How did district toothache develop into a heart attack?

Is toothache not a disease? It's really going to kill you if it hurts. Reporters yesterday from Zhongshan University Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital dental department was informed that a 32-year-old man in Guangzhou recently toothache for several weeks pain not to treat, and finally developed into endocarditis, nearly died.
often sleep without brushing their teeth
32-year-old Xiaosun is the backbone of the workplace, often overtime. For nearly a month, he often felt tired, fever continued for a week, but he boasted that "young, good health", has not been to the hospital. Until recently due to chest tightness, shortness of breath, general weakness, only to go to the doctor, the result was diagnosed as subacute endocarditis. To Xiao sun's surprise, the cardiologist asked him to treat periodontitis as soon as possible.Liu Mo, deputy director of the department of dental periodontal disease at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, sun Yat-
, said that Xiaosun's oral cleanliness is not optimistic and suffers from moderate periodontitis. Xiaosun recalls that he often worked overtime into the night, often tired not to brush his teeth to sleep, but also often have the case of tooth swelling pain, "is periodontitis also related to heart disease?" Xiao Sun felt incredible. "Of course it matters." Liu Mo said, Xiaosun did blood culture, detected grass green streptococcus, and it is a common oral pathogenic bacteria, cardiologists are based on this clue, only "locked" Xiaosun "heart disease" the culprit.
periodontitis injured teeth are also "sad"
" In recent years, a large number of scientific studies have shown that periodontitis and endocarditis and other heart diseases are closely related. "The vice chairman of the periodontal branch of the Guangdong Provincial Dental Association, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Zhongshan University, vice president of the department of dental periodontal disease, Said Yi, said that periodontitis is a common chronic dental infectious disease, its main clinical manifestations of gum inflammation, bleeding, periodontal bag formation, tooth slot bone absorption, tooth loose displacement, chewing weakness, if not treated in a timely manner often cause other diseases, and even tooth loss.
in addition to endocarditis, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease and so on are also closely related to periodontitis. Periodontal pathogenic bacteria can be detected in coronary artery plaques and blood clots. Studies by domestic and foreign scholars have shown that patients with acute myocardial infarction or coronary heart disease have a higher proportion and more serious rates of periodontal disease than those of the same age and gender with non-coronary heart disease.
Liu Mo explained that in the event of moderate to severe periodontitis, periodontal bag wall gathered a large number of pathogenic bacteria, and inflammation of the periodonttive bag epithelial thinning or even ulcers, bag wall permeability greatly enhanced, so a large number of bacteria and their toxic products through the epithelial into the blood, so periodontitis patients more often appear more serious bacterial blood. Bacteria and their toxic products cause migratory infection through the blood, leading to vascular endothelial cell lesions, vasculitis, platelet aggregation and adhesion, vascular fat degeneration, cholesterol deposition, thrombosis, atherosclerosis and a series of other lesions, which affect heart health.
Yi reminded that heart disease patients should take the initiative to carry out regular oral examination, and actively prevent periodontitis. Patients with periodontitis should also pay attention to unexplained fever and chest pain. In addition to regular dental washing, patients with periodontal disease every 3 to 6 months to the periodontal department to repeat the treatment of periodontal basic treatment. (Ren Shanshan)
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