Dental Periodontal Disease - Can Bleeding Gums Give You Heart Disease & Diabetes?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Richard_Neufeld,_DDS] Richard Neufeld, DDS
New scientific studies are confirming emerging evidence that low-grade inflammation (like gum disease) is a factor in the development of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer's and other illnesses.
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that women with high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), which measures inflammation, are twice as likely as those with high cholesterol to die from heart attacks and strokes. British researchers also found that patients with a high CRP level had more then six times the risk of developing diabetes within 5 years.
Gum disease, also known as periodontal disease, is one of our most common infections. It is a chronic inflammation that is estimated to effect about 80% of the American population. It is also contagious, and often passed on to family members. In addition to being a cause of inflammation, it is believed that bacteria in your mouth can enter the blood stream through oral tissue or the stomach when swallowed. This allows the bacteria and infection to spread to other areas of the body.
Inflammation is an immune system response to injury or illness that helps our bodies heal. When there is a chronic irritation stimulating the immune system continuously the chemicals and proteins involved can be toxic to the tissue. Allergies and auto immune diseases are also caused by the over stimulation of the immune system. Other common sources of inflammation include asthma, stomach or bowel problems, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, and hepatitis.
So what can you do?
1. Quit smoking - smoking keeps the circulatory system and lungs constantly inflamed.
2. Oral Health Care - see your dentist and hygienist regularly and brush and floss daily to prevent oral infection.
3. Diet - eating a diet low in saturated fat and high in antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables helps prevent inflammation.
4. Exercise -reduces fat and fat cells are believed to produce inflammatory substances.
5. Medications- check with your doctor about taking daily aspirin or other medications available that help lower CRP levels.
Preventing gum disease and other inflammations may help you live longer and healthier. Please give your dentist a chance to make a difference in your life.
Bite of Wisdom: Remember to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak or strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
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