To get rid of bad breath, you need to "prescribe the right medicine"

Experts teach you: Treat the cause of bad breath

Bad breath is a very embarrassing disease, and people with bad breath generally can't find it themselves, and often don't know until others are embarrassed to remind them, causing both parties to fall into silence, and I really don't know what to do.Clinical data show that in recent years, the number of patients seeking treatment in hospitals due to bad breath has increased year by year, and the prevalence rate has increased year by year.

In the face of this situation, experts give the following suggestions on how to diagnose and treat bad breath caused by different causes.

Cause 1: Periodontitis

Bad breath caused by periodontal disease is mainly the result of bacterial decay in the mouth and the breakdown of protein substrates. Protein substrates come from saliva, oral mucosa, and food debris in the mouth, and are broken down by bacteria to produce some odorous volatile sulfides.

Removal method: The key is to treat periodontitis thoroughly, in addition to the usual attention to cleaning the teeth, you can also massage the gums frequently. The method is: after brushing your teeth, use the index fingers of both hands to do a circular rotation massage on the teeth and the surface of the gums, starting from the inside of the upper and lower teeth, and gradually moving forward, once in the morning and once in the evening, 10~15 minutes each time; In addition, percussion dozens of times a day in the morning and evening also has the effect of enhancing blood circulation in subtissues and promoting the healing of periodontitis.

Reason 2: Cold and nasal congestion

When you have a cold and nasal congestion, you have to open your mouth to breathe, so the water in your mouth is scarce, and bad breath often occurs with a cold.

Removal method: Nasal drops for the treatment of rhinitis can be used to contract the nasal soft tissues, so that the nasal cavity is smooth, breathing is smooth, and the bad breath will also be eliminated or significantly reduced. When dispensing the medicine, the nostrils should be upward, and each nasal cavity should be dispensed with 1~2 drops, and the nasal cavity should be pressed immediately after dispensing, so that the liquid medicine is evenly distributed in the nasal cavity.

Reason 3: sinusitis

Secretions from the sinuses are bacteria that produce an unpleasant odor that slowly flows into the mouth, causing bad breath.

Removal method: For bad breath caused by chronic sinusitis, the most important thing is to clean up the nasal secretions in time. Before going to bed, hold the water in your washed hands, soak your nose in the water, gently suck the water into the nasal cavity with your nasal cavity, and then blow the water out vigorously, the water will bring out the secretions in the nasal cavity, and there will be no more peculiar smell. Of course, if the symptoms are severe, surgery should be performed.

Reason 4: Smoking

This is a kind of bad breath caused by non-pathological causes, and people with this kind of bad breath are generally not aware of it themselves, and are often reminded by others.

Removal method: There will be a unique smell of smoke in the mouth, in the case of temporarily unable to quit smoking, you may wish to eat a few red dates every day, which has the effect of deodorization. Jujube itself has an aroma and is rich in fiber, and regular chewing can effectively clean up smoke stains and bad breath in the mouth, and can also supplement trace elements.

Reason 5: Stomach problems

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the stomach is full of bloating and indigestion, which will lead to bad breath due to the inability to eat, rot, and stomach qi.

Removal method: You can often boil hawthorn wolfberry porridge and drink. Hawthorn and wolfberry are both warm foods, especially hawthorn, which can help regulate the stomach and intestines, moisturize the spleen and stomach, and help in the treatment of gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases.Moreover, the viscous porridge itself is easy to digest, and it is a medicinal diet for stomach problems.

Reason 6: Food

Foods such as garlic and onions contain substances that produce a special odor, such as allicin, which can cause bad breath.

Removal method: This physiological halitosis is generally temporary and can be solved in many ways, such as: brushing your teeth immediately after eating odorous food; Chew 3~5 grams of tea leaves, preferably with flower tea, and chew repeatedly. The tea saponin in tea has a good effect on cleaning the odor of the mouth, and the tea polyphenols in the tea can also eliminate the odor of garlic. Or chew 5 raw peanuts, peanuts contain more than 140 kinds of natural aromatic substances, which can make the smell in the mouth more natural, and the sterols in peanuts can also inhibit bacteria and eliminate bad breath.

The above is a summary of the treatment of bad breath by experts for different causes, I hope it can be helpful to everyone. Experts remind that once bad breath is found, go to a regular hospital for examination as soon as possible.