Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

a year ago i had a endoscopy...

and the doctors said i have a J shaped stomach...i guess that kinda delays the empyting of the stomach...maybe thats the reason why...

Interesting, why don't you post what you found about the J shaped stomach?
It would be didactic for us.

next week i will gett a gatroscopy.
i will ask the doctor if he can make some pictures or a video so i can post it here.

Realbad,
Don't pay attention to the doctor. Doctors say a lot of stupid things. First of all, if doctors could cure bad breath, there wouldn't be any. And secondly, isn't everyone's stomach "J" shaped? Would you expect a stomach to be shaped like a "K" or an "M"???

lol, true phantasist. And is there any evidence that has connected anyone's J-shaped stomach to BB? Looking at diagrams of the stomach too, its usually shown as being J-shaped.

YES i understand that the stomach is J shaped...u have to understand that the stomach is connected to the small intestine which drains out the stomach mine cant because it is J shaped. therefore food can be in my stomach rotting for a long time....

During an upper GI for a different issue the doctor said that I also have delayed gastric emptying. Wouldn't be surprised if that played some role.

I doubt the smell actually comes from food "rotting" in your stomach though. The pH in the stomach is very low because of all the acid. I don't think there's much bacterial breakdown of food in the stomach itself.

But I do think it could be a contributor to things like reflux, and just general abnormalities in digestion in general. Those things could probably contribute to BB.

yes exactly so...how did the doctor treat ur delayed stomach emptying problem? any medications? do u still have bad breath?

There aren't really a ton of treatments for it I don't think. You can make changes to your diet, like eating smaller meals and drinking more water while eating, etc. I also tried a medication called Reglan which is supposed to help with stomach function. I had to stop it after a week though, because it made me very fatigued, which is a side effect in some people.

So yeah, I still have the problem as far as I know, and I still have BB.

so while you were on reglan....did u notice any changes in your breath?

My mouth did feel cleaner and I felt less symptoms of reflux, but it could have been in my head, who knows.

I don't think I was on it long enough to know the full impacts though.