Study: Regular mouthwash causes high blood pressure.. How does that happen?



Adham Elsayed


Posted on: Monday, October 17, 2022 – 11:57 AM | Last update: Monday, October 17, 2022 – 11:57 AM

Oral health is necessary to maintain the rest of the body, as many scientific research confirms the strong role of oral microbes and their impact on many diseases. the blood.

The website “Dentistry Today” reported that a team from Baylor University in the United States conducted an analysis of 16 oral ribose acid sequences; To monitor the effect of using lotion on an important substance in the mouth to control blood pressure.

The study showed that mouthwash kills microbes that convert nitrates to nitric oxide, which works to control blood pressure rates, and added that the use of mouthwash twice a day raises blood pressure systol after one week of persistence with that habit.

It is noteworthy that systol is the blood pressure resulting from the heartbeat, which is expressed in the largest number on the blood pressure system.

The study showed that the chlorhexidine in the lye is what causes this problem that affects blood pressure.

And advised Nathan Bryan, the study supervisor, not to stop washing the mouth with methods other than rinsing, as well as eating foods rich in nitrates to supply the mouth with enough stock to produce the substance that helps control blood pressure.

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