Open AccessAphthous ulcers, salivary peroxidase and stress: Are they related?
Author(s) -
Geetha C Kiran,
Bernard Ajay Reginald
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.157199
Subject(s) - saliva , perceived stress scale , medicine , analysis of variance , stress (linguistics) , peroxidase , recurrent aphthous stomatitis , physiology , psychological stress , immune system , clinical psychology , immunology , enzyme , biology , stomatitis , philosophy , linguistics , biochemistry
In today's high strung lifestyle, stress plays a major role on our health. Studies using ultraweak chemiluminescence have been able to demonstrate this effect, of psychological stress on the immune system, using saliva as a psychological stress marker. The impact of psychosocial factors on the oral mucosal lesions of individuals found that stress can contribute to weakened immunity and increased susceptibility to infection.