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Bad Breath/reflux? pnd? infection? Something else?

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mike666
mike666

Hi,

I wasn't sure where to put this duscussion.

I've had bad breath (especially horrendous morning breath) for as long as I can remember. Probably for a good 10 years or so? (I'm 29)

I've also experience what I think is possible post nasal drip (tongue is always coated. Often feel mucus on back of throat and need to clear my thoat)

and some sort of acid reflux in my throat (occasional burning sensation below my adams apple)

Both the possible PND and reflux seemed to come on after already having bad breath for a numbe of years though, so i'm not sure if they're even related? The reflux feeling is fairly infrequent.

I also occasionally get tonsil stones.

I have good oral health. Brush twice per day, floss, moutwash. Dentist confirmed gums are healthy.

Yet I can taste bad breath coming on again shortly after my morning routine.

NOW, I recently took metronidazole for something completely unrelated, and to my utter amazement, my breath became as fresh as a babies! Reflief after a decade! Even my morning breath smelt of nothing.

I was so happy until I read online that other people had experienced this phenomenen, but that the bad breath returns when you stop taking the antibiotic.

I stopped taking it 4 days ago, and I think that my breath may finally be reverting back sad This morning wasn't quite as fresh as yesterdays. I'm depressed now that my bad breath is likely to return in full force within a few days.

I'm wondering if anyone can shed any light?

Anyone been in the same boat and found a cure?

Can any knowledge be gained from the fact that the antibiotic temporaily cured me or not?

 

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  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    after doing sinus rinses my bb HV so much improve.....today I m talk with 4 peoples and noone can rub his nose....I m try also tommrow n if my bb was gone then I will tell to everyone.....but today I feel very clear n low headache...thanks Kurt for very useful information..I will update tmmrow that I m cured or not??
    • kurt78747
      kurt78747 bbjohn666

      Posted

      So glad I could help you!

      No, keep doing the rinses for awhile, remember you have to get every single microscopic cell or else it will come back. You shoukd still have your adenoids pulled out, that way you know the source is gone. I would keep doing the rinses twice a day for a week, then once a day for a week, then try no rinses. If it comes back, get your adenoids pulled

    • kurt78747
      kurt78747 bbjohn666

      Posted

      Keep rinsing twice daily until your headache is completely gone. Your head hurts because if the bacteria, when it stops hurting for a few days in a row, drop to 1 rinse a day for a week, then try no rinses and see how it goes
  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    thanks Kurt for very useful info...i HV took some medicine of h pylorie bacteria....I buy lansoprazol..amoxycilline ..n clarythromycine...but fears to eat...can anyone tel me that this pills is not dangerous...if the capