Yu dɔn ɛva tek smɔl tɛm fɔ rili tink bɔt di saliva we de na yu mɔt? Sɔntɛm nɔto so, nɔto so? Bɔt yu no se saliva na rili wɔndaful wata we de du impɔtant wok dɛn na yu bɔdi? Ilɛksɛf yu de tɔk, it, ɔ yu de it di it we yu lɛk, yu rili nid fɔ gɛt saliva. So, tide na Nirogi Lanka, lɛ wi tek wan ditayl luk pan di sayɛns fɔ saliva.
Wetin na saliva? Simply put am...
Saliva na wata we di εksokrin gland dεm na yu mכt de kכl, we wi klinik wan kכl yu saliva gland dεm. Pan ɔl we i gɛt mɔ wata, i pak bak wit impɔtant prɔtin dɛn, ɛnzaym dɛn, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we rili impɔtant fɔ yu bɔdi wɛlbɔdi.
Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz saliva sɛmpul fɔ no bɔt yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin yuz yu saliva fɔ wach yu (cortisol) lɛvɛl, fɔ du (drug tests) , ɔ ivin fɔ no sɔm vayral infɛkshɔn dɛn lɛk (HIV) . I rili fayn fɔ si, nɔto so?
Wetin na di bɛnifit dɛn we saliva de gi yu bɔdi?
Saliva nɔto jɔs wan simpul wata. I de ple impɔtant pat fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt yu mɔt wɛlbɔdi ɛn i de ɛp bɔku pan yu jenɛral wɛlbɔdi. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di men bɛnifit dɛn we i de gi:
I de mek yu mɔt ɛn yu trot wet ɛn kɔmfyut
di saliva de ple implεnt rol fכ mek di dilik mεmbran dεm na yu mכt (mucosae) mכst, fכ mek dεn nכ stik togeda. I de mek bak wan tin we de protɛkt yu mɔt we de protɛkt yu mɔt frɔm bad bad tin dɛn lɛk baktri ɛn pɔyzin, pan ɔl we i de ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ wund.
Fɔ Mek I izi fɔ It ɛn Swɛla
Imajin aw i go at fɔ swɛla dray it. Saliva de mek yu it wet, i de tɔn am to sɔft mas (bolus) so dat i go izi fɔ slayv dɔŋ yu trot (ɛsophagus) ɛn go insay yu bɛlɛ. If yu nɔ gɛt saliva, fɔ swɛla go bi rial strɛs.
Fɔ Initiate di Dijestiv Prɔses
Yu no se di dijeshɔn kin rili bigin na yu mɔt? Saliva gɛt wan spɛshal ɛnzaym we dɛn kɔl Amylase . Dis na wetin de bigin fɔ brok di kabɔhaydrɛt (lɛk rays ɔ bred), we de gi yu bɛlɛ ed stat pan dijeshɔn.
Fɔ Protɛkt agens Infɛkshɔn
Saliva gɛt ɔda impɔtant ɛnzaym we dɛn kɔl Lysozyme . Dis ɛnzaym de pwɛl bɔku kayn baktri dɛm, i de wok lɛk natura l gad we de mek di jem dɛn nɔ go skata na yu mɔt.
Fɔ Protɛkt Yu Tit
Saliva na big tin bak we de protɛkt yu tit. di kalsiכm haydroksiapatyt we de insay saliva de εp fכ mek yu nכ lכs di minral dεm na yu tit (demineralization). I de was bak di tin dɛn we lɛf na di it ɛn i de ɛp fɔ mek di asid we de kɔmɔt na di it dɛn we yu de it nɔ gɛt pawa. Bikɔs ɔf dis, i kin rili ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt kaviti ɛn sik na yu gɔm .
Balans Yu Mɔt in pH Lɛvɛl
di saliva de εp fכ mεnten yu mכt in pH lεvεl (we de mכsu fכ asid כ alkalinity) bitwin 6.0 εn 7.5. Difrɛn it dɛn gɛt difrɛn pH lɛvɛl, ɛn saliva de wok fɔ mek yu mɔt kam bak to balans afta yu dɔn it.
Ɛp fɔ mɛn wund
If yu aksidɛntli bit yu chɛst ɔ yu kɔntinyu fɔ kɔt smɔl na yu mɔt, saliva kin ɛp am fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan. dis na biכs di saliva gεt spεshal protin dεm εn tin dεm we de εp fכ mek di tisu dεm bak εn mek di wund dεm hεl kwik kwik wan .
Fɔ Mek Yu Sɛns fɔ Teist Mek
Fɔ mek yu test it fayn fayn wan, i nid fɔ wet so dat di mɔlyul dɛn go rich di teist bɔd dɛn na yu tɔng. Saliva de gi yu di impɔtant mɔstɔ we yu nid fɔ ful-ɔp fɔ ɛnjɔy di flawa dɛn we yu it gɛt.
