gums

Wondering why people recoil, scrunch up their nose, turn away, and step back when you are near them?

Rather than react with dismay or outrage at the incendiary insinuation that your mouth stinks, it’s time to find out what is going on in your mouth.

Gum disease may activate HIV

Tokyo, February13: In a ground breaking study, Japanese researchers disclosed that an acid produced in the mouth due to gum disease could trigger full-blown AIDS in people already infected with HIVdefine.

Gum disease may activate HIV

The researchers revealed that chronic inflammation erodes the bony structure in the gum leading to a periodontal disease which poses not only a threat to teeth, but the entire body.

Kuniyasu Ochiai, of the Microbiology Department at Tokyo-based Nihon University, and his research team stated that the bacteria “Produce a large amount of butyric acid, which smells like socks you wore for a long time.”

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