Nipple piercing may have caused fatal infection in 17-year-old
A 17-year-old Newfoundland girl is believed to have died from toxic shock syndrome - and the infection that killed her may have resulted from a nipple piercing, the province’s chief medical examiner says.
If body piercing did lead to the teen’s death, it will underscore warnings from medical experts about the need to ensure such procedures are done by trained, experienced operators with sound infection control practices.
The St. John’s teen, whose name has not been released, died Thursday after being admitted to hospital two days earlier “with medical problems that were quite complex,” Dr. Simon Avis said Friday in an interview from St. John’s.
Source: canada.com
Here is the latest news regarding body piercing associated complications. Once again, think twice before having any sort of body piercing. Read my previous two articles about body piercing complications: article 1 | article 2.
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daniel said,
August 2, 2007
does piercing your nippels make them stay hard all the time????
jaquie said,
August 24, 2007
no
jessica said,
February 9, 2008
i got my nipple pierced in november and it doesnt seem to be healing very well it just ceeps getting crusty and it hurts i clean it and take care of it but a friend of mine told me after the fact the some times they always hurt is that true or is someting wrong, it doesnt seem to be swollen or anything.