AN INFECTED MOUTH COULD LEAD TO A BROKEN HEART
Brushing and flossing regularly can keep your smile shining as brightly as ever, but did you know that it could also help protect your heart? Now, researchers in Japan report that an infected mouth could lead to a broken heart.
In a study published last month in the International Journal of Oral Science, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have revealed that a common oral pathogen can stop cardiac muscle cells from repairing themselves after a heart attack caused by coronary heart disease.
Heart attacks occur when blood flow in the coronary arteries is blocked, resulting in an inadequate supply of nutrients and oxygen to the heart muscle, and ultimately death of cardiac muscle cells. To prevent this, cardiac muscle cells use a process known as autophagy to dispose of damaged cellular components, keeping them from causing cardiac dysfunction. The oral pathogen inhibits the heart muscle cells from this necessary repair.
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