I have had chronic ITP for 10 years I was wondering if it would be safe to have a tongue piercing? since there is many veins in the tongue?

[Amirebekah]

[mags4743]

Quite honestly Why would you? There are many veins in the tongue and nobody is going to see it but you. I urge you to think again.

[rjsmyth]

I would think this would be very foolish - I have a count around 65 with the help of Nplate and if I cut myself shaving it can take most of the day to stop bleeding. Deliberately inflicting a wound on myself would not be high on my list of things to do!

[LHine]

I can't answer your question, but I do know the tongue heals faster than any other bit of the body. And you can do what you like (but take the consequences).

[andrea_41]

hi if you are really want it doing ,have a blood test first to check platelets , i had mine pierced 9 yrs ago ,itp was dianosed 11 yrs ago, had to take tonge bar out after 6 months nothing to do with itp ,i cracked 3 back teeth whith chewing bar when asleep lol ,, i have had tattoos also since diagnosis ,but since splenectomy have been advised nothing else as my own body rejects foriegn objects eg metal,ink etc .. hope this helps