Research results showing that ‘kiss marks’, which are marks made by forcefully sucking or biting the other person’s skin during a kiss, may cause cerebral infarction are once again attracting attention.
A New Zealand medical journal published a case in 2011 in which a 44-year-old woman left a kiss mark on her carotid artery while expressing affection with her lover, and later went to the emergency room because her left arm became paralyzed due to cerebral infarction.
It was revealed that leaving a kiss mark stimulated the area where the carotid artery flows, and the blood clot (a lump formed when blood hardens in the blood vessel) formed at this time, causing a cerebral infarction.
The carotid artery is a large blood vessel located in the neck area that connects the heart to the brain, and is a very important area through which 80% of the blood to the brain passes.
In 2016, Mexican media reported that a 17-year-old boy who developed a blood clot due to a hickey ended up dying of cerebral infarction.
“If you have connective tissue disease, you may be more susceptible to hickeys,” said Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. “Carotid artery damage can be caused by long-term direct stimulation, which causes the blood vessel wall to become torn or damaged. “If a blood clot travels to an artery in the brain, it can cause a cerebral infarction,” he explained.
(Seoul = Newsis)
Source: www.donga.com
