Eating too fast can also cause bad breath
Where does the tone come from? Everyone should pay attention not only to the oral cavity, but also to gastrointestinal problems.
Heavy breath is not only unpleasant, but also embarrassing. Bad breath is often caused by "mouth", especially periodontal disease is the main cause of bad breath. It should also be reminded that having gastritis gastric ulcers and having Helicobacter pylori in the stomach can also cause bad breath. Doctors said that gastrointestinal diseases caused by bad breath are the most common type of bad breath in addition to orogenic halitosis, and they are the most easily ignored by people.
The stomach contains Helicobacter pylori
How to identify: Do a breath test
Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of chronic gastritis and an important cause of peptic ulcer, and if there is Helicobacter pylori in the stomach, the incidence of bad breath is greatly increased.
This is because this bacterium can disrupt the protective mechanism of the gastric mucosa, which can lead to the retention of food in the gastrointestinal tract for too long, and the decomposition of other bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract to produce various odorous gases. In addition, ammonia volatile sulfides produced by Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach may reflux into the mouth, causing bad breath.
To determine whether Helicobacter pylori is to blame, patients can go to the Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology and other relevant departments to do a breath test, this examination requires the physical examiner to be fasting, do not drink water within 4 hours before the examination.
If H. pylori is present, targeted treatment can address bad breath.
Periodontal disease is the main cause of bad breath
Identification method: Cleaning the mouth can be relieved
The vast majority of bad breath is caused by oral factors, and this "orogenic halitosis" accounts for 80~90% of bad breath.
If you have poor oral hygiene and a large amount of plaque and tartar accumulate on your teeth, it is easy to induce gingivitis and periodontitis, and bad breath is one of the symptoms of these diseases. In addition, oral cancer can also cause patients to have worsening bad breath.
There are two simple ways to identify whether the odor comes from the oral cavity: you have bad breath when you open your mouth, but if you breathe through your nose with your mouth closed, you won't exhale the bad breath, which is mostly caused by the mouth; In addition, if the bad breath of the mouth is reduced after cleaning, the cause is in the mouth, and vice versa.
In response to bad breath caused by oral problems, Weng Zhiqiang suggested that everyone pay attention to oral hygiene, take brushing, flossing, gargling, teeth cleaning and other methods to improve oral hygiene, "It is especially recommended that you use a toothbrush to clean the back of the tongue, this method can reduce the volatile sulfides that cause odor, and can significantly improve bad breath." The specific method is to gently brush the back of the tongue with a toothbrush, and if the gag reflex is strong, you can clean the back of the tongue before brushing your teeth.
Patients who have already developed gingivitis and periodontal disease (the typical symptom in the early stage is bleeding from brushing) should seek medical attention promptly.
Special reminder
Eating too quickly also causes bad breath
Many diseases can cause bad breath problems, in addition to the common oral diseases and gastrointestinal diseases, nasal and throat tracheal lung diseases can also cause bad breath, all of which require symptomatic treatment.
There is a kind of "bad breath" that is a temporary phenomenon, which is related to the rapid follow-up of eating. Yang Xiaojun said that eating too fast can also cause bad breath. This is because, if you eat too fast, the food will go down to the stomach, but the salivary amylase secreted by the mouth cannot reach the stomach in time and still stay in the mouth. This enzyme is active and is easily oxidized to produce odors.