CHECK Magazin - Gesundheitsmagazin für Männer No.12
Wenn wir, nicht erst seit gestern, von Ressourcen sparen reden, fällt oft die am nächsten liegende Ressource unter den Tisch: der Mensch. Auch wir sind nicht unerschöpflich belastbar, auch wir haben Grenzen. Mit dieser Ausgabe wollen wir uns daher ein bisschen befreien: Von Keimen, negativen Gedanken, dem Gefühl, nicht gehört zu werden, unnötigem Körperfett, Nahrung, die uns gestresster und ängstlicher macht, Krankheitsrisiken oder auch Scham.
Wenn wir, nicht erst seit gestern, von Ressourcen sparen reden, fällt oft die am nächsten liegende Ressource unter den Tisch: der Mensch. Auch wir sind nicht unerschöpflich belastbar, auch wir haben Grenzen. Mit dieser Ausgabe wollen wir uns daher ein bisschen befreien: Von Keimen, negativen Gedanken, dem Gefühl, nicht gehört zu werden, unnötigem Körperfett, Nahrung, die uns gestresster und ängstlicher macht, Krankheitsrisiken oder auch Scham.
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<strong>CHECK</strong> MAG #12<br />
SMOKERS AND PERIODONTITIS<br />
Smoking reduces the blood supply to the gums,<br />
which means they recede more quickly.<br />
Acidity of saliva<br />
Some people are also more prone<br />
to tooth decay than others. This<br />
is due to the individually different<br />
pH value. The lower it is, the more<br />
dangerous the acid attacks are<br />
for the teeth.<br />
Oral and dental hygiene<br />
Oral and dental hygiene is<br />
particularly important for people<br />
with serious ill nesses, because<br />
inflammation in the mouth area<br />
makes it even more difficult to<br />
eat and break up food, which can<br />
also lead to digestive problems.<br />
Especially in patients who are fed<br />
by tubes, the oral flora becomes<br />
drier and more easily inflamed<br />
due to the lack of food intake and<br />
is therefore more susceptible<br />
to mucosal defects, aphthae<br />
and mycoses and the intestinal<br />
activity also suffers.<br />
A tip from holistic medicine:<br />
Freeze a good broth as ice<br />
cubes and let it literally melt<br />
in your mouth!<br />
Fighting Cancer<br />
– Minimising<br />
Side Effects<br />
Patients undergoing chemotherapy<br />
and/or radiation therapy<br />
for cancer are advised to visit<br />
their dentist first because side<br />
effects of treatment may include<br />
dry mouth, inflammation and<br />
loss of taste. Radiation can also<br />
cause problems with the salivary<br />
glands. The healthier your teeth<br />
and gums are before therapy, the<br />
better these side effects can be<br />
avoided. Chemotherapy can also<br />
cause nausea and vomiting. Here<br />
it is important to rinse the mouth<br />
carefully afterwards, because<br />
stomach acid attacks teeth and<br />
gums.<br />
Medications<br />
Some medications that have<br />
a beneficial effect on cancer<br />
metastases in the bones can<br />
affect the stability of the jawbone<br />
as a side effect.<br />
Mouth and throat<br />
cancer<br />
In Germany, there are around<br />
10,000 new cases of malignant<br />
tumours in the mouth and<br />
throat every year. The most<br />
common forms include oral<br />
cavity carcinoma (3 out of 4<br />
patients are men!), which is<br />
usually characterised by white<br />
discoloration on the tongue or<br />
tongue floor of mouth showing.<br />
Sometimes it’s also non-healing<br />
sores or growths in the mouth. If<br />
the symptoms persist for more<br />
than 14 days, a doctor should<br />
be consulted in order to identify<br />
and treat a possible tumour<br />
early on. Since oral cancer cells<br />
divide faster than normal cells,<br />
the cancer cells can grow into<br />
healthy body tissue and thereby<br />
crowd it out. They can also detach<br />
from the tumour and spread to<br />
other areas of the mouth, jaw<br />
or neck lymph nodes and form<br />
new tumours (metastases).<br />
Throat cancer usually manifests<br />
itself as difficulty swallowing.<br />
Persistent hoarseness can also<br />
be a symptom of throat cancer.<br />
With the kind support of<br />
Witzleben pharmacies Berlin<br />
Kaiserdamm 24+26, 14057 Berlin<br />
www.witzleben-apotheke.de<br />
Illustration: ©Daniel Masullo<br />
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