When it comes down to it, the mouth is a major portal to the rest of the body. It is used to ingest food, medication, and liquids. It is also used to breath, speak, and keep your aesthetic appearance that allows people to recognize you. Most people do not realize that the health of their mouth affects the health of the entire body, including major organs like the heart. The American Academy for Oral Systemic Health says, “oral bacteria are being found in brain tissue, heart vessels, joints, and many other parts of your body”(1). Many conditions like diseases, deficiencies, viruses, and infections can present themselves in the mouth even if they are located elsewhere in the body. Any condition found in the mouth can get into the blood stream …show more content…
(3) It is fact that hereditary factors play a role in coronary heart disease but not much proof shows that the risk is genetic. It may be related to an unhealthy family environment and habits. There are many studies over the years proving the systemic link between coronary heart disease and …show more content…
The body’s response of inflammation is usually used to help fight off bacteria and infection but, in some conditions, it can do more harm to the body than intended. “The inflammatory nature of periodontitis plays a deleterious role in causing damage to the systemic circulation by impairing blood vessel endothelium function, promoting atheroma formation and increasing the risk of thrombotic and embolic events.” (3). “Heritability estimates for periodontal disease were 39% in women and 33% in men… and may account for 29% of cardiovascular disease,” (4). Inflammatory cells can travel from the mouth to the heart via the blood vessels. Many of the same bacteria, 30%, has been found in periodontal disease and coronary heart disease (5). These bacteria have been known to cause an increase in lipids and blood pressure; this suggests a relationship between periodontal disease and coronary heart
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The contributing factor is lack of knowledge and family medical screening. Understanding the history of your genetic line specific to your race and ethnicity may be helpful in preventing heart disease later on in adulthood.... ... middle of paper ... ... Current studies of note have focused primarily on middle-class and/or suburban populations.
Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in the United States. It is responsible for one in four deaths every year, about 600,000 mortalities. This disease affects men and women, as well as every ethnic group. Coronary artery disease is the most common cardiovascular disease, representing approximately 400,000 deaths per year of the aforementioned 600,000 total deaths from cardiovascular diseases as a whole. In 2010 alone, coronary artery disease cost the United States $108.9 billion for health care services, medication, and lost productivity. These chilling statistics, published every year by the American Medical Association, demonstrate the immediate need for new and innovative ways to prevent, detect, and treat coronary heart disease. This paper will explore the molecular biology behind the disease while explaining the current treatments and prevention that are available today, why they work and what can be done to improve them.
The hereditary risk factors for cardiovascular disease are primarily those of which individuals are unable to control, the ones for which they are born with. These risk factors would include an individual’s sex, race, age, and genetics. One out of every five males has some form of cardiovascular disease and the same applies for females. More women than men have cardiovascular disease in this country, but this is only due to the fact that there are more women within the U.S. population (Weiss and Lonnquist, 2011). Men percentage wise are at a higher risk than women. There is a somewhat reduced probability for females to have cardiovascular disease before menopause. This is believed by medical researchers and scientists to be directly related to the natural hor...
This topic was brought to my attention by noticing the lack of dental hygiene among my peers. This doesn’t necessarily just mean having cavities, sore gums, or bad breath. No one likes communicating with another person with bad, stinky breath. Bad breath is also known as halitosis, which is caused by anaerobic bacteria. Anaerobic bacteria is found in our mouth from drinking coffee, eating spicy foods,smoking tobacco, medications, gum diseases and many more.
Your genetic information determines the genes you inherit that may cause or elevate your risk of certain medical conditions. My family genogram clearly indicates the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), heart disease (HD), hypercholesterolemia (HC) and hypertension (HTN). Heart disease is indicated on both maternal and paternal side and even though T2D only shows on my paternal side, the other diseases such as HC and HTN that are on my maternal side are risk factors for developing diabetes. According to Pessoa Marinho et al. (2013), the genetic and environmental risk factors that influence T2D development are: “age, gender, ethnicity, family history, obesity, inactivity, gestational diabetes, macrosomia, hypertension, decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, increased triglycerides, cardiovascular diseases, micropolycystic ovary syndrome, high blood glucose on previous testing, impaired glucose tolerance and glycated hemoglobin ≥5.7%” (Pessoa Marinho et al., 2013, p. 570). Bianco et al. (2013) states, “the maternal influence confirms the hereditary role in the diabetes pathogenesis that women with positive family history to the illness presented...
