Do you also consider brushing as just a part of a daily routine and brush it off in a hurry? Do you often forget to brush before sleeping at night? Do you break through without brushing when you feel lethargic on the weekend? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then there is bad news for you. A recent study has revealed that the risk of liver cancer increases up to 75 percent due to poor oral health .
Researchers at Queen’s University, Belfast, UK conducted a study on 4.70 million people in the UK and the data collected from them were examined. This study tried to find out what is the connection between oral health condition and various types of stomach cancer including liver cancer, rectum cancer and pancreatic cancer risk. The study revealed that there is a relation between common problems related to the mouth such as mouth sores, bleeding gums and loose teeth and cancer risk.
Results of the study
Although no significant link was found between the rest of the stomach cancer and poor oral health, there was a significant link between hepatobiliary cancer and oral health. Not only this, due to poor health of the mouth, not only cancer but also the risk of diseases like heart disease, stroke and diabetes also increase manifold. This study was followed up for 6 years, in which it was revealed that out of 4 lakh 70 thousand participants involved in the study, 4 thousand 69 people were found to have gastrointestinal cancer. However, only 13 percent of these people had poor oral health.
Risk of disease due to microbes
No specific information has been found about the link between poor oral health and liver cancer. One possible cause may be microbes present in the mouth and intestine that aggravate the disease. Liver is like an engine of our body which removes bacteria and toxins from the body, but when the liver itself becomes ill due to problems like hepatitis, liver cancer or liver cirrhosis, liver function decreases due to which the liver in the body Long-term damage causes more damage.
