Text 23268, 69 rader
Skriven 2006-10-02 10:26:23 av Gary Braswell (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 23231 av Bob Sakowski (1:275/311)
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Bob Sakowski -> Gary Braswell wrote:
 BS> Gary Braswell wrote:

 >> Bob Sakowski -> Sean Dennis wrote:
 BS>>> Sean Dennis wrote:

 >>>> I have very very bad teeth that really all need
 >>>> to come out, but I can't afford it, so I just
 >>>> suffer with it.

 BS>>> Find a way to get your teeth fixed Sean because studies
 BS>>> have shown that the longer dental problems remain
 BS>>> unaddressed the likelihood they will affect major
 BS>>> organs increases.  The organisms that cause gum
 BS>>> disease, for example, can and often do cause
 BS>>> problems in the coronary arteries later on.

 >> You know, I have heard this before and I have a hard time
 >> believeing it.

 BS> I had, and still do have, below normal cholesterol levels, low
 BS> triglycerides, etc., in fact the only problems were with
 BS> homocysteine levels being quite high and moderately low HDL
 BS> (good) cholesterol levels, both of which are, as is said, in the
 BS> machinery (IE: a genetic disposition).  In general I was not
 BS> considered at risk for heart disease, yet here I sit after having
 BS> a couple of heart attacks, etc. afflicted with CAD.

 BS> Oh yes, about 4-5 years before my adventures in cardiac medicine
 BS> began I did have a couple of surgeries for periodontal disease,
 BS> so who knows?

 BS> For two years none of my doctors had a clue as to why I was having
 BS> so many serious and frequent blockages in my CAs.  I was on a
 BS> pretty steep downward spiral when my internist in Tulsa put me on
 BS> Lipitor on GP, having read a study about statins in general seem
 BS> to gave the serendipitous effect of smoothing the endothelial
 BS> layer of the intima in the arteries.  It took a few months to see
 BS> results but here I am still alive and kicking almost seven years
 BS> later.  <G>  And I still take statins, and will until I pack it
 BS> in.

 BS> Was it the Lipitor?  Who knows, but I do know it broke the cycle
 BS> of going to the cath lab every three months as well as
 BS> eliminating the unstable angina that afflicted me.

 >> Not that I am doubting you, it just seems odd. Teeth to
 >> arteries.

 BS> There has been some research showing a statistical corelation
 BS> between the two.

 >> I don't have bad teeth.

 BS> Good for you!

 >> In fact I have never had a cavity.

 BS> Wow.  Likely the reason for that, too, is the machinery Gary.

Interesting stuff.

Maybe those surgeries did have some effect.

I was told by a doctor once that bad teeth, oral surgery and a mistake on the
part of the surgeon can lead to all sorts of cardio-vascular problems.

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