Saliva is the substance that is secreted by the sublingual glands and glands under the jaw. The saliva contains a variety of substances such as protein, salts, water, which helps moisturize the mouth and eliminate the microbes in it, as well as it softens the food to facilitate chewing The saliva works to turn starch into special enzymes, so the mouth is one of the areas where a number of dangerous microbes are collected, which can be transmitted from one person to another through the transmission of saliva from the infected person to the healthy person, through direct contact Between the mouth of the person SAB healthy person and mouth, or by eating foods and drinks contaminated with microbes, which leads to serious diseases, according to viruses transmitted.
Diseases transmitted by saliva
- Viral hepatitis belonging to the family of bicornoid viruses: It is one of the most dangerous diseases transmitted by saliva, which may cause death in cases where not received timely and appropriate treatment, and these viruses infect the liver in particular.
- AIDS, which is transmitted because of a defect in the membranes lining the mouth, which works to destroy the immune system deadly and large, and the disease has not yet been a cure for the fight against viruses causing it.
- Syphilis, which is transmitted through the sexual areas, causes significant damage to the injured person in several places such as: mouth, anus, and endometrium, and shows the form of ulcers in the mouth, and pink spots on the hands.
- Respiratory diseases, which affect the tonsils through viruses and microbes in contaminated saliva such as: flu and flu, and move quickly.
- Herpes, which is transmitted from person to person regardless of age, and viruses of this disease transmitted to nerve nodes, causing the spread, and shows the disease in the form of ulcers in the mouth, and infections in the gums.
Tips
Care should be taken when eating foods and beverages, making sure they are clean and free of any viruses that may lead to infection. In addition, people should not eat foods using the same tools, especially lice and spores; they may contain saliva filled with infectious viruses, Through the mouth of the injured, such as kisses and others, to protect against transmission; because the diseases they cause may be dangerous and cause death, and can be normal diseases disappear with the demise of the exhibitor and viruses causing it.