“Bleeding gums” may be nasopharyngeal

Many people brush their teeth, suck, eat fruit or teeth when the gums would be bleeding. In the absence of pain, bleeding gums often do not attract people’s attention. Bleeding gums is a symptom of gingivitis, but it can also conceal other problems.

The reasons for bleeding gums

When the oral cavity among the formation of plaque in the tooth surface, after which, if not promptly removed, can be gradually harden to form calculus. Tartar tooth and gums are located on the binding site, this hard calculus for the gum of a continuing stimulus, when the normal gingival inflammation by the stimulation, an increase in gingival capillaries become hyperemia, gum color darken, once the by stimulation, easily bleeding gums. This is the reason for bleeding gums.

Bleeding gums are not necessarily only oral diseases

Dental Hospital, Guangdong Province, Zhou Lei, vice president of family doctors accepting online interview pointed out: For bleeding gums, in general, if the former has never been, suddenly appeared, you should suspect is not there are other factors, systemic factors; there is , or it was because of one, and now suddenly increased, and a very obvious, this time to the timely medical treatment; some time out from the mouth inside the blood may also come from the nasopharynx, because the oral cavity is the nasopharynx behind , then the nasopharynx is also a high incidence of malignancy, if the bleeding inside the mouth, judge not in the end is a gum or something else, then we should consider going for medical treatment, excluding what in the end is bleeding or other bleeding gums.

Bleeding gums may also indicate what?

(1), gingivitis and inflammatory hyperplasia: dirty gingivitis, interdental papilla and gingival inflammation inflammatory hyperplasia is a common cause of bleeding gums.

(2) periodontal disease: in patients with inflammatory periodontal diseases easily bleeding gums.

(3) pregnancy gingivitis and pregnancy tumors: during pregnancy, gingival hyperemia, edema, touch of easy bleeding. After 3-4 months of pregnancy, pregnancy tumors prone to the gums on the nipple, showing tumor-like hyperplasia, the easy touch bleeding. Should be to maintain oral hygiene, pregnancy gingivitis more than able to heal after giving birth, pregnancy tumor during pregnancy can be reduced or stopped after the growth can also be carried out in the post-natal epulis resection.

(4) liver disease: can prothrombin, or fibrinogen reduced, resulting in poor blood coagulation, when the mouth is jeopardized, persistent bleeding may occur.

(5) thrombocytopenic purpura patients: This is a systemic disease manifested in the oral area, oral mucosa or gums, damage may, after bleeding; may also occur a wide range of automatic bleeding gums, in addition to oral cavity, the skin and internal organs are also , there may be petechiae, platelet count reduction test, bleeding time was prolonged, treatment can be used whole blood or platelet type, you can use cortisone, or ACTH, and so on.

(6) leukemia: Oral gum Jane is now with dirty kind of swelling, ulceration, and can suddenly leaking a small amount of bleeding in the long term.

(7) hemophilia: found only in men, more in dental extraction or oral sustained minor injuries after the bleeding, often due to lack of blood coagulation thromboplastin Erzhi extension.

(8) aplastic anemia: a wide range can also be expressed as gum bleeding, is significantly reduced due to red bone marrow hematopoietic dysfunction caused by a group of syndromes manifested mainly as leukopenia whole blood, often as the symptoms of anemia.

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