Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

MOUTH INFECTIONS LEAD TO PRETERM LABOR

14 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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A short YouTube interview (host Josh Trent with a guest) about how gum infections during pregnancy can affect overall physiology and increase the risk of adverse birth outcomes. The guest claims pregnancy-related gum irritation ("pregnancy tumors") can act as a source of bacteria/toxins that spread systemically; they state early signs (bleeding, red or tender gums) and assert that the risk of preterm labor or low birth weight is "like five times higher."

Questions this video answers

"Like five times higher."

Bleeding gums; red gums; tender gums.

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Pregnant women, their hormones are fluctuating like crazy and so their gums a lot of times will get really irritated, really red. Called pregnancy tumors. That infection is basically slowly poisoning. And the risk of preterm labor or low birth weight baby is like five times higher.
What we're seeing in the photo right now could impact the heart and also the uterus and.
The whole physiology. Yeah.
How would a person know?
It starts with the mouth just paying attention. Do you have bleeding gums? Are they red? Are they tender? These are like the early signs of basically that slow poisoning. Wow. Right. Because the mouth has tons of blood vessels, it's like a sponge. Right. But it's also like a sponge for bacteria as well. So the bacteria and the toxins can definitely go in and then spread to the rest of the body. So is this part.
Of an OBGYN's check?
Do they actually.
Scan the mouth.