What to do if your gums get inflamed in summer

The scorching heat in summer can easily induce various physical illnesses, among which gum inflammation is the most common summer disease. The gums are inflamed, the pain is unbearable, and the redness and swelling are difficult to go away. Even if there is delicious food, you will suddenly lose your appetite and can't concentrate on your work. So what should you do if your gums get inflamed in the summer? We can take some Chinese patent medicines or herbal teas with the effect of reducing heat to relieve the symptoms of swollen and painful gums.

Types of gum inflammation

1. Toothache caused by stomach fire

At this time, in addition to feeling severe toothache, there will also be swollen and painful gums or purulent bleeding. Therefore, you should eat more foods that can relieve heat, cool blood and relieve pain. Common foods include milk, taro and various fresh vegetables.

In addition, this type of toothache caused by heat also has some dietary taboos, such as spicy, fried, crude fiber, etc. foods should be eaten less. In addition, smoked and grilled foods will irritate the periodontal mucosa of the teeth, which is quite harmful to the epithelial cells and can cause redness, swelling and pain in the teeth. Therefore, you should eat less smoked and grilled foods.

Sweets with high sugar and fat content are irritating to the gums and are difficult to digest after ingestion, so you should avoid eating them when you have a sore throat.

2. Toothache caused by deficiency of fire

The main cause of this kind of toothache is chronic periodontal disease. The main symptom is dull pain in the teeth, but the pain worsens in the afternoon and evening, and the teeth often become weak and loose when eating.

If this type of toothache occurs, you should eat more foods that have the effects of nourishing yin and kidney and reducing fire.

3. Toothache caused by wind and fire

This type of toothache often occurs in the early stages of acute pulpitis and apical periodontitis. Patients can feel severe pain, which comes in waves. However, this pain will be effectively relieved when eating cold food, but it will worsen once it comes into contact with hot things, and even cause swollen and painful gums.

Patients should eat less spicy and irritating foods in their daily diet, such as onions, peppers, garlic, etc., because this type of food will generate heat and make the pain more severe.

In addition, you should eat less hard and rough foods, and less fried foods, because this type of food can damage your teeth and irritate the dental pulp. In addition, you should eat less alcohol and acidic foods, because these types of foods will have a chemical effect on the dental pulp, which can easily aggravate the pain.

You should eat more foods with high protein and vitamin content on a daily basis. For example, soy products, fruits and vegetables are good choices.

How to prevent gum inflammation

1. Eat less warm fruits

Fruits contain vitamins, so many people choose to eat a lot of fruits in summer to replenish water and nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. But be careful when choosing fruits and never choose some warm fruits, such as lychees, longans, cherries, guavas, etc. These fruits are all warm fruits. If consumed in excess, they are not only harmful to human health, but also cause getting angry.

2. Eat less meat

As the temperature continues to rise, the blood in our bodies will also undergo different degrees of changes. When the temperature exceeds 35°C, the blood will become viscous. If you eat some meat at this time, it will only make your mood worse. Meat also contains a lot of animal protein, which can reduce the tryptophan content in the brain, making you tend to be aggressive, anxious and combative.

If you eat too much meat in the hot summer weather, the calcium concentration in the body will be too low, which will also increase your tendency to be irritable and aggressive. Moreover, eating too much meat can cause hardening of blood vessels, which in turn increases blood pressure. High blood pressure is an important cause of emotional instability.

3. Eat less nuts

Whether resting at home or traveling, most people always like to prepare some nuts and eat them while chatting and watching TV, which looks really comfortable. But you may not know that eating too many nuts can also cause you to get a sore throat, such as cashews, pine nuts, melon seeds, almonds, pistachios, etc. Because nuts contain high calories, if you don't pay attention to eating too much, it will cause excessive internal heat in the body, which will lead to getting a sore throat.