6 reasons why your gums bleed

There are quite a lot of people who find bright red blood on their toothbrushes and in the white foam of toothpaste when they brush their teeth; they even leave bloody tooth marks on fruits and steamed buns when they eat fruits and bite steamed buns; even after kissing their lovers hard, they will feel a bloody taste in their mouths. What disease is this a signal of? So what are the causes of bleeding gums?

Reason 1:

There are many reasons for bleeding gums, which can generally be divided into two types: local reasons and systemic reasons. Local gingival bleeding is common in patients with gingivitis or periodontitis. In addition, gingival hyperplasia can also cause local gingival bleeding.

There is a shallow gingival groove between the gum edge and the teeth. When the mouth is not clean, a lot of decayed, softened and sticky food residues will often accumulate in the gingival groove, mixed with a large number of bacteria, forming soft dental plaque. Over time, coupled with the minerals separated from the saliva deposited in the dental plaque, it will form hard dental calculus, also called tartar. These soft and hard dental plaques (i.e. tartar) constantly stimulate the gums, and the continuous invasion of bacteria will cause gingivitis, manifested as red and swollen gums and ulcers on the gum margins. Just the slightest touch will cause bleeding.

In addition to gingivitis (or periodontitis) which can cause local bleeding of the gums, gingival hyperplasia can also cause local bleeding of the gums. Some young people have swollen and raised gums due to unclean oral cavity, and they feel a softer feeling when pressing the gums with their fingers. Some of these hyperplastic gums can cover 1/3 to 1/2 of the tooth surface, and can cover plaque and tartar under the hyperplastic gums, thus causing frequent gingival bleeding. Taking drugs to treat epilepsy can also cause gingival hyperplasia.

Some people like to brush their teeth with a large-headed, hard-bristled toothbrush, especially brushing horizontally, which is more likely to cause local bleeding. In addition, improper use of toothpicks, unreasonable dentures, sharp stimulation from the edges of caries, and hard food residues that are embedded in the teeth can also cause local gingival bleeding.

Under the same conditions, people who have been deficient in vitamin C for a long time are more likely to have bleeding gums after encountering the above-mentioned stimulation than ordinary people due to increased fragility and permeability of the capillaries in their gum tissue. Eating more vegetables can increase the body's intake of vitamin C.

Among those who suffer from bleeding gums, some suffer from systemic diseases. This type of bleeding gums is often a sign of systemic diseases, such as hemophilia, hemorrhagic purpura, thrombocytopenia, etc. There are also some systemic diseases in the late stages that can cause low coagulation function or severe anemia, and symptoms of bleeding gums, such as cirrhosis of the liver, hypersplenism, late-stage nephritis, disseminated lupus erythematosus, etc. Bleeding gums are also a prominent symptom of scurvy.