Ammon News - Arizonan Andi Norton had dealt with sinus issues and breathing problems since childhood.

But a big sneeze in the shower aged 32 that the problem revealed itself - a piece of Lego had been lodged in his nose for decades.

Norton was shocked to hear a ‘clink’ and look down to see the fluorescent yellow piece. ‘Suddenly, the memory of something I had completely forgotten about in my adult life came flooding back to me,’ they said.

In 1998, more than 25 years prior, the then-six-year-old was playing with his Lego collection when he thought of inserting a piece up his nostril. It was a small, circular yellow dot smaller than a grain of corn.

Norton said on an Instagram post last week that has since gone viral: ‘I just thought maybe I could just stick it in my nose. I don’t know why I did that.’

Panic set in when he realized the small plastic dot was too small to reach in with his fingers and grab it.

Then came another ‘brilliant’ idea: Assemble a mini Lego figurine and insert it up the nostril in a daring rescue mission, hoping it would meet the dot and clip into it like a small hat, which he would pull out.

They went on: ‘And of course, the Lego head popped off in my nose. So now that was also stuck in my nose.’

His mother fished out the figurine with a pair of tweezers, not knowing that a small piece remained. It would remain there for nearly two decades.

Daily Mail