Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

Hi all,

A huge BB survey is being put together, which will be put up on the web so that we can compare input from all members from Yahoo and hopefully here and other BB sites.

Please submit your questions by sending me a pm by pressing the button below this message, or just post them on this thread.

This is a golden opportunity to find out if you're alone with your specific symptoms or just to ask hundreds of other bb sufferers bb related questions. Hopefully we will find common denominators which can give us a clue regarding the source of the problem, etc.

Any question even remotely related to bb is welcome.

Below you'll find the questions collected so far, but please don't respond to the survey yet. It will be on a website once we're all happy with the questions.


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General
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Gender:

Age:

Age of bb onset:

Ethnicity:

Height (cm):

Weight (kg):

Body type (slender/athletic/average/some extra baggage):




BB Specifics
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If you've had a Halimeter reading, what was your score(s)?

What makes your bb worse (food, drinks, weather, state of mind, anything)?

Are you able to detect the smell yourself (Y/N)?

Did you ever receive clear-cut comments regarding your bb (Y/N)?



Nature of bb smell
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(Y/N)

Rotten?

Fecal?

Drainpipe?

Barnyard?

Rotten egg?

Cat's urine?

Other, please specify:


Systemic
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Do you suffer from any systemic disease?


Oral Care
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At an early age, was your dental hygiene poor, okay, or excellent?

Did you have a "sweet tooth" as a kid, ie eating loads of candy?

Did you frequently eat "between meals" as a kid?

Do you have a white or yellow coating on your tongue?

Do you brush your tongue?

Do you have any amalgam fillings?

Do you suffer from an abnormally dry mouth?

Please specify your number of cavities:



Bacteria
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Would you say you have odour problems elsewhere?
For example do you have abnormally odourous feet / genitals
/ armpits etc? If yes, please specify. (This question
is here to determine the presence of anaerobic bacteria).



Hormones
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??



Sinuses / throat
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Do you suffer from PND (Post Nasal Drip)?
E g waking up with mucous at the back of your throat.


Do you sometimes feel a lump in your throat?

Have you removed your tonsils?



Digestive tract
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Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night with a feeling of
acute nausea (feeling like throwing up)?

Do you often feel bloated?

Do you ever feel an odd taste in your mouth after going for a #2?

Is there a connection between the aroma of your bowel movement and
the strength of your bb? ie is your bb more smelly on occasions when
your #2 is also smellier than normal?

Do you suffer from acid reflux?

Do you often feel nauseous?





Family
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Does anyone in your family suffer from bb? Please specify.



Allergies
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Do you suffer from any allergies resulting in skin symptoms
(rashes, ecsema etc). If yes, please specify.

Do you suffer from any other allergies, eg hayfever?



Psychological issues
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History of depression unrelated to the bb?


History of other psychological syndrome unrelated to bb?
(eg OCD, eating disorders, phobias etc)



Products
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From this list of products, please indicate which ones you've tried,
and to what degree they were successful. Leave it blank if you haven't
tried it. If you have tried a product, put a zero (0) if it didn't help
at all, and 5 if it has cleared your bb. Use the numbers inbetween (1-4)
to indicate anything inbetween those extremes, eg a 3 for a product that
definitely has helped you but didn't clear the bb.


Tongue scraper:
Saline sinus wash:
BLIS K12 lozenges:
Therabreath traditional mouthwash:
Therabreath probiotic mouthwash:
Hydrogen peroxide + water:
Apple Cider Vinegar:
Chlorophyll:
B12 supplement:
Antibiotics (anaerobic):

etc etc, please add more...


Medical history
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Have you ever suffered from pneumonia?


Medical care
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Have you seen an ENT?

Have you seen a gastroenterologist?

Please supply any relevant results from blood tests, saliva pH tests,
urine tests, bacterial tests (H-pylori etc) below:

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*Please add more questions, folks*
We're especially lacking in the "products" section.

We already have a survey but it is the best that each user ads his own questions and we will do it again.

another question to add:do you have very sensitive ears when u clean them with the cottoned stick? (please modiy the quiestion my english is poor;))


beacause I read somewhere there is some conection between ears and "breath"...I don't know how it is called in english ....xxxx Tube..somekind of tube....it is coneccted from ears to throat!...something...please check!

my ears are very sensitive, I remember that they weren't this sensitive before I got Bad breath I coul normally clean them inside with those soft "ear sticks"..