Gingivitis Can Make Hard Erection

Disturbances in the mouth and teeth should not be underestimated. Not only cause pain, but also can make your sex life a mess. Disease gingivitis or periodontitis, for example, can cause difficulty men experience erectile impotence alias.

Periodontitis is the advanced stage of gum disease where in between the teeth and gum pockets are formed so that the gums inflamed plaque, enlarging the bag, and accommodate more plaque. Pockets of pus may form on these dark areas. If not treated, the teeth will falter even date.

Periodontitis is usually painless. In some cases of acute infection, forming an abscess or pus, causing pain.

If you start to feel symptoms peridontitis, consult your dentist. The sooner you to the dentist, the greater the likelihood the gums heal and prevent tooth loss.

Not only that, recent studies mention periodontitis that occurs in mice can lead to impotence. The results of this study confirm previous studies which found disease gingivitis commonly found in men suffering from erectile dysfunction.

"Recognizing and treating periodontal disease in patients, both suffering from erectile dysfunction or not, can save the patient's sexual life," said researchers from Luzhou Medical College in China.

In that study, the experts found periodontitis will enhance the body's inflammation or inflammation in mice. Inflammation is an immune system response and can be useful when the body fight infection. However, inflammation is ongoing in high levels can be bad for health.

Experimental mice suffering from periodontitis have a little enzyme that served in achieving an erection, the eNOS enzyme. This enzyme produces nitric oxide that will make blood vessels relax and improve blood circulation to the penis.

Inflammation caused by periodontitis will reduce nitric oxide thereby disrupting an erection. However, this new mechanism seen in mice, is not known whether the same thing also happens in humans.

However, another study found men who suffer from erectile dysfunction have a high inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein. "Another cause of high inflammation in the body is a fat belly," said Dr. David Meldrum, infertility expert from the University of California, Los Angeles, United States.

Other factors that affect erectile disorders, among others, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and nicotine.