Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

There was a program on tv tonite called embarrasing illness.
There was a girl with bad breath.
Any way the doctor sent a sample of the bacteria off to be tested at a lab.
When the sample came back the doctor said she had an overgrowth of anerobic bacteria.
She said this anerobic bacteria was part of the normal oral flora bacteria but she prescribed an anti biotic to reduce the anerobic bacteria to normal levels.
They didnt say the name of the anti biotic but I will try and find out.

It won't help her at all. No antibiotic will help if the environment promotes the overgrowth of these bacteria, they should instead try and find what causes this bacteria-friendly environment and why their population is more than normal.

stinky wrote:There was a program on tv tonite called embarrasing illness.
There was a girl with bad breath.
Any way the doctor sent a sample of the bacteria off to be tested at a lab.
When the sample came back the doctor said she had an overgrowth of anerobic bacteria.
She said this anerobic bacteria was part of the normal oral flora bacteria but she prescribed an anti biotic to reduce the anerobic bacteria to normal levels.
They didnt say the name of the anti biotic but I will try and find out.

Why Antibiotics Don't Work (and can actually make the problem worse!)

The bacteria involved in this problem are not pathogenic bacteria. They are actually beneficial bacteria, which assist with digestion. If antibiotics specifically for this group are used, the problem will go away for about two days. Your body will then sense that the bacteria are missing will create resistant strains of the same bacteria, and the problems will come back. If your doctor suggests that you use antibiotics for bad breath and sour tastes, you should be aware that you might end up with an oral yeast infection. This is due to the fact that you will be creating an imbalance of your normal oral bacterial level, which allows yeast, fungi, etc. to enter and give you disorders such as thrush (candidiasis). Ask for a second opinion if your doctor pushes you to take too many antibiotics or for a long period of time.

taken from : http://www.halimeter.com/schneider1.htm