Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

Update:

Negative on the H. pylori. Doctor has offered to give me a 7-day prescription of Metronizadole anyway if I really want, but warned that "it's pretty nasty stuff" and they don't like prescribing it unless they have to. Haven't accepted, but can go back anytime if I want to.

Anyway, over ...

Ooh, another small but important point in this post which points straight at H. pylori as a potential root of my issue:

"Antibiotics. Amoxicillin, a semi-synthetic penicillin, is an effective antibiotic for H. pylori infection. The frequency of amoxicillin-resistant H. pylori organisms is low. The ...

This weekend I tried a couple of things with limited success. First, I found out a couple of specifics: the breath isn't as bad when I've eaten recently, and also when I've been drinking anything alcoholic.

First I got a baseline, about four hours removed from dinner and just prior to brushing ...

Thanks for the response. I'll answer as completely as I can.

- Front of my tongue has no coating and giving it a rub/scratch right now with my finger yields something that doesn't smell much like anything, although I pick up a faint toothpaste smell. I brushed 4 hours ago, wasn't expecting that ...

Hi all,

I've suffered from bad breath for at least seven years that I've known about, and probably more like my entire life judging by random off-the-cuff remarks I've mostly forgotten about. It's not as horrible as some of the problems I've heard; I'd call it mild to moderate. But it's still bad ...