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Xinhua Beijing Ta Kung Pao September 11 British scientists has found that poor oral hygiene also increase the risk of heart disease risk.

According to foreign reports, the United Kingdom University of Bristol academics Howard Jenkins, held in Dublin, Ireland Society for Microbiology general meeting that bacterial infection is also an independent factor leading to heart disease. There are more than 700 human oral species of bacteria, most of them harmless, but a small part of theMay trigger a series of reactions will eventually lead to heart disease and stroke.

Jenkins said that in the oral cavity may be the dirtiest parts of the body, if you just bleeding gums, bacteria will invade the bloodstream. The platelet adhesion of bacteria and affect blood flow. In addition, these bacteria will also hinder the role of immune cells and antibiotics.

the World Health Organization data show that heart disease caused each year by the world's 17 million people were killed and a threat to human life, the number one killer.