Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

When the back of my tongue starts to smell - I constantly drink water for about 30 seconds to a minute and then my tongue becomes odourless for about an hour maybe more. Is this because the water washed away the anaerobic bacteria? or did it wash away the volatile sulfur compounds? Thanks

You are lucky if simply drinking water can do this.

gordongekko wrote:When the back of my tongue starts to smell - I constantly drink water for about 30 seconds to a minute and then my tongue becomes odourless for about an hour maybe more. Is this because the water washed away the anaerobic bacteria? or did it wash away the volatile sulfur compounds? Thanks

How can you tell when the back of your tongue smells?

saddo1 wrote:

gordongekko wrote:When the back of my tongue starts to smell - I constantly drink water for about 30 seconds to a minute and then my tongue becomes odourless for about an hour maybe more. Is this because the water washed away the anaerobic bacteria? or did it wash away the volatile sulfur compounds? Thanks

How can you tell when the back of your tongue smells?

Rub your fingers over the back of your tongue. The odour only goes away if i drink water within 4 or 5 hours after brushing. Anything after that the odour only goes away for 5 minutes.

gordon

do you detect an odour straight away on your finger or do you have to let it dry a bit first?

also, when you say the back of your tongue do mean the very back close to your throat?

Water only... Someone else on this forum had same odor were they could even go scream at concerts as long as their h2o bottle was close. Kinda envy you. All u need is Cleveland Brown's portable shoe toilet, for the constant nid 2 pee and ure cured.

@Danger, i mean straight away i can smell an odour. no need to let it dry (what does that mean anyway). And not the back of my through, just the back of my tongue where next to the teeth at the back - no further.

@bus - h2o isn't the cure for me. it's only a temporary thing, still searching.

gordongekko wrote:@Danger, i mean straight away i can smell an odour. no need to let it dry (what does that mean anyway). And not the back of my through, just the back of my tongue where next to the teeth at the back - no further.

@bus - h2o isn't the cure for me. it's only a temporary thing, still searching.

i mean once you have let the saliva dry on your finger for a couple of minutes

so you mean the bumpy bit at the back of the tongue? strangely i dont get any odour there, which is odd considering that is the most bumpy and uneven part of my tongue, i get the odour from the middle centre of my tongue. sometimes it is worse than at other times. most of the time i have to let it dry for a bit before detecting a noticable odour but there are occasions where i can detect it straight away like in the morning or after being at work all day

But i drink water in 30 minutes after i have brushed and still i suffer from bad breath

Let's all use a little common sense. If water could stop bad breath, no one would have bad breath.
If your mouth is too dry, drinking more water might increase saliva flow, and that may be beneficial, but it probably wouldn't do much to diminish breath odor. If you have chronic bad breath, then there is usually some underlying reason that cannot be overcome by the normal antibacterial action of the saliva.

Wow. That's amazing. How long are you bad breath free after drinking water? And how much water do you drink?

I that sometimes my breath gets worse especially if I drink ice cold water so now I drink it room temperature.

But I've not read or met anybody else who can say this.

Not even from people who have a situational-every once in a while bad breath problem from eating garlic or something.

Music Lady wrote:Wow. That's amazing. How long are you bad breath free after drinking water? And how much water do you drink?

I that sometimes my breath gets worse especially if I drink ice cold water so now I drink it room temperature.

But I've not read or met anybody else who can say this.

Not even from people who have a situational-every once in a while bad breath problem from eating garlic or something.

Hi Music Lady, as stated above if I go on the treadmill within a few hours of brushing my teeth, I usually have Bad Breath from the dryness in my mouth. After I drink about half a litre of water in one go, the smell goes away for about an hour. If I use water about after, say, 10 hours of brushing my teeth - then i'll only be odour free for less than 10 minutes. Ive got a pathology apointment for march 11 which is going to suss out the anearobic bacteria on my tongue. They will be testing the amount of oxygen in my breath, any possible stomach bugs and a few other things. My doctor (one of the best ones in Sydney that also has about a 2 hour wait time on a quiet day) said that halitosis is a common problem and that he usually has success with curing it permanently. "once we identify the cause, we can locate the cure".

You need to understand that halitosis is very curable. Everyone has a specific, underlying reason behind each of their cases. Have you seen a doctor.

Peace, gordon gekko.

bad breath since age of around 10. Now 18.

I see what your saying...sorry I misunderstood. Do any of the mouthwashes specifically for dry mouth help at all? On days that you don't work out do you get dry mouth resulting in the bad breath?

I use to believe there was hope for us all to be cured but I just don't know anymore...

Hopefully you'll get some answers from your pathologist. .

Why do you assume there is no hope. As stated there is only a minimal amount of people in the world with our condition which means there is something wrong with our bodies. Once you locate the cause, you can locate the cure. It may take a while but it is well worth it. What do doctors say about your halitosis.