BAGPIPER'S HEALTH PROBLEMS

Here's an article from the BBC that suggests pipers may be more prone to lung infections from breathing in germs growing in the bag. It also suggests pipers are more likely to have distended stomachs from pushing air. Though I am inexperienced, I remain quite skeptical. First the doctor interviewed does not seem to have a clear understanding about how bagpipes physically work. Second, I don't suck air out of the bag, I blow air in. I am not using the bag as a breathing apparatus. As for the stomach thing, I dunno. I still seem to have the same girlish stomach I started with, ha.