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Health Update: Love bite risk

Cherrill Hicks
Monday 05 October 1992 23:02 BST
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LOVERS whose sexual repertoire includes playful bites to the penis should think again. Penile bites can lead to serious complications, according to a recent report in the Journal of Urology. It describes five cases of bitten penis, all of which led to serious infection; in one man this progressed to the lower abdomen. Doctors should take penis bites seriously, it says.

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