A 20-year-old man died after a severe brain infection; The family says the mouth piercing caused the condition
Housewife Andressa Souza, 20, died after spending 24 days hospitalized and intubated in an intensive care unit at Hospital da Vida, Dourados (MS), with a brain infection. Her family believes the condition was caused by inflammation from a piercing applied to the young woman’s lip.
As informed by the Ospedale da Vida al Land for note, the patient was admitted to the health unit on June 15, after convulsions and suspected severe neurological deterioration.
After hospitalization, Andressa was treated by the neurosurgery and infectious disease teams while she was intubated in the ICU and had to undergo surgery to drain a brain abscess. A few days later, the young woman could not resist and died after septic shock and encephalitis.
Also according to the hospital, it is not possible to state that Andressa’s death is linked to the placement of the piercing, but the family disagrees and says that her health has deteriorated after an inflammation in the new hole, made in the lower lip. .
“She tried to get it out, but she couldn’t, it was so swollen that the piercing was, it wouldn’t come out anymore,” said Andressa’s sister Sandy Taynara Souza. The family member also assured that her sister was well looked after during her hospitalization. “The doctors did everything they could to save my sister’s life,” she said.
“Protect your children from using these things, because it ends the lives of many people,” warned the sister.
piercing care
Andressa’s clinical condition may have been caused by a generalized infection after an inflammation in the piercing, although this is rare. The information is from dermatologist Natacha Purchio Monteiro, who points out that the most common infection is from bacteria that already inhabit the human body.
“It’s possible he had a secondary infection in his mouth and didn’t pay attention to the signs and didn’t cure it. This bacterium leaves the site and goes into the bloodstream and leads to sepsis, when it contaminates the whole body,” he explains. . This infection, already widespread, is very serious and difficult to control.
Therefore, it is necessary to be aware of the first signs of inflammation at the site. The signs appear with local redness and swelling that persist or worsen after three days of application. “On the contrary, they become redder, swollen and warmer. You may have pain, fever, so you have to run to the doctor.”
The specialist also stresses the importance of paying attention to the hygiene and sterilization of the practitioner and objects before placing the accessory.
“Be careful if the place is reliable, if it has a clean environment, and if the professional will wash his hands before starting the procedure,” he warns. “All material must be disposable, the needle must be open in front of you.”
The care also extends to the jewels that will be placed. “Ideally, it should be sterilized to eliminate any risk of infection. The material with the least risk is stainless steel and titanium. They are the ones with the lowest risk of having nickel, which is a substance that can cause allergies.” he explains. .
The places of the piercing that require the most attention, as they concentrate colonies of bacteria that can infect the wound caused by the positioning of the accessory, are the tongue, the septum and the vagina.
Source: Terra
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