Teen's tongue piercing linked to pain
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061018/ap_on_he_me/tongue_piercing_pain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061017/capt.a1b7e5ad31e4409ab51d356f46b503b9.tongue_piercing_pain_nyol949.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=YdI.D9wCsGvNRxhL2ao5xg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A Penn State student reveals his pierced tongue in this 1999 file photo. The American Medical Association documented many complications, including tetanus, heart infections and brain abscess that is linked to tongue piercing. (AP Photo/Alan Klein)" border="0" /></a>AP - The teenager said the stabbing pains in her face felt like electrical shocks that lasted 10 to 30 seconds and struck 20 to 30 times a day. Her doctors diagnosed trigeminal neuralgia, a nerve disorder sometimes called "suicide disease" because of the excruciating and dispiriting pain it causes.</p><br clear="all"/>