Passion for strong tea deprived of all teeth

47-year-old woman has lost all his teeth, and was the victim of a rare bone disease due to abnormal hobbies tea. For 17 years, she used 100 tea bags a day.

Tea is considered to be beneficial to the health drink as it contains the necessary protection against various diseases antioxidants and caffeine makes us alert and energetic. But no, even the most useful for human product must not be consumed in excessive amounts. This was personally convinced the American, who suffers from a tea addiction.

During the 17 years of life this woman every day, brewed yourself once 100 tea bags, has been making the so-called chifir Very popular in Russian prisons. As a result, it has become a victim fluorosis or cryolite disease - a chronic disease of the skeletal system caused by excessive intake of fluoride in the body.

As is known, chifir   It can cause physical addiction, like a drug. The woman believed that her love of tea does not harm health, but a few years ago, she had pains in the back, arms, legs and hips. She went to consult a doctor Hospital Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, who was diagnosed fluorosis .

X-rays showed areas of abnormal bone density in some areas of the spine, as well as areas of calcification in the bones of the hands. The level of fluorine in the body of the patient to be exceeded four times. Fluorosis - an extremely rare disease in the Western world. Most often it ill residents of countries such as China and India, which contains a lot of fluoride in the water.

Because of illness she had lost all of their teeth, which had to be removed. No specific treatment of dental fluorosis is not - the patient advised to limit consumption of tea, and she already felt an improvement. It is expected that over time the level of fluoride to normal. (READ MORE)

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