long hidden in Aunt Li's abdomen. The doctor said that fortunately, the needle is inserted into the subcutaneous fat and muscle layer of the abdomen, and if it is not handled in time, it may bring more trouble, and it may be inserted into the abdominal intestine, or other organs.

So how exactly did this needle get in? Aunt Li speculated that she might have dropped the needle while sewing clothes on her bed. Later, when Aunt Li was sleeping, she probably poked it right into her body. At present, Aunt Li is recovering well and can be discharged home the next day after the operation.

The video was provided with permission from local media.

一个月来，江苏扬州方巷镇的李大妈腹部疼痛并逐渐加剧，被折磨得不轻，她便去苏北人民医院求医问诊。让大家想不到的是，这罪魁祸首竟然是一根缝衣针。
李大妈介绍，一个月前她的右腹部有疼痛感，但是也没太当回事，直到最近疼痛感加剧才到医院检查。
苏北人民医院疝儿外科医生闫嘉宇介绍：“摸了下有个硬硬的东西，先是拍了平片，有个金属异物但不确定是什么，感觉像针，但是她自己没有针扎进体表的记忆。”
为了安全起见，医生当即为其进行了手术，发现藏在李大妈腹部的是一根长约5厘米的缝衣针。医生介绍，幸好这根针是平插进其腹部的皮下脂肪和肌肉层，如果不及时处理可能带来更大的麻烦，有可能会插到腹腔肠管，或者其他脏器。
那么这根针到底是如何扎进去的？李大妈推测，可能是自己在床上缝衣服时，将针落下了。之后李大妈睡觉时，可能正好戳进了身体。目前，李大妈身体恢复良好，术后第二天就可以出院回家了。