Health&Wellness Magazine February 2016 | Page 37

For advertising information call 859.368.0778 or email [email protected] | February 2016 lodge, enter the bloodstream, attach to blood vessels and increase clot formation. It has also been suggested that inflammation caused by gum disease may also trigger clot formation. Failing to treat gum disease will cause this process of clotting to proceed even faster, although the precise mechanism remains a mystery to scientists. Clots decrease blood flow to the heart, thereby causing an elevation i