Body piercing may harm heart
18/09/2002 08:27  - (SA)  

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Savannah, United States - People with certain heart disorders may want to think twice before getting a body piercing, a new study advises.

Dr Hossein Akhondi and Dr Ali Rahimi at the Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, USA encountered a 25-year-old man who became seriously ill soon after piercing his tongue.

Writing in the August issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the researchers reported that the man had a heart defect known as congenital aortic stenosis, a condition in which the heart's aorta valve is abnormally narrow.

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