According to a lot of sources you could suffer a stroke or heart attack by getting a hickey. However I can't find any papers on the matter. Since this lead to a heated argument between me and my girlfriend, me using the argument that even a lot of newspapers would publish hoax stories if they sell more copies because of it. So my question is, is it true?
The top 4 google result lead to:
- http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/love-hurts-hickey-leads-stroke-paralysis/story?id=12731131
- http://www.medicaldaily.com/hickey-kills-teenage-boy-blood-clot-stroke-caused-love-bite-girlfriend-396464
- http://www.popsci.com/can-you-really-get-blood-clot-and-die-from-hickey
- http://chloeofthemountain.com/humor/can-a-hickey-kill-you/