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Tongue piercing nearly kills local teenager

Posted by editor on Dec 30, 2005 - 05:14 PM
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TONGUE PIERCING NEARLY KILLS LOCAL TEENAGER

A teenage girl from Folkestone told how she was almost killed by her tongue piercing reports the Sun.

A-level student Nicola Hodges was left fighting for her life with an infection from the £30 metal stud.

She developed horrific ulcers in her throat and stomach and was taking 27 pills a day.

18 year old Nicola, got the piercing in Canterbury but her tongue swelled up and soon she felt so ill she couldn't walk.

She spent a week in hospital being fed drugs through a drip.

Nicola told the Sun: "That is definitely the last piercing I will ever have."

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