Is it bad bacteria that causes bad breath? Or a lack of good bacteria?
Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 12:12 pm
I'm confused here. Some articles say that we are lacking certain good bacteria in the mouth that the rest of the world has. And others say we have bad bacteria that the rest of the world doesn't. Which is right?
Why did so many people get bad breath after taking antibiotics - even one guy I read got it after a big night of drinking. Both which disturb your immune system (basically the bacteria in your system). Is it that bad bugs enter your system while your immune system is compromised, then settling there? Or is it the permanent killing of the good bacteria which was used for cleaning your system?
I guess it makes sense because it seems like there was two people who carried out fecal transplants on this forum - one found success (apparently) and one didn't. When I drink alchohol my bad breath goes away entirely - so perhaps I have bad bugs in my system getting neutralized. But also when I kiss a girl, my bad breath goes away too - which means I must be missing good bugs in my system.
I'm about to order a stool test which will analyse my microbiome and tell me what I have. I plan on doing one for my mouth too, and testing it all. If it appears I'm missing good strains, I'll carry out the fecal transplant I plan on doing. And If i have bad strains - I'll probably fly to Georgia for Phage therapy when I have the cash.
Maybe we could all test our microbiome either through stool test or oral swab and find the common strains between us all. I am going to email Dr. Katz to see how he came up with that list of bad strains that he has.
Hope to get some replies. Thanks.
Why did so many people get bad breath after taking antibiotics - even one guy I read got it after a big night of drinking. Both which disturb your immune system (basically the bacteria in your system). Is it that bad bugs enter your system while your immune system is compromised, then settling there? Or is it the permanent killing of the good bacteria which was used for cleaning your system?
I guess it makes sense because it seems like there was two people who carried out fecal transplants on this forum - one found success (apparently) and one didn't. When I drink alchohol my bad breath goes away entirely - so perhaps I have bad bugs in my system getting neutralized. But also when I kiss a girl, my bad breath goes away too - which means I must be missing good bugs in my system.
I'm about to order a stool test which will analyse my microbiome and tell me what I have. I plan on doing one for my mouth too, and testing it all. If it appears I'm missing good strains, I'll carry out the fecal transplant I plan on doing. And If i have bad strains - I'll probably fly to Georgia for Phage therapy when I have the cash.
Maybe we could all test our microbiome either through stool test or oral swab and find the common strains between us all. I am going to email Dr. Katz to see how he came up with that list of bad strains that he has.
Hope to get some replies. Thanks.