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Can a tongue piercing really cause heart disease?
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Body piercing can pose risk to the body because it invades subcutaneous areas and has high potential to trigger infectious complications. These complications can be due to the introduction of skin or mucous membrane's microflora.
Valvular heart disease might also occur for those how have done body piercing. For tongue piercing the risk is for Neisseria endocarditis. Although a consistent correlation is not know between piercing and endocarditis, there is a significant increase in the number of case reports and a correlation may as well exist.
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Case Report
A 25-year-old man arrived at Memorial Health University Medical Center with fever, chills, rigors, and shortness of breath of 6 days' duration. He had a history of aortic valvulo-plasty at 8 years of age for correction of congenital aortic stenosis. At admission, the patient had fever of 38.9degreesC and a grade III/VI ejection systolic murmur accompanied by a grade II/VI diastolic Diastolic
The phase of blood circulation in which the heart's pumping chambers (ventricles) are being filled with blood. During this phase, the ventricles are at their most relaxed, and the pressure against the walls of the arteries is at its lowest. blowing murmur best heard in the left sternal sternal /ster·nal/ (ster´n'l) of or relating to the sternum.
ster·nal
adj.
Of, relating to, or occurring near the sternum.
sternal
pertaining to the sternum. border area. The oral cavity was pink, and no inflammation or exudates were noticed on the pharynx. The middle portion of the tongue had been pierced, and a bispherical stud was in place (Figure). The piercing was performed 2 months before onset of illness. Extensive tattoos on the shoulders, arms, and upper torso dated back 3 years. The patient had previous dental work done but always with antibiotic prophylaxis.
Conclusions
Our case demonstrates H. aphrophilus endocarditis possibly caused by tongue piercing (or as a complication of the ongoing presence of the stud) in a patient with congenital heart disease congenital heart disease, any defect in the heart present at birth. There is evidence that some congenital heart defects are inherited, but the cause of most cases is unknown.
..... Click the link for more information.. Colonization around the stud likely caused bacteremia and endocarditis. H. aphrophilus is commonly isolated from the upper respiratory tracts of humans and animals; however, its prevalence is unknown. In a previous study of piercing complications in patients with congenital heart disease (13), 43% of the study population had earlobe piercings; of these, 6% took antibiotics before piercing. Twenty-three percent of patients had piercing-related infections 1 week to 3 years after piercing. Most infections were local skin infections; no endocarditis was reported in that study.
Until prospective randomized studies shed light on the relationship between piercing and endocarditis, prophylactic measures are indicated and should be formulated, particularly for persons at high risk, e.g., those with structural heart diseases.
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Valvular heart disease might also occur for those how have done body piercing. For tongue piercing the risk is for Neisseria endocarditis. Although a consistent correlation is not know between piercing and endocarditis, there is a significant increase in the number of case reports and a correlation may as well exist.
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Case Report
A 25-year-old man arrived at Memorial Health University Medical Center with fever, chills, rigors, and shortness of breath of 6 days' duration. He had a history of aortic valvulo-plasty at 8 years of age for correction of congenital aortic stenosis. At admission, the patient had fever of 38.9degreesC and a grade III/VI ejection systolic murmur accompanied by a grade II/VI diastolic Diastolic
The phase of blood circulation in which the heart's pumping chambers (ventricles) are being filled with blood. During this phase, the ventricles are at their most relaxed, and the pressure against the walls of the arteries is at its lowest. blowing murmur best heard in the left sternal sternal /ster·nal/ (ster´n'l) of or relating to the sternum.
ster·nal
adj.
Of, relating to, or occurring near the sternum.
sternal
pertaining to the sternum. border area. The oral cavity was pink, and no inflammation or exudates were noticed on the pharynx. The middle portion of the tongue had been pierced, and a bispherical stud was in place (Figure). The piercing was performed 2 months before onset of illness. Extensive tattoos on the shoulders, arms, and upper torso dated back 3 years. The patient had previous dental work done but always with antibiotic prophylaxis.
Conclusions
Our case demonstrates H. aphrophilus endocarditis possibly caused by tongue piercing (or as a complication of the ongoing presence of the stud) in a patient with congenital heart disease congenital heart disease, any defect in the heart present at birth. There is evidence that some congenital heart defects are inherited, but the cause of most cases is unknown.
..... Click the link for more information.. Colonization around the stud likely caused bacteremia and endocarditis. H. aphrophilus is commonly isolated from the upper respiratory tracts of humans and animals; however, its prevalence is unknown. In a previous study of piercing complications in patients with congenital heart disease (13), 43% of the study population had earlobe piercings; of these, 6% took antibiotics before piercing. Twenty-three percent of patients had piercing-related infections 1 week to 3 years after piercing. Most infections were local skin infections; no endocarditis was reported in that study.
Until prospective randomized studies shed light on the relationship between piercing and endocarditis, prophylactic measures are indicated and should be formulated, particularly for persons at high risk, e.g., those with structural heart diseases.
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I referred Webmd.com which clearly says that tongue piercing can cause heart diseases. Here is a quote taken from the website.
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Endocarditis. Because of the wound created by the piercing, there's a chance that bacteria could enter the bloodstream and lead to the development of endocarditis -- an inflammation of the heart or its valves -- in certain people with underlying (and often undiagnosed and without symptoms) heart problems.
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Endocarditis. Because of the wound created by the piercing, there's a chance that bacteria could enter the bloodstream and lead to the development of endocarditis -- an inflammation of the heart or its valves -- in certain people with underlying (and often undiagnosed and without symptoms) heart problems.
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Taken a step further, the likelihood of this occurring is near nil, especially since the majority of people at risk 'should' already know they are at risk.
risk factors, from the webmd dental page...
"To prevent endocarditis, patients with certain heart conditions receive a single dose of an antibiotic. You receive it about one hour prior to certain dental treatments.
The American Heart Association and American Dental Association now suggest that you receive antibiotics prior to dental treatment only if you have:
* Had bacterial endocarditis before
* A prosthetic (artificial) cardiac valve or prosthetic material used in valve repair
* Cardiac valve disease and have had a cardiac transplant
* Congenital (present at birth) heart disease. This includes only people with the following:
o Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease (including those with devices that relieve symptoms only)
o Completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device during the first six months after the procedure
o Repaired congenital heart disease with defects that remain at or near the site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device
"
risk factors, from the webmd dental page...
"To prevent endocarditis, patients with certain heart conditions receive a single dose of an antibiotic. You receive it about one hour prior to certain dental treatments.
The American Heart Association and American Dental Association now suggest that you receive antibiotics prior to dental treatment only if you have:
* Had bacterial endocarditis before
* A prosthetic (artificial) cardiac valve or prosthetic material used in valve repair
* Cardiac valve disease and have had a cardiac transplant
* Congenital (present at birth) heart disease. This includes only people with the following:
o Unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease (including those with devices that relieve symptoms only)
o Completely repaired congenital heart defect with prosthetic material or device during the first six months after the procedure
o Repaired congenital heart disease with defects that remain at or near the site of a prosthetic patch or prosthetic device
"
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Hello @cosmopinkice:
I hope you're asking this question for any reason other than you or someone else is planning to have their tongue pierce. I already knew the answer because I have congenital heart disease I'm suppose to take antibiotics before any dental procedures including just to clean. That's how fragile my heart is. It is also no fun to have low stamina.
I hope you're asking this question for any reason other than you or someone else is planning to have their tongue pierce. I already knew the answer because I have congenital heart disease I'm suppose to take antibiotics before any dental procedures including just to clean. That's how fragile my heart is. It is also no fun to have low stamina.
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