Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

You have to be kidding, right?

@ Elliot, @ Archimonde,

I'm not surprised that your breath odor actually got worse after using the nasal rinse. Washing away the mucus would expose the bacteria and that's where the odor originates from. The mucus protects the bacteria, but probably also inhibits the odor.
Just washing away the ...

Well written. Your poem touches all of us.

jamesmcavoy,
I'm sorry to read that you have had this problem since you were 12 years old. (That is also when I became aware of my bad breath problem.) But you're still young and all is not lost.
You say that God gave you a highly intelligent scientist like brain. Try to use your intelligence to ...

Like I've said many times before:

If doctors could cure bad breath, no one would have it.

It's amazing that they never flunk anyone out of medical school!

@Halitosisux,

I attached a cotton swab to a shopstick and poked at the white areas on my posterior faucial pillars. I did not see any mucus coming out.
The white areas are not a layer such as on the tongue. The tissue itself appears to have white blotches.
So far I see no connection between the ...

I have done a cursory examination of my posterior faucial pillars. These things are too far back to reach with my fingers so I don't know if there is any mucus in there, but what I have noticed so far is that there are white areas on the pillars, especially on the right side. The rest of the tissue ...

I also believe that the post nasal drip causing mucus to stagnate in the throat is a major cause of breath odor, but I don't understand how you use your thumbs to squeeze mucus out of the throat. Could you give us a better explanation?

At this time the sample is too small to reach any conclusion, but what we are seeing so far is that it appears the saliva itself does not have much of an odor, which would indicate that the source of the odor is something else in the mouth or throat. This is not surprising.

A psychologist can't fix bad breath. This is not a psychological problem; it's a physical problem.

I guess you can talk to her if it makes you feel better, but in the end you'll still have the same problem.

"Any doctor I've visited I've told them straight what is going on with me but still I'm non the wiser as to what is my cause."

EXACTLY. Many of us have been through the wonderful experience with doctors, and the final conclusion is: If doctors could cure bad breath, no one would have it. Sad, but ...

I don't think he can cure anyone, and I told him so in a private reply message.
But I don't think he should have been banned. I believe in free speech, even if it's wrong. Sensorship is best left to totalitarian governments. Just my opinion.

This guy, Copzel, says that he is a medical student - apparently in a third-world country - and that he can cure bad breath from all different sources (!) as long as you send him $200.00.

So he can do something that all the dentists, doctors and microbiologists can't do.

He must be a genius, along ...

Halitosisux,

No, I have never had any kind of scan of my sinuses - only x-rays. The ENT doctor said that I don't have an infection, but I do have a deviated septum. I don't think that is the cause of PND. I have known people with a deviated septum (very common) and they didn't have bad breath.

I ...

Halitosisux,

I will try to answer your questions as best I can:

I cough up the mucus, but I can't actually spit it out - I can only swallow it.

It can't be coming from my lungs. I have never had trouble with my lungs and some years ago when a doctor took x-rays of my lungs he said I have terrific ...