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How Gum Disease Affects Your Health Research has discovered connections between gum disease and other serious health problems such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer kidney disease, Alzheimer's, pre-term low birth weight babies, respiratory diseases, low sperm count and other diseases. Gum disease is a potentially Deadly Infection which dramatically reduces one's ability to fight off other diseases and infections setting you up for major illnesses. If you already have diseases such as high blood pressure or diabetes, gum disease will aggravate your condition making it much harder to stabilize your medical condition.
Gum disease is an infection of bacteria, viruses and other micro organisms that spread throughout your body.
The following links can provide you with shocking information about the devastating effects of gum disease:
Gum Disease and Diabetes:
http://www.ada.org/public/media/releases/0310_release07.asp http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/gum-disease-signals-diabetes-risk/
Gum Disease and Chronic Health Conditions:
Gum Disease and Heart Attacks http://www.dent.umich.edu/research/loeschelabs/eduCAD.html webmd.com/heart-disease/features/periodontal-disease-heart-health Gum disease and Stroke www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061012185911.htm www.voanews.com/english/2005-02-07-voa56.cfm Gum Disease and Cancer www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-171539096.html |
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