My dentist made a point that the cavitations I have as a result of failed root canal treatments may have relevance to my overall health and in particular to my POIS.
1) There are a number of papers by Dr. Lechner, available at
https://www.dr-lechner.de/scientific-publications/ that give some cues. For example, according to
https://www.dovepress.com/stimulation-of-proinflammatory-cytokines-by-volatile-sulfur-compounds--peer-reviewed-article-IJGMbiotoxins form in such areas. These biotoxins can derange the immune system by causing an
increase of IFN-g.
I link this to Muon's discussion at
https://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=2925.0. He measured an increase in his IFN-g 24 hours after orgasm. Muon, do you have root-filled teeth? And what do you think about the above article?
Some of the other articles by Dr. Lechner show that the cavitations contain certain types of cytokines in larger-than-normal amounts, namely RANTES and FGF-2. These are chemokines (types of cytokines) that are associated with a number of chronic inflammatory diseases. Dr. Lechner talks about how cavitations, through the process of increasing RANTES and FGF-2 levels, may be contributing to inflammatory diseases of immunological nature (I would describe POIS as such). See, for example,
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186%2Fs13167-015-0032-4.pdfand
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636973/pdf/ijgm-6-277.pdf.
Note that cavitations cannot always be detected simply by a 2-d x-ray (although they sometimes can); if you have death teeth in your mouth, the above articles would be of interest to you.
2) Here is a quote attributed to Dr. Boyd Haley (I pulled the quote from a secondary source, not from an original article in a scientific journal, but we can check if the quote is accurate):
``Dr. Boyd Haley found that all cavitation tissue samples he tested contain toxins, which significantly inhibit one or more of the five basic body enzyme systems necessary in the production of energy. These toxins, which are most likely to be metabolic waste products of anaerobic bacteria (bacteria which don?t live in oxygen), may produce significant systemic effects, as well as play an important role in localized disease processes, which negatively affect the blood supply in the jawbone.
There are indications that other types of toxins also accumulate in cavitations, and when these toxins combine with certain chemicals or heavy metals (for example, mercury), much more potent toxins may form. High levels of mercury are commonly found in some cavitations and in general in the jawbone of those with mercury amalgam fillings and to have significant local and systemic effects. Mercury is known to be extremely toxic and to commonly cause chronic adverse local and systemic health effects. Yeast and fungi have also been found to accumulate in cavitations and to have significant systemic effects."
Dr. Boyd Haley is known for his position on the mercury toxicity controversy; he testified under oath before the US Congress on the issue of mercury toxicity and autism, here is the link:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-107hhrg76856/html/CHRG-107hhrg76856.htm (you can Ctrl+F his name to read his part). So, he is a serious and respectable researcher with views contradicting mainstream medicine and dentistry.
As I've written in another threat, I am in the process of getting rid of the mercury from my mouth; along the way, my dentist drew my attention to the cavitations, so they are also worth exploring. I also read somewhere that mercury detoxification can't really be effective unless one has treated all their cavitations (else, mercury just resides there).
Does anyone here have no death teeth in their mouth (so, all of their teeth are either alive or extracted)?
