Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

Halitosisux, I don't know if the mucus itself smells bad because I'm not able to spit it out - I simply swallow it. (I think the stomach acid takes care of it) I can only tell you that the more mucus I'm able to clear out of my throat, the less odor there is on my breath - even if I don't brush my t...

You can easily have post-nasal drip and not be aware of it. It's not like a dripping faucet. It slowly makes its way from your sinuses into your throat, but you won't actually feel that. However, when the mucus accumulates in your throat, you will feel that at some point. That accumulation stagnates...

"She described her BB as rotten egg like. The ENT said nasal secretion (PND?) that stagnates in the back of the throat will smell like that."

I have been mentioning accumulated mucus in the throat in several of my recent posts as the cause of the bad odor, but nobody seems to pick up on it.

MrChips, I hate to appear so ignorant after three years of posts in this forum, but I don't know what an interdental brush is. And as far as tartar is concerned, my dentist always scrapes it off with a metal pick. In fact, he scrapes so hard that I often think he is scraping off half my tooth enamel...

Daan, From what you have told us, you do have POST-nasal drip, which goes down your throat. This mucus accumulates in your throat and turns stale because it is never removed. It is like garbage sitting in your garbage pail and is never thrown out. Imagine the smell! When air is exhaled it has to pas...

Bobby85, Your story is certainly a terrible one, but here's my two cents worth. It seems to me that your bad breath might be due to a combination of problems, but the first order of business should probably be addressing the acid reflux. I would suggest less alcohol and a mild drink like Chamomile t...

Rorsach, "Why don't our naturally occurring oral bacteria do their job and scavenge the unnaturally occurring anaerobic bacteria? We answer that one, and we're on the way to a cure." Yes, if we knew that we would most likely have a cure, but the dentists, doctors and even the microbiologis...

FedUp, "...why would my gums be pink and healthy also with dentists certification that they're "very good"." Probably because your bad breath has nothing to do with your teeth and gums. Since you mention that you have nasal odor which is pretty bad, it is likely that the problem ...

Lloyd99, If you want to drink socially, don't drink beer or wine. Drink something like a scotch and soda WITH ICE it. All alcohol will dry your mouth, but the soda dilutes the alcohol and the ice will cause your mouth to become very cold. Cold stops the volatile sulphur compounds that are being prod...

I just love it when you have a serious problem and someone (especially a doctor) tells you it's all in your head.

"Phantasist….that assumption could be possible in the case that bb emanates from the mouth and can probably be controlled by using the right mouthwashes and oral cleaning techniques. I think the majority of us though who’ve had bb for decades have other and more complicated causes coming from t...

Hi Halitosisux, I haven't been on the forum very much the last few months because I have had too many problems in my personal life (not connected with BB). I thought you might respond to my post because we have been through this before. I'm glad you made the point about morning breath. To me that is...

My mother always had an odor on her breath. I've known this ever since I was a child. I therefore assumed that I simply inherited my bad breath from my mother. My theory was that we are both missing the antibacterial components in our saliva due to a genetic defect which I inherited. If that was the...

Fed Up, Thank you for posting the top cut-away view. It appears to me that many of us have a problem (infection?) in the Oropharynx, somewhere between the Nasopharynx and the Laryngopharynx. It further appears to me that if that problem is above the Uvula it would produce a nasal odor and if the pro...

Thanatos, Forget about church. You can pray at home just as well because God can hear you wherever you are. And as far as "the route of God" is concerned, God is not in the business of curing bad breath. God allowed us to have intelligence so that we can solve our own problems. Just keep t...