{"id":1270,"date":"2023-06-01T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T15:09:09","slug":"gum-disease-and-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Gum Disease and Arthritis<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Researcher at the University of Leeds in the UK have completed a four-year study that links gum disease to rheumatoid arthritis.&nbsp; They found a direct correlation between gum disease and both the severity of and exacerbations of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>rheumatoid arthritis.&nbsp; Various species of the bacteria Streptococcus are the culprits.&nbsp; When a person with gingivitis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>chews or brushes their teeth the bacteria enter the bloodstream.&nbsp; This activates the immune system to make antibodies.&nbsp; As it turns out the antibodies that attack the Strep are the same ones that attack joint cartilage.&nbsp; They are called citrullinated antibodies and measurement of them is one of the diagnostic tests for rheumatoid arthritis.&nbsp; It probably shouldn\u2019t have been a surprise as the Strep germ that causes Strep throat has a long legacy of causing the autoimmune phenomenon called rheumatic fever which can lead to rheumatic heart disease.&nbsp; The cartilage in our joints is the same as the cartilage that makes our heart valves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it wasn\u2019t part of the initial study, the UK scientists found that people with the oral bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis and gum disease were much more prone to Alzheimer\u2019s disease.&nbsp; The bottom line is to practice good dental hygiene both at home and with your dentist.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researcher at the University of Leeds in the UK have completed a four-year study that links gum disease to rheumatoid arthritis.&nbsp; They found a direct correlation between gum disease and both the severity of and exacerbations of rheumatoid arthritis.&nbsp; Various species of the bacteria Streptococcus are the culprits.&nbsp; When a person with gingivitis chews or brushes their teeth the bacteria enter the bloodstream.&nbsp; This activates the immune system to make antibodies.&nbsp; As it turns out the antibodies that attack the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=1270\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[619,620,618],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arthritis","tag-gingivitis","tag-gum-disease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}