Tongue stud 'brain fatality risk'

[Floater]

Deadly brain abscesses should be added to the list of risks of having a tongue piercing, say doctors.

Archives of Neurology reports how a 22-year-old man who died in hospital following multiple brain abscesses weeks after getting his tongue pierced.

The man's Israeli doctors warn infection can spread in the bloodstream from the piercing up to the brain.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8302444.stm

[mags]

Yes, and infection can spread up to the brain with dental work (or unworked abscesses), a piercing elsewhere, any injury, and so on and so forth...

Problems associated with body piercing can be down to poor hygiene during the procedure or people failing to heed advice about follow-up care at home.

As with any injury or medical work.