Source: Health Times

Special correspondent Zhang Xianhuai

　　 periodontitis It refers to the chronic and infectious inflammation that occurs in the supporting tissues of teeth. The early symptoms are mainly bleeding, redness, swelling and pain of the gums. In severe cases, periodontal pockets (periodontal pockets are the gingival sulcus with pathological deepening, which is one of the most important clinical manifestations of periodontitis), pus overflow, masticatory weakness, teeth

Loose or even falling off. Zhang Jianqiang, director of the Department of Stomatology of the First Affiliated Hospital of the PLA General Hospital, said that if you don't pay attention to periodontitis at an early stage, it may affect your overall health.

Zhang Jianqiang said that tens of thousands of bacteria were hidden under the gums of patients with periodontitis. These bacteria were divided into pathogenic bacteria and non pathogenic bacteria. they

Interdependence and mutual transformation can lead to oral tissue infection once the balance is broken. It should be noted that these bacteria do not always move in the mouth. They will also enter other parts of the body with the blood circulation, causing infection and inflammation.

Clinical research proves that patients with periodontitis suffer from diabetes Is 7 times higher than that of normal people, and there is a two-way relationship between periodontitis and diabetes -- diabetes is one of the risk factors for periodontitis, Periodontal disease It also increases the risk of diabetic complications such as diabetic nephropathy and cardiovascular disease.

At the same time, experts in the acute miocardial infarction During the general examination, most patients had oral diseases of different degrees, the most common of which were periodontitis and periodontal abscess. Epidemiological investigation found that coronary heart disease The incidence is 20% higher than that of the normal population.

Periodontitis is not only associated with diabetes heart disease Mutual influence and concomitance Peptic ulcer 、 gastric cancer 、 pancreatic cancer The possibility of. As an infection

Focus, periodontitis can also cause multiple parts of the body rheumatic or rheumatoid diseases. In addition, periodontitis still suffers from glomerulonephritis, iridocyclitis

The inducement of somatitis and skin diseases. For pregnant women, periodontitis may cause premature delivery Low birth weight infants (those whose birth weight is less than 2.5 kg

Newborn babies are called low birth weight babies) and abortion 。

"The health of teeth and periodontium is a mirror reflecting the health of the whole body and the quality of life, which should arouse our great attention." Zhang Jianqiang said that to prevent periodontitis, we can regularly do oral examinations, timely treat the patients with dental diseases, avoid bad occlusion habits, pay attention to oral hygiene, brush teeth and wash teeth regularly, and eat less nuts after middle age.

In addition, keeping a healthy and optimistic attitude can effectively improve the immunity of the body and prevent the occurrence and development of periodontal disease.