Yu nɔ tink se i wɔndaful aw di saliva de du bɔku wok fɔ yu bɔdi? Pan ɔl we i tan lɛk se na simpul tin, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛvride!
Aw ɛn usay dɛn kin mek saliva?
As wi bin dɔn tɔk, na yu saliva gland dɛn de mek saliva . dis gland dεm de mek saliva εn rilis am insay yu mכt tru sכm sכm chanεl dεm we dεn kכl dakt.
Wi gɛt tri pe fɔ di men saliva gland dɛn:
- Parotid gland dεm: dεn de bifo yu yes, nia yu chεk, na dεn big saliva gland dεm ya. di saliva we dεn de mek de go insay di mכt nia yu כp molar dεm.
- di sכbmandibul gland dεm: i de na yu lכw jaw εria, di saliva we de kכmכt na dεn gland dεm ya de go insay di mכt כnda yu tכng.
- Sablingual gland dεm: dεn de כnda yu tכng na di fכs fכ yu mכt, dεn ya de rilis saliva bak na di εria we de dכn yu tכng.
כlmost 90% pan yu tכtal saliva de kכmכt frכm dεn tri mכtal gland dεm ya, wit di rεst 10% we de kכmכt frכm כndrεd sכm sכm sכm saliva gland dεm we de כlsay na yu mכt. pan avrej, big pɔsin kin mek bitwin 0.5 to 1.5 lita (lɛk 2 to 6 kɔp) saliva ɛvride.
Aw dɛn kin kɔntrol di saliva we dɛn de mek?
di saliva prodakshכn na yu Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) , we de kכntro di wok we yu bכdi de du we yu nכ want lεk fכ brith εn di at rεt, כl tu we yu wek εn de slip.
tu pat dεm na di ANS de infכlכp di saliva prodakshכn:
- di simpatik nεv sεstem: Dis de aktibכt we yu de du imejensi, spεshal wan we yu fil strεs כ frayd—di "fεt-כ-flay" rispכns. Dis stimulashɔn de mek tik tik saliva we de stika, na dat mek yu mɔt kin fil dray we yu de fred ɔ wɔri.
- di parasympathetic nervous system: dis de wok lεk di opozit to di sympathetic system, we de mεnej "rεst-εn-daygεst" prכsεs dεm. We dɛn stimul am, i de mek tin we tan lɛk wata, we fayn fɔ it ɛn swɛla.
tipikli, di parasympathetic nervous system de gεt di mכst signifyant εn lכng tεm impak pan yu daily saliva prodakshכn.
Ɔda tin dɛn de we kin afɛkt di we aw dɛn de mek saliva?
Yɛs, sɔm tin dɛn we kin apin ɛvride ɛn di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin pik fɔ it kin afɛkt am:
- If yu it tin dɛn we gɛt sɔl, dat kin mek di saliva gland dɛn mek mɔ saliva fɔ mek di asid nɔ bɔku, ɛn dis kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu tit ɛn yu dijestiv sistɛm.
- We yu tink bɔt ɔ tink bɔt di it we yu lɛk , dat kin mek yu mɔt wata bak.
- Yu saliva gland dɛn kin wok mɔ na di de. Saliva fכ fכlכ de dכn bכku bכku wan na nɛt , we di wan dεm we de stɔdi bɔt dis biliv se i gɛt fɔ du wit di nεchכral ritm we yu bכdi de du.
Wetin dɛn mek wit saliva?
Saliva na 99% wata. di rεst 1% de kכnsis fכ protin dεm, εlektrolayt dεm , εn כda tin dεm.
di risach dεm dεn dכn no כva 1,000 tכp dεm fכ protin dεm na di saliva, pan כl we na lεk 10% nכmכ de bכku bכku wan. dis protin dεm na komplεks, big mכlikul dεm we de du imכtant sεl fכnshכn dεm. Sɔm pan di men kayn prɔtin dɛn we de insay di saliva na:
- Amylase: As wi bin dɔn tɔk, dis na ɛnzaym we de ɛp fɔ brok di kabɔhaydrɛt dɛn. Na yu pankrias ɛn di saliva gland dɛn kin mek am mɔ.
- di pεpti dεm we rich prolin (PRP): dis na big famili fכ saliva protin dεm we di parotid εn sכbmandibular gland dεm de mek. dεn de mek lεk 70% pan di tכtal protin we de insay yu saliva. fכ egzampl, asid PRP dεm de εp fכ fכm wan protεktiv film we dεn kכl di “pεlikul” oba yu tut sεf dεm.
