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I have heard oral infections can also lead to heart diseases. Is that possible? If possible what type of complications?
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Hello, Lybrate user, to some extent this is true. Infection is transported through blood to heart ,deminishing the volume of Oxygen to obstruct normal fuctioning of coronary arteries in feedng d heart walls, resulting in -damage of d heart. Tk care.
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It is one of theory that some oral infection cause thrombosi in blood pre disposed to heart attack.
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