Periodontal Disease Can Trigger Vascular Inflammation

Periodontal disease is the most common  Virus Proof Protocol Review    disease on the planet that affects people. However, what may be unknown is that this disease has a potential to cause or even aggravate life threatening conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, respiratory diseases and cancer. Initially, it was believed that bacteria causing periodontal disease were responsible for other diseases and body complications. Further extensive research carried out to establish this association has, in fact, identified inflammation as the main link between periodontal disease and other diseases. Therefore, inflammation treatment not only has benefits of dealing with periodontal diseases but also plays a major role in chronic inflammatory conditions management.

According to a new study published in the most recent issue of PLOS Pathogens, Dr. Darveau together with his colleagues have managed to successfully come up with a medical explanation to explain the link between periodontal diseases commonly known as gum diseases and vascular inflammation. A recent journal publication by the Chair of the Department of Periodontics co-authored by Dr. Richard Darveau explains how bacterium responsible for periodontal disease causes blood vessel inflammation outside of the oral cavity after the body's immune response fails to fight the bacterium.

Dr Darveau said "We had published earlier that this mechanism could be used by P. gingivalis to evade host detection, and this paper is the first to demonstrate it in an animal model of disease."

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