- Host-difense peptides: Dis na impɔtant pat pan yu imyun sistɛm, we de ple impɔtant pat fɔ fɛt infɛkshɔn ɛn inflamɛns.
- Mucins: Na dεn big protin dεm ya de gi saliva in lכbrik kwaliti, we de kip yu tכng εn gכm mכst. Dɛn kin wok bak lɛk tin we de ambɔg yu bɔdi fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm bad bad baktri, fɛns, ɛn vayrɔs.
- Sekretri IgA: Dis na wan kayn antibodi. di wok we i de du na fכ tay εn kכntrכl כl tu di bad bad patogen dεm εn di bεnεfit commensal mכtalman dεm we de liv na yu mכt, we de wok as imכtant pat pan yu bכdi in difεns sistεm.
Apat frɔm dɛn tin ya, yu saliva gɛt sɔm ɔda ɔrganik tin dɛn:
- Glukɔs (shuga) .
- Yuria (wan tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ west) .
- Kɔtisol (di “ɔmon we de mek pɔsin strɛs”) .
- Sεks כmon dεm (εgz., εstrojen, tεstostεron) .
- Sɔbstans dɛn we spɛshal fɔ yu blɔd tayp.
Wetin na di kɔmɔn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit saliva?
Sɔm mɛrɛsin ɛn tritmɛnt dɛn—lɛk patikyula mɛrɛsin ɔ redyushɔn tɛrapi—kin afɛkt di kwantiti ɛn kwaliti fɔ yu saliva.
di tu praymar kכnsεn dεm na hayposalivεshכn (tu sכm saliva) εn haypasalivεshכn (tu mכch saliva). Fɔ dɛn tu ya, di saliva we de ridyus na in bɔku. Dɛn tu sik ya kin bi fɔ sɔm tɛm ɔ fɔ lɔng tɛm.
Hyposalivation we pɔsin kin gɛt
Dis kin apin we yu saliva gland dɛn nɔ de mek inof saliva. Dɛn kin kɔl dis sik we dɛn kɔl xerostomia , ɔ mɔ, dray mɔt .
Wetin kin apin we yu gɛt smɔl saliva?
If yu nɔ gɛt saliva, dat kin mek yu gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn:
- Bad briz (halitosis) .
- Diskɔmfɔt na yu mɔt ɛn yu trot
- Di prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di ɔral wɛlbɔdi biznɛs: di kaviti dɛn we de bɔku, di tut we de rɔtin, ɛn ɔda infɛkshɔn dɛn
- I nɔ izi fɔ di wan dɛn we wɛr dɛnt
- Trɔbul fɔ tɔk ɔ fɔ swɛla
Wetin mek di saliva kin go dɔŋ?
Di wata we nɔ gɛt wata na di bɔdi na wan men tin we kin mek i apin. Ɔda tin dɛn we kin apin na:
- Awtoimyun kɔndishɔn: lɛk Sjögren’s syndrome, lupus, ɔr rεumatoid at at.
- Vayral infεkshכn: lεk HIV כ epataytis C.
- Dayabitis Mɛlitɔs we dɛn nɔ kin kɔntrol: we yu blɔd shuga kin bɔku, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.
- Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Alzaima.
- Haypatɛyshɔn.
Dɔn bak, we yu mɔt dray na wan bad tin we pas 500 difrɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn kin du . Di drɔgs dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ du dis wok na:
- Mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn wɔri ɛn mɛrɛsin fɔ pwɛl pwɛl hat.
- Anticholinergics: dɛn kin yuz am bɔku tɛm fɔ urinary incontinence, ova aktif blad, ɔ COPD.
- Antihistamines, decongestants, ɛn sɔm tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen.
- Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt ay blɔd, lɛk beta-blɔk.
- Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt kemotɛrapi.
- Mɛrɛsin fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl Parkinson.
Redyushɔn tɛrapi fɔ ed ɛn nɛk kansa na bak wan big tin we kin mek di saliva nɔ bɔku.
Hypersalivation we pɔsin kin gɛt
Dis sik we dɛn kɔl sialorrhea , kin apin we yu saliva gland dɛn de mek bɔku bɔku saliva, we kin mek yu drɔl. Bɔt, we yu drɔl nɔ kin min ɔltɛm se yu de mek yu saliva pasmak; sɔmtɛm i kin kɔmɔt frɔm we di mɔsul dɛn wik na di mɔt ɔ trot. Dis na di rizin bak we mek yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin drɔl.
Wetin kin apin we yu gɛt bɔku bɔku saliva?
If yu de drɔl ɔltɛm ɔ yu de drɔl bad bad wan, dat kin mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, lɛk angular cheilitis , we na wan sik we de mek yu gɛt krak krak na di kɔna dɛn na yu mɔt we de mek yu fil pen. Insay di rare, siriɔs kes dɛm, dɛn kin aspirayt pasmak saliva insay di aywe, we kin mek pɔsin chok ɔ aspireshɔn nyumonia .
