Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

I am not sure what "type 4" means as referred to above? Is this some officially recognised benchmarking or a convenient reference?

But if your odor increases on exercise then I think that would point to a metabolic (blood bourne halitosis) ie. gasses being released through gas exchange on alveolar ...

Same here...very anxious with this...and I read that anxiety and stress cause hormones to go into overdrive and they can intensify certain odors due to chemical reactions. It also bad for adrenals and I believe it is cortisol which is released.

If pepto bismol is helping you almost certainly have a bacterial dysbiosis and the bacteria and yeast are fermenting the various sugars in your small intestine. These gases are then being absorbed through the intestine into the blood stream and being excreted following gas exchange at your lungs ...

I don't believe so. Like in the analogy of a lawn overrun with weeds...you need to clear out the weeds and sow additional grass seed to have a healthy lawn...same principle to an extent with the intestinal environment.

In my opinion (which is merely as someone who has read naturopath websites ...

The SIBO Hydrogen Methane Breath test will not confirm/rule out sulfate reducing bacteria because Hydrogen Sulfide is not tested for via this test. The test essentially picks up Hydrogen and/or Methane gases which are released by certain bacteria. It monitors a 3 hour period post ingestion of ...

Thinkpositive are you in the UK? The test is £114. It may be offered by other laboratories so make enquiries (but as I said you want the one which detects and measures both hydrogen and methane which uses a LATULOSE challange).

One thing to note is that the gases released i.e. hydrogen and methane ...

Sorry I forgot to answer how I tested for SIBO- I tested with Biolab - they have a website. (like I said it was the hydrogen AND methane test with LACTULOSE .....Make sure NOT LACTOSE!!! )

Thinkpositive: the odors in my opinion are the by products of the bacteria which are not being oxidised in the normal way, possibly due to an enzyme (s) not working correctly which may be as a result of the changed in environment in intestines. The gases are then absorbed into the blood and this ...

Itsreal: it is true that Gerd and or silent reflux can produce halitosis. But just bear in mind that often Gerd and silent reflux are not caused by an excess of acid. I say this because mainstream medicine hands out PPIs and antacid medicine like sweets which will make you much worse. Why? Because ...

Fedup: The fact you say that you ate some food (biscuit) and noticed a smell may be consistent with a bacterial dysbiosis as bacteria eat sugar as a source of sustenance and give off waste and odor as by product. I think you (we all) need to retain open minds as to potential causes of our odor ...

Seriously don't remove your teeth. The smell is NOT coming from nose or mouth. It is alveolar breath i.e. it is volatile compounds which are carried in the blood to the lungs and exhaled on breath.

Our oral hygeine and operations clearly mean the odor is one of the 10% which is as a result of ...

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Yes your observation about smelling the odor when near some people and not others (vast majority) is very very similar to my observation too; like you I had initially thought they may have BB but it's not....in a way it is a little similar to the the fact that very rarely and only under certain ...

I think a lot of people understandably pressume that if their odor is not 'fishy' or fish like that that means TMAU can be excluded. But TMAU is apparently only one metabolic conditions which can cause odors to emit from exhaled air and pores. The fact is there are others (many not yet recognised ...

[ I don't care what any dentist, fecal breath that can fill an area or be that strong to make people think i haven't washed my backside or fell through ISN'T normal. a regular person who doesn't brush his teeth may get bb but not as obnoxious as that.[/quote]

You are completely correct.... everyone ...