Saliva : Systemic Diseases , Systemic Conditions

Salivasaliva : Systemic Diseases

Salivary glands and saliva composition affected directly or indirectly, and these changes may contribute to the diagnosis and early detection of disease.

Abnormal secretions that are present in CF cystic fibrosis causes the physician to explore the usefulness of saliva for disease diagnosis. Most studies agree that the saliva of CF patients contains increased calcium (calcium resulted in aggregation of proteins that cause saliva turbidity and phosphate levels that could explain the higher incidence of calculus, more neutral lipids, phospholipids and glycolipids, as a consequence of physico-chemical properties modified saliva in this disease, the increase in urea, uric acid, and total protein, particularly in the submandibular saliva . Saliva from CF

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Diagnostic Saliva On The Body , Both In Health And In Disease

Saliva, a biofluid most available and non-invasively from the human body, permanent "bathes" the mouth and trying to cope with a changing environment. Oral cavity, is very complex and unique environment for multiple functions, the only place in the body where the mineralized tissues exposed to the external environment in which there are complex interactions between different surfaces: the host network software and hardware, food, air, and microorganisms. Saliva includes a large number of inorganic and organic compounds, which act as "mirrors the body's health." In addition to its other functions, saliva could constitute the first line of defense against oxidative stress. Because the composition and function, saliva can have a significant role in controlling oxidative damage and / or modulation in the oral cavity. As a diagnostic fluid, saliva offers distinctive advantages over serum. Furthermore, saliva may

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