Over time as individuals age and are faced with access to care issues they may begin to neglect their oral health. As time passes between dental hygiene cleanings or dentist visits the presence of oral disease may begin to increase.
Due to their direct contact with patients, personnel of health care teams are exposed to a higher risk of contracting diseases. Specifically, this risk becomes more potential for dental professional teams if we know that most of the human microbial pathogens are isolated from oral secretions. They can cause serious diseases that might transmit from patients to the personnel, and vice versa (Bednarsh & Molinri, 2010). In 1970 and the early 1980s, result showed the tendency among dental professionals to have more certain infectious diseases than the general public due to their exposure to blood and saliva of their patients (Bednarsh & Molinri, 2010). Disease, such as hepatiti...
With all the bacteria building up it causes everyday sicknesses. Having a certain sickness can put you in a life threatening situation. The bacteria within the mouth from poor oral hygiene can cause many diseases such as pneumonia, gingivitis, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s. Pneumonia is a lung disease caused by certain bacteria not being filtered out by the body and filling up in the lungs. Pneumonia is very commonly found in people with poor oral health because of the extreme buildup of bacteria which is being taken in constantly (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society). Too much bacteria will cause the body to remove which causes the bacteria to buildup in the respiratory tracts, causing inflammation and fluid buildup which is pneumonia. Gingivitis is the lowest form of periodontal diseases, which is an inflammatory disease of the gums, caused from an excessive buildup of plaque on the gum line. Gingivitis causes painful inflammation, swelling, irritation, and bleeding of the gums. The inflammation from gingivitis can be detrimental to people with type two diabetes, making it even harder to keep their blood sugar levels normal (Usborne par. 9). Studies have found that people with few teeth are at greater risk for
Periodontal disease involves series of infections that occur within gum tissues of the mouth and the surrounding of teeth. Some infections cause simple inflammation of the gum tissues and in some cases it causes server damage within the soft tissues and bones, and a possibility of losing teeth. Periodontal disease can be prevented if people were more educated on how to keep healthy gums and teeth. People need to also understand that the way you live your lifestyle can also have effect on your health as far as oral hygiene.
Dental professionals should promote a message that a strong biologic connection exists between oral and systemic health. Therefore, having a good understanding of oral health and systemic health is beneficial and can help you protect yourself. Streptococcus mutants, the bacteria found in periodontal infection are also the bacteria found in many of the cardiovascular diseases. This establishes a strong relationship between these two conditions.
The microbiota, or the microbes living in and on a person, is an important contribution to the health of a person. The mouth, like every other part of the body, is overloaded with microorganisms, including viruses, protozoa, archaea, and bacteria. There are about 1000 different species of bacteria in the mouth. The most commonly seen species of bacteria phyla found in the mouth Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Spirochaetes, Synergistetes, and Tenericutes. The oral flora is important to maintain, and periodontitis, imflammation of the gums, is one specific disease of the mouth that is due to a contribution of a change in the microbiota. In order to maintain a healthy oral microbiota, brushing teeth with toothpaste and flossing are recommended. The mouth is known to be the cause for many diseases, especially heart disease due to the easy access to the bloodstream (Wade). The microbiota is made up of many types of bacteria that work together to maintain proper health when the patient has good oral hygiene habits.
Treatment for coronary heart disease can range from simple changing your lifestyle to having medical or surgical procedure done. Although there is no cure for this disease, doctors and scientist have gone to great lengths to further understand and treat this disease. From testing on animals to controversial procedures, to finding alternative types of treatment whether it be medical or holistic. Has any research been successful? And what is to come for this disease in the future?
Eliminating bacteria through good oral hygiene is not possible. The gum tissue begins pulling away from the teeth. This creates pockets that allow bacteria to build up, which leads to an infection. As your body fights the harmful bacteria, the bone and tissue holding the teeth in place begins to break down. The pockets deepen and begin filling with pus.
Periodontitis, the most common chronic inflammatory disease known world-wide, is characterized by pathologically-excessive degradation of collagen and other connective tissue constituents and accelerated resorption of the alveolar bone in the periodontal supporting structures of the teeth including the gingiva, periodontal ligament and the alveolar bone. Nationwide, the prevalence of periodontal disease, in some form, is known to affect up to 50% of the adult population and is a substantial inflammatory burden which can be detrimental to over-all systemic health. In this regard, this common dental disease, chronic periodontitis, has, over the past few decades, been increasingly linked to a variety of medical diseases such as cardiovascular