Friday, October 16, 2009
Fox news
This article was really kind of short and sweet, but it includes two links to read more so I will include in my post. Click here to read more about this story from BBC News.
Click here to read the report in Archives of Neurology.
As reported by Fox news health, this article refers to a BBC News report that stated “They may seem cool to teenagers and young adults, but having your tongue pierced can be deadly”. This article is of a healthy 22 year old man who dies from brain abscess, after a history of a recent tongue piercing.
I see a lot of persons with tongue piercings these days and I can not imagine why anyone would willingly do this to themselves. I can hardly stand to have an occasional swelled taste bud in my mouth much less a piece of metal sticking in my tongue. Though I’m sad for the death of this man I think sticking holes in such a germy place as the mouth no matter how strict the hygienic technique used, is just asking for a risk.
Even if death caused by infection is not deterrent enough the fact that Dentists are reporting "There are many potential complications, ranging from pain and swelling to chipped or cracked teeth. Patients who have oral piercings can also suffer with recession of the gums and prolonged bleeding.” "Piercing of oral sites also carries with it a risk of infection. The clear message is that oral piercing is ill-advised and should be avoided." For those of you who might be reading this and also have a tongue piercing, I could use some feedback on why this is such a popular trend these days. I have heard reports of ‘recreational use’ of the appendage, but still, every time I see one silver flash in the mouths of those I find myself staring and asking why, why, would you do that to yourself. Most persons I’ve run into who have a piercing talk funny. They have sort of a lisp and they are always curling up their tongues from the sides. Also they talk funny because it looks like they are trying to conceal the fact that they have one. I remember the old days when a person was being prepped for surgery we would ask them to take out contacts, hairpins, earrings and dentures. Now we have to look in every orifice that might hold an artificial pinning of sorts and again I wonder why, why, why.
The reason I am so curious about this phenomenon of tongue piercing, is it does not seem to be of particular stereotype. It crosses gender lines as well as social standing. I’ve seen young persons, older persons, professional persons, studious persons of all walks of life having this infliction without so much as a bat of the eye. I don’t get it and I am desperately trying to understand the reasoning behind what seems to me a nuisance in the mouth and a hindrance of normalcy that most people strive for. To get a pimple is a shame and humbling, but what... no growth on the tongue? We can fix that…puzzling.
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