Brushing can prevent arthritis

Bacteria that cause gum infections also cause some complications in the lives of many people around the world.

Experts said their findings added evidence that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in relation to the sanitary theoretically dental suspected long ago.

Bacterial infections with A. actinomycetemcomitans bacteria cause gum disease also causes increased production of the protein fish that cause weakened immune system.

The altered amino acid that regulates the production of the protein is that it happened naturally in humans. But for those with rheumatoid arthritis, this process too active, leading to inflammation and tissue damage, according to the researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found.

However, in a recently discovered they also found obvious in samples of patients with gum disease. But the researchers warned that more than half of the participants with rheumatoid arthritis do not have gum problems.

They said it could be proven that other bacteria in the intestines, lungs or elsewhere also function making joints.

The disease is caused when the immune system is dysfunctional and attacks on cells makes joints stiff and painful.

More than 700,000 people in the UK have broken the bone, cartilage and soft tissue. It affects mainly but not exclusively on the elderly.