Our immune system
Our immune system
Our immune system is responsible for maintaining our health. A healthy diet strengthens it and promotes the health of the whole body to defend against pathogens such as viruses, bacteria or pollutants.
It is divided into two main components: The unspecific and the specific The non-specific immune system directs its scavenger cells (macrophages) against everything that does not belong in the body. Many Incompatibilities these include.
The specific immune system must first "get to know" the enemy and then directs itself with its lymphocytes in the sense of a Sensitization or allergy specifically only against him.
Mechanisms of chronic inflammation
Almost every disease and inflammation runs through the immune system according to the same mechanisms. The cells of the immune system produce certain messenger substances - so-called Cytokines or Inflammatory mediators - are released, which perform a wide variety of tasks during the body's "defense phase".
These include, for example, defense against an attack from the outside (infection) or from the inside (police in the case of tumors). In the case of acute, short-term inflammation (e.g. a cold), this makes perfect sense. In the case of chronic inflammation, however, the same mechanisms sometimes run subliminally for years and lead to long-term stress.
The long-term, subliminal effect of these inflammatory cytokines explains the individual and very different symptoms.
"silent inflammation" - chronic immune activation
Chronic (permanent) exposure to various triggers - including dental materials - leads to a disruption of the regulatory function, disturbances in the acid/base, vitamin and hormone balance, as well as oxidative and nitrosative stress due to increased cytokine release.
The reduced immune tolerance favours the development of further sensitization. A wheel begins to turn, which is sometimes difficult to stop.
As this condition is usually painless and only accompanied by general symptoms that cannot always be clearly assigned, it is referred to as "silent inflammation"
Of course, these mechanisms also apply to what happens in the oral cavity...we only have ONE immune system! It is our task to recognize and correctly classify them.
Dr. Jens Tartsch
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