Wetin mek di saliva kin bɔku?
Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm, mɔ di antisaykotik dɛm lɛk Klɔzapin, kin mek yu gɛt haypasalivashɔn as sayd ɛfɛkt.
Apat frɔm dat, dɛn tin ya kin mek di saliva bɔku:
- Di tut we nɔ gɛt tritmɛnt: Di kaviti dɛn kin mek di baktri dɛn we de na yu mɔt bɔku, we kin mek yu saliva gland dɛn mek mɔ saliva fɔ klin di say.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD): We di bɛlɛ asid de flɔ bak insay yu εsophagus, yu saliva gland dɛn kin mek ɛkstra saliva as prɔtɛktiv we fɔ mek di asid nɔ gɛt pawa.
- Nɔs: We yu fil se yu de nɔs, yu gland dɛn de mek ɛkstra saliva fɔ protɛkt yu mɔt frɔm asid na yu bɛlɛ we yu de vɔmit.
- bεlε: di saliva lεvεl kin inkrεs fכ sכm tεm we uman bεlε bikoz fכ di כmon stimulashכn כ as rεspכns to mכnin sik.
Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt di tin dɛn we de mɔna yu fɔ saliva?
If yu de gɛt mɔt we de dray ɔltɛm ɔ yu de drɔl pasmak, i impɔtant fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ. Dɛn kin ebul fɔ no di sayn dɛm wae yu gɛt, ɔda tɛst dɛm wae nid fɔ du fɔ no di rut kɔz, ɛn rɛkɛmand di tritmɛnt wae go woke fayn fɔ yu, wae Nirogi Lanka briŋ kam to yu. If yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm fɔ blo ɔ yu chok, duya go to imejensi kia na di ɔspitul we de nia yu ɔ kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm.
Wetin mek mi saliva kin fil tik?
Bɔku tɛm, di saliva kin fil tik ɔ stika we i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wata. Sɔntɛnde, di prɛzɛns fɔ mכkus we miks wit saliva kin ɛp bak fɔ mek dis “tik” ɔ “stik” sɛns.
Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf sɔm tin dɛn lɛk we yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi, we yu de smok, ɔ we yu gɛt alɛji fɔ lɔng tɛm. Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu saliva kɔnsistɛns na fɔ gɛt bɔku wata bay we yu de drink bɔku wata. Bɔt if yu si se yu saliva de tik ɔltɛm, i go fayn fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Sɔntɛm wan sik kin de we kin mek i nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ.
Faynal Tin dɛn fɔ Tink: Ki Takeaways
Ɔnda nɔmal tin, wi nɔ kin tink bɔku bɔt di saliva pas nɔmɔ if i notis se di prodakshɔn dɔn bɔku ɔ i dɔn go dɔŋ. Bɔt stil, na impɔtant wata we de wok tranga wan ɛn we rili impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi. If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt ɔ dawt bɔt yu saliva ɔ yu mɔt wɛlbɔdi, nɔ shem fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. Dɛn de fɔ sɔpɔt ɛn ɛp yu.
Mɔt we gɛt wɛlbɔdi na fayn tin fɔ bigin fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi bɔdi! Nɔ ɔndastand di impɔtant tin we yu saliva impɔtant.
👩🏽 ⚕️ Kwɛstyɔn dɛn we dɛn kin aks bɔku tɛm (FAQs)
💬 Aw saliva de kɔmɔt na wi mɔt?
wi gεt saliva gland dεm we de rawnd wi mכt (insay di chεk εn כnda di tכng) we de mek dis wata. As yu tink bɔt it ɔ kech di sɛnt we yu de it, dɛn gland ya kin bigin fɔ mek saliva wantɛm wantɛm fɔ pripia yu mɔt.
💬 Aw bɔku saliva di bɔdi de mek ɛvride?
big pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi kin mek lɛk 1 to 1.5 lita saliva ɛvride. Bɔt dis prodakshɔn rit kin go dɔŋ bad bad wan we wi de slip na nɛt.
💬 Saliva de rili ɛp fɔ digest wi it?
Yɛs! Saliva nɔto jɔs wata; i gεt digεstiv εnzym dεm lεk amylase. We yu de it tin dɛn we gɛt stach lɛk rays, di saliva kin bigin fɔ brok dɛn stach dɛn de to shuga rayt na yu mɔt. Dis na di rizin we mek yu notis se i swit smɔl we yu de it it fayn fayn wan.
Ki wɔd dɛn: Saliva, Saliva Gland, Ɔral Ɛlth, Dray Mɔt, Saliva we pasmak, Dayjɛshɔn
