This can happen if you sniff
«See her! Serious injuries from the use of snus. Consumption among especially the young is exploding, and harmful we now see more and more frequently, unfortunately ».
This was announced by the Danish dental clinic Tandlægehuset Brande on its Facebook pages last week.
The image of patients that the clinic shared has grown the opposite in Denmark and has been mentioned by several national media, among them BT.
A patient came in for an appointment at the Danish clinic, and the dentists were able to confirm that parts of the gums had etched away, the mucous membranes had dried out – and that the patient’s teeth had become discolored.
Dentist Rikke Storgaard at the clinic in Brande tells Dagbladet that they see a worrying increase in young snus users, and the consequences that come with it.
– It makes me deeply worried to see how many more young people in Denmark are sniffing, even though it is illegal in Denmark. If they do not sniff, they use chewing tobacco or nicotine bags, Storgaard tells Dagbladet.
– Sniffing among young people has exploded in our country in recent years, which is a shame. When we know it can be very harmful. Snus and other smokeless tobacco increase the risk of cancer of the pancreas, esophagus and oral cavity.
– Great responsibility on dentists
Storgaard says in their Facebook post that the patient’s mouth has spread like wildfire on social media. The picture has been shared over 1800 times and I can comment on many others who can use friends to back products under the lip.
– I am very happy that we shared photographs, because we see the attention it gets. It is the responsibility of our dentists to convey what snus and other tobacco products can do to your mouth, and in general.
– For those who do not want to stop sniffing, what should they do to maintain god oral hygiene?
– To maintain god oral hygiene, you must stop using tobacco products, says Storgaard.
Sounds the alarm about butt-snuff
Sensational snus report
I went 2019 National Institute of Public Health out with warnings in a new snus report, where they reported that snus can have a number of harmful effects on health.
It is likely that the use of Swedish snus among men leads to a greater risk of cancer of the esophagus and pancreas.
That snus increases the risk of pancreatic cancer, contradicts a large collective study from 2017, points out Forskning.no. The “Araghi” study quickly struck at snus users had no greater risk of getting pancreatic cancer compared to those who did not sniff.
However, the National Institute of Public Health has chosen to ignore this study, and justifies it by saying that the study does not say anything about how many people had possibly stopped sniffing.
Furthermore, the department’s report states that it is possible that snus increases the risk of cancer of the stomach and rectum. It is also possible that the use of snus increases mortality after a cancer diagnosis.
Research on the health risk of snus use in reports uses the use of Swedish snus, as Norwegians mainly use snus produced by söta bror.
Higher abdominal circumference
It is likely that high consumption of snus – ie more than four cans of snus a week – increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a collective term that includes monitoring and enlargement of the perimeter of the stomach, high blood pressure, high insulin levels and unfavorable cholesterol levels, according to Norwegian Health Informatics.
It is also likely that the use of Swedish snus among men increases the risk of high blood pressure.