Tongue Piercing Heart Health Menace

No matter how interesting something was to be a trend, not always a good thing to do. Piercing once dominated only womankind, now it's not unusual anymore for a man. 
Not only that pierced once only used in the ear, now I can 'roam' to other body parts that have cartilage or soft meat, such as nose, lips, eyebrows up to the tongue. Most people do not realize the danger stud in 'unusual place', an important fashion and slang, but not thinking about the health risks behind it. 

Moreover if the piercing done by those who have no medical background, so that they can not give medication or treatment to prevent post-piercing infection. Piercing the tongue is again ngetrend today is dangerous and a big risk, even can lead to heart disease. As we know, the human mouth contains many millions of bacteria, until the holes in the local tongue piercings will form nests of bacteria, and that's where the bacteria come great opportunity to flow with the blood and eventually causes severe infections can occur, such as Ludwig angina and endocarditis.

Ludwig angina is an acute infection caused by the bacteria Streptococcus, which infects the lining in the floor of the mouth, characterized by swelling that can close the airway.

While endocarditis is an infection of the endokardium (inner lining of the heart) or a serious inflammation of the heart valves, which is one cause of heart disease, since oral bacteria can enter the bloodstream through a wound on the tongue and open the way toward the heart.