NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A TikToker in Mexico thought her cough that wouldn\u2019t go away was just a reaction to the changing weather. Instead, it was her own nose ring, lodged deep within her lungs.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old, Monica Deyanira Cabrera Barajas, recently went viral on TikTok, amassing 4.7 million views after revealing the freak medical accident<\/a>.<\/p>\n In videos, she shared that the stray accessory sat a mere 0.5 millimeters from her aorta, Jam Press reported.<\/p>\n NEW \u2018SAFER OPIOID\u2019 DELIVERS PAIN RELIEF WITHOUT ADDICTION RISK IN EARLY TESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Deyanira, who has a large number of piercings, didn’t initially notice the jewelry was missing. It wasn’t until she developed a “chronic cough<\/a>” lasting over a month that she went to see a doctor.<\/p>\n “The only theory I have, which I told the pulmonologist, is that I fell asleep, the little ball fell out, and that was it,” Deyanira told creatorzine.com.<\/p>\n What was supposed to be a routine 20-minute extraction turned into a high-stakes medical procedure.<\/span> (Jam Press)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I was lying on my back, I didn’t realize, and that’s how I messed up.”<\/p>\n DANGEROUS TIKTOK TREND LEAVES BOY BADLY BURNED AS DOCTORS ISSUE WARNING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n What was supposed to be a routine 20-minute extraction turned into a high-stakes medical procedure<\/a>. During the initial attempt, surgeons were unable to budge the object because it had already begun attaching to her internal tissue.<\/p>\n “It ended up taking an hour and 20 minutes, and they still couldn\u2019t remove it because it was attached to my body,” she said, according to the Jam Press report.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Facing a second, more invasive surgery<\/a> and the risk of a fatal hemorrhage, Deyanira prepared for the worst. The night before the surgery, she wrote a farewell letter to her loved ones.<\/p>\n The nose ring was lodged dangerously close to her aorta, the body’s primary artery.<\/span> (Jam Press)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I was honestly thinking, \u2018I’m going to die,'” she said. “It’s a horror I wouldn’t wish on anyone.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The woman’s surgeon was equally stunned by how close the metal was to her heart<\/a>. According to Deyanira, the doctor told her, “It seems God takes care of his creatures.”<\/p>\n If the metal had punctured her lung or heart before doctors discovered it, Deyanira said she likely would have died from a lung collapse or perforated aorta.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Now, the TikToker says her days of septum rings are over.<\/p>\n After the ordeal, Deyanira said she’s permanently done with piercings.<\/span> (Jam Press)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “I love piercings, and I really liked my septum piercing, but in my case, I wouldn’t get it again because of the terror I experienced,” she said.<\/p>\n TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Followers commented that the ordeal “unlocked a fear<\/a> I didn’t know I had.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"X-ray](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1200\/675\/nose-ring-lung-mexico-fox-news-001.jpeg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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