• It can be transmitted in saliva and vaginal secretions. (enotes.com)
  • Vaginal secretions are how the vagina cleanses and regulates itself -- how amazing is that? (scarleteen.com)
  • to be contaminated by blood, saliva, or respiratory secretions. (cdc.gov)
  • Pteropus bats frequently fed on the shaved bark and often contaminate the sap with saliva, urine, and excreta. (cdc.gov)
  • In bats who carry the virus bats can spread the virus in their saliva, in the urine, and in the droppings. (cdc.gov)
  • Chew sugar-free gum or hard candy to stimulate saliva flow. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Ginger is known to stimulate saliva flow and digestive secretions, but clinical trials are lacking. (mskcc.org)
  • Due to the presence of virus in some fluids such as saliva, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), tears and respiratory tract fluids, it is theoretically possible for a person to spread rabies to another person through contact with certain body fluids. (cdc.gov)
  • Officers provided saliva samples to measure levels of cortisol secretion. (cdc.gov)
  • The numerous functions of saliva, like antimicrobial activity, lubrication, wound healing and its role in taste experience are only truly recognized when saliva secretion is hampered. (karger.com)
  • In the present study, we found that these secretions had antimicrobial activity in vitro , implying external immunizing potency against pathogens. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dry mouth occurs when you don't make enough saliva. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Excretion/secretion occurs through long asymptomatic periods of disease development and from sheep with a range of PRNP genotypes, including those with limited lymphoreticular involvement in prion replication (Gough et al. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • In addition to the saliva, secretion of nitrate occurs at other sites in the GI tract leading to reduction by the gut flora. (inchem.org)
  • Moreover, a 16-week moderate intense walking program can increase the secretion of salivary immunoglobulin A without affecting upper respiratory symptomatology. (thieme-connect.de)
  • Although the chronic stress of caring for a sick/disabled relative has been associated with poorer immunity using a range of outcomes, its impact on secretory immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) in saliva has yet to be examined. (westminster.ac.uk)
  • These findings in postmenopausal women support that the secretion rate of salivary immunoglobulin A and saliva flow rate are reduced immediately following maximal exercise. (thieme-connect.de)
  • 6 Blannin AK, Robson PJ, Walsh NP, Clark AM, Glennon L, Gleeson M. The effect of exercising to exhaustion at different intensities on saliva immunoglobulin A, protein and electrolyte secretion. (thieme-connect.de)
  • In exocrine acinar cells regulation of intracellular calcium plays a pivotal role in controlling fluid and protein secretion. (rochester.edu)
  • carambola is rich in malic acid, a component also present in apples, which have sialagogue effect (which stimulates the secretion of saliva). (botanical-online.com)
  • First, reduced saliva secretion may impair the oral and airway mucosal surface as a physical barrier, which consequently enhances the adhesion and colonization of viruses. (wikipedia.org)
  • The latter resembled human mucosal secretions in their properties. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Saliva also contains digestive enzymes (e.g. salivary amylase), has antimicrobial action, and acts as a buffer. (wikipedia.org)
  • These substances can increase the flow of saliva and digestive juices and may also help calm the stomach and intestines. (mskcc.org)
  • The parotid glands are in front of the ears, one on side, and secrete mostly serous saliva, via the parotid ducts (Stenson ducts), into the mouth, usually opening roughly opposite the second upper molars. (wikipedia.org)
  • To explain this phenomenon, the composition and emission differentia of secretions from the exocrine glands associated with different developmental stages, secretory regions, and phases were identified and analyzed based on metabonomics techniques. (frontiersin.org)
  • Administration of GDNF improved saliva production and enriched the number of functional acini in submandibular glands of irradiated animals and enhanced salisphere formation in cultured salivary stem cells, but did not accelerate growth of head and neck cancer cells. (jci.org)
  • The submandibular gland is medial to the angle of the mandible, and it drains its mixture of serous and mucous saliva via the submandibular duct (Wharton duct) into the mouth, usually opening in a punctum in the floor of mouth. (wikipedia.org)
