<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I have my tragus pierced and have had it since July. recently it has gotten infected and nothing is curing it. ever since it s gotten infected I ve been sick. running a fever, being super nauseous and my jaw has been sore. do these symptoms have anything to do with this? what are some things I can do to help this infection and these side effects?  <response>: Thanks for your question, I am Chat Doctor. Reading your quarry, I would say you have a systemic infection due to entry of germs from the infected Tagus wound into your blood - a condition know as bacterial sepsis. I would advise you consult a physician so that blood samples and pus samples are collected and analyzed so that appropriate antibiotics and medications are prescribed. Yes your symptoms have a lot to do with your infected wound. I advise that if you in the future do piercings, it should be by qualified and well-trained staff who use properly sterilized equipment. Good Luck and get well soon. 