In the eyes of many people, toothache, although unbearable, is not an important thing in the end. However, some time ago, a Wuhan man who worked in Yangzhou lost his life because he did not receive timely treatment for toothache, which induced odontogenic downward necrotizing mediastinitis.

According to Bao Yang, chief physician of cardiothoracic surgery of Yangzhou First People's Hospital, what directly caused Zhou Han's death was odontogenic downward necrotizing mediastinitis, and the culprit of this disease was the sick tooth in his mouth. According to Bao Yang's analysis, there are three more important potential gaps in the human body: the space before the trachea, the space before the vertebra, and the space after the pharynx. These three gaps can all lead to the mediastinum between the two lung lobes. Zhou Han failed to deal with the problem of teeth in time, which led to inflammation and abscess. After that, the abscess virus around the teeth went down along the retropharyngeal space and the anterior tracheal space to the mediastinum, thus infecting the area, inducing odontogenic downward necrotizing mediastinitis, and finally taking Zhou Han's life.

Bao Yang introduced that, in fact, the abscesses in teeth and oral cavity may induce mediastinitis along the gap, but the abscesses in the throat can also induce this disease. For this reason, he reminded readers that although the probability of similar cases is small, they should also pay attention. In case of toothache, red and swollen gums and other conditions, timely treatment and control shall be carried out.

　　 Toothache is killing me, causing blindness heart disease 、 abortion Illness arises from "teeth"

"Don't ignore toothache. We often say that 'toothache is not a disease, but it is really deadly'. This is not alarmist. Toothache can really be fatal." Zhu Qingping, chief physician of the special clinic department of Jiangsu Provincial Stomatological Hospital, told reporters that as early as 30 or 40 years ago, some foreign researchers began to talk with Rheumatism arthritis 、 Rheumatic heart disease And other diseases.

And suffer periodontitis The bacteria and their toxic products that cause chronic periodontal infection can enter the blood, and these bacteria and toxic products will increase and worsen Arteriosclerosis and thrombus Forming, making periodontitis become Infective endocarditis 、 coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction and brain apoplexy Risk factors of occurrence. dental caries Aggravation can cause Pulpitis And periapical infection, and as a focus of maxillofacial infection, endocarditis, rheumatoid arthritis. Data shows that the ratio of death or hospitalization due to coronary heart disease in patients with periodontitis is 25% higher than that in individuals without periodontitis; Occurrence of severe periodontitis in pregnant women premature delivery The risk rate of infants and low birth weight infants was 7.5 times higher than that of normal pregnant women; Periodontitis caused by pathogenic bacteria diabetes The metabolic control of patients is more difficult than that of patients without periodontitis.

"There are lesions in the teeth, which will affect many systems throughout the body. There have been cases of blindness caused by toothache in foreign countries. There are also some cases of abortion caused by toothache. When women are in menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, their hormones change, and they are prone to get some dental diseases, especially gestation Period, do not pay attention to oral hygiene, it is easy to get gingivitis. In atherosclerotic plaque Periodontal disease Pathogenic bacteria, but how the bacteria enter the plaque is not clear for the time being, and everything has not been finalized. "

Scientists also point out that teeth are crucial in the process of human evolution. Modern people become old because of missing teeth, less chewing, less stimulation to brain cells, affecting the vitality of brain cells, and memory loss dementia The probability of disease is rising. In some surveys, it is found that people with less than 25 teeth have a 50% higher risk of stroke than normal people.

　　 Don't be complacent if you don't brush your teeth and still don't get sick. It's just not time

The protection of teeth is very important, but in life we often meet some people who neglect to protect their teeth and do not like to brush their teeth, but their teeth are also very healthy.

"In fact, there is an absolute relationship between the quality of teeth and heredity, especially the heredity of periodontal disease. Caries, periodontal disease, etc. are both external and internal effects. A family's health status of teeth is relatively close due to the convergence of diet structure, diet habits, lifestyle, etc. Some people brush their teeth less, but their teeth are still very good. This is just like the difference in individual physique. There are also many differences in people's tooth conditions. Some people are born with healthy teeth. " Zhu Qingping, for example, told the reporter that scientists have conducted some longitudinal tracking surveys on the teeth of herdsmen on the grasslands, which often last for ten or twenty years. The survey found that some herdsmen who have not brushed their teeth for years are also very healthy and have no lesions.

"In fact, tooth damage is a cumulative process, people's diet, brushing methods, smoking, eating some anti hypertension The use of drugs can cause great damage to teeth. But natural good teeth are not life insurance, which can only say that the time of pathological changes may be a little later. If you do not pay attention to the protection of teeth, and if there are problems with teeth, it will be very harmful. And those who toothache If you just tolerate the disease as a token and take some anti-inflammatory drugs to fight it, it will probably delay the opportunity to treat it and eventually lead to serious disease. "

reference resources

A working man who endured toothache and lost his life after not being treated for a week

Is toothache really caused by heart disease? Modern Express

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