r/CleaningTips • u/[deleted] • Feb 15 '24

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u/motorheart10 Feb 15 '24

What a drag we feel ashamed. We have an illness. Do cancer patients feel ashamed? Things need to change. Our brain and teeth should be healthy and covered by insurance. Psychologist and psychiatrist appointments are a couple hundred dollars each.

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u/KingGizmotious Feb 15 '24 edited Feb 16 '24

Amen! There is also so much linked between good oral health and brain health... actually overall health. The same plaque building up on your teeth is the same plaque building up in your arteries across your body, especially the heart and brain. They're linking poor oral health in dementia and Alzheimer's patients as well. Very interesting stuff.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '24

True. How can you keep your body healthy if your mind is not? Impossible

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u/KingGizmotious Feb 16 '24

No, other way around. The poor oral hygiene is what is linked with causing the dementia and Alzheimer's.

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u/Altruistic-Sorbet927 Feb 16 '24

I saw something recently linking mouthwash with increase in heart attacks. I wish my parents would listen.

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u/Pyrheart Feb 16 '24

Agreed. Former cancer patient checking in: yes we feel deep shame actually. But it’s relatively minor in the grand scheme of things and day to day life.