Newspaper “News” published detailed material on diseases that are transmitted through saliva.
According to dental surgeon Diana Kulieva, one ml of saliva contains approximately 900 million microbes. They are unevenly distributed in the oral cavity and can be sources of various diseases, since human saliva is a favorable environment for them.
“From this point of view, pathogens that cause SARS, including influenza and covid, pose the greatest danger,” said Alexander Gorelov, Deputy Director for Research at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor.
If we talk about infection through saliva, then the most dangerous are viral meningitis, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex, Epstein-Barr virus. These infections can be obtained directly through kissing.
Therefore, you should not kiss a person who has rashes in the form of bubbles on his lips. You can also get infected by spitting in the face. This is a rare type of insult, but it is still present in people’s lives and carries a certain danger.
According to Diana Kulieva, in this case, there is a chance to pick up a sore if droplets of saliva “fly” from a person who is sick with mumps or mumps7
“Diseases caused by both viruses – influenza, adenovirus infection, chickenpox, measles, rubella, mumps, and bacteria – tonsillitis, scarlet fever, diphtheria, meningococcal and pneumococcal infections can be transmitted by airborne droplets,” the specialist said.
Also, dangerous bacteria can get through the saliva of animals. The most famous disease that pets can infect their owner is rabies. It is mainly transmitted through bites, but it is enough just to get a drop of saliva on wounds and cuts.
No less dangerous are the bacteria that were contained on the animal’s fur, but when licked they got into the oral cavity. Thus, rickettsia, capnocytophages and bartonella can be transmitted to a person.
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