Tongue Microbes Could Provide Window to Heart Health

Microorganisms on the tongue could help diagnose heart failure, according to research presented on HFA Discoveries, a scientific platform of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 "The tongues of patients with chronic heart failure look totally different to those of healthy people," said study author Dr. Tianhui Yuan, No.1 Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. "Normal tongues are pale red with a pale white coating. Heart failure patients have a redder tongue with a yellow coating and the appearance changes as the disease becomes more advanced." "Our study found that the composition, quantity and dominant bacteria of the tongue coating differ between heart failure patients and healthy people," she said. https://www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/news/tongue-microbes-could-provide-window-to-heart-health-336468?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=90130436&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-941mdALs7IGBdYWy_ngbwx4nQ5i_C98jIEJ_EmkUnIRYlbA9cvVnhlDprci2oaWOHvLdK4xmq0F7Cyitclo-Jx6_6d6A&utm_content=90130436&utm_source=hs_email