  • Serial transplantations of this stem cell population into the submandibular gland of irradiated mice successfully restored saliva secretion and increased the number of functional acini. (jci.org)
  • In medical diagnostics, saliva shows its value as a safe and economical alternative to blood. (karger.com)
  • While it's sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. (healthychildren.org)
  • it drains its mostly mucous saliva into the mouth via about 8-20 ducts, which open along the plica sublingualis, a fold of tissue under the tongue. (wikipedia.org)
  • their function is the secretion of saliva which travels through ducts into your mouth. (dane101.com)
  • Surprisingly, all liquid phases of secretions could not significantly inhibit the growth of microbes in vitro compared to solid phases. (frontiersin.org)
  • In the dog, in addition to strong salivary secretion, large quantities of nitrate were excreted in the bile following i.v. administration of nitrite, thus confirming this pathway of excretion as well as oxidation of nitrite in vivo (Walker, in press). (inchem.org)
  • However, the kinetics of nitrate secretion in rat saliva appear to have been less well studied than in humans, and even less is known concerning salivary secretion in mice. (inchem.org)
  • HHV-7 has been isolated from the saliva of healthy adults and has been implicated as one cause of roseola infantum and febrile seizures in children. (medscape.com)
  • Pteropus bats are also known to occasionally shed Nipah virus in their secretions and excretions. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence for direct secretion of strontium from the plasma into the intestine is provided by studies in animals. (cdc.gov)
  • In order to determine their role in external immunity, the immunosuppressive efficacy of the secretions in vitro against microbes, including bacteria and fungi, was clarified. (frontiersin.org)
  • From 2-min saliva samples, S-IgA secretion rate was measured. (westminster.ac.uk)
  • Saliva secretion rate and acidity in a group of physically disabled older care home residents. (bvsalud.org)
  • The study aim was to investigate the associations of saliva secretion rate and acidity with gender , age, and some medical characteristics in a convenience sample of physically disabled older care home residents. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 20 male and 30 female physically disabled older care home residents with a mean age of 78.1 ± 9.7 years, the resting, chewing -stimulated, and acid -stimulated whole saliva secretion rate and acidity , as well as the main medical diagnosis and the number of medications used, were registered. (bvsalud.org)
  • In female residents, the acidity of acid -stimulated whole saliva was negatively associated with the acid -stimulated whole saliva secretion rate. (bvsalud.org)
  • As saliva secretion is steadily compromised with advancing age, it becomes a factor of concern in societies with an aging population, especially with a growing number of people who keep their own teeth. (karger.com)
  • Saliva helps you break down and swallow foods and protects teeth from decay. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Discharge and secretions from and of the vagina are a normal, healthy part of how that anatomy works and part of the reproductive system functioning, even if they somehow seem weird. (scarleteen.com)
  • 4 Ben-Aryeh H, Miron D, Szargel R, Gutman D. Whole-saliva secretion rates in old and young healthy subjects. (thieme-connect.de)
  • The swiftlet reproduction process involves mating, egg production, nest construction using saliva, incubation, hatching, and parental care, including feeding the offspring until they are ready for flight (Nugroho and Budiman 2013) (Fig. 1). (researchgate.net)
  • Health professionals are more and more aware of the importance of saliva for oral health and well-being. (karger.com)
  • To maintain good oral health , an adequate amount of saliva should be secreted and the saliva should possess adequate buffer capacity. (bvsalud.org)
  • caregivers in the eldest cohort had lower S-IgA secretion rates than their non-caregiving counterparts. (westminster.ac.uk)
  • Caregiving strain and burden and S-IgA were related, such that caregivers who experienced greater strain and burden had lower S-IgA secretion rates. (westminster.ac.uk)
  • Resting, chewing -stimulated and acid -stimulated whole saliva secretion rates were lower in women than in men and negatively associated with age and the number of medications used. (bvsalud.org)
  • Secretions from the frog's skin are mixed with human saliva and rubbed into open wounds. (amnh.org)