New Delhi (NVI): Many symptoms that appear in the gums and teeth can be considered as early signs of high blood pressure, according to a recent study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension which says oral diseases and high blood pressure are closely related.
This research also suggests that people who have a disease called periodontitis are at higher risk of high blood pressure.
High blood pressure can cause many dangerous ailments such as heart attack and kidney failure.
5 Signs And Symptoms Of Hypertension
High blood pressure is a serious problem that causes premature death. More than 45% of youth worldwide suffer from high blood pressure. Nowadays people are falling prey to high blood pressure at the age of 25-30 years due to the sedentary lifestyle of people.
The initial symptoms of high blood pressure are very common, so many young people do not even know that their blood pressure is increased.
The easiest way to identify BP is that you keep checking your blood pressure regularly every 1-2 months. Apart from this, some symptoms appearing in the body also indicate that you may have high blood pressure i.e. BP. Let us tell you what are these symptoms.
5 signs of high blood pressure (in the mouth)
Bleeding gums after brushing
Prolonged persistent toothache
Pain in speaking due to swelling in gums
Gums turn red or purple
Pain and stinging in gums
Gum diseases and heart attack: What’s the relationship?
If you often have problems with teeth and gums, you should be careful. Gum diseases are associated with high blood pressure as well as serious illnesses such as heart attack. For this research, Dr Hasturk and Dr Alpdogan Kantarci conducted 81 research papers in 26 countries have now been made the basis. According to research (conducted at the Forsyth Institute and published in Harvard Health Publishing), if a person is seen with periodontitis (gum disease), then the risk of heart attack can increase from 22% to 49% depending on the severity of the disease.
What to do? How to avoid high blood pressure?If you want to avoid the problem of high blood pressure, then you should take special care of some things.Following are some instances:
Do not let your weight gain. Obesity causes high blood pressure, so if you have fat around your stomach, then you should start losing your weight immediately.
If you smoke, you are at a very high risk of having high blood pressure. So quit smoking habit immediately.
Brush 2 times daily and thoroughly clean the mouth. The problem of increasing blood pressure due to oral diseases is quite common.
In case of problems with teeth bleeding, toothache, gingivitis etc., contact the dentist/doctor without delay and get the examination done.
Exercise at least 25-30 minutes daily. The more you keep your body relaxed you will increase the risk of high blood pressure.
Reduce the use of salt and sugar in your food. Excess intake of salt also causes high blood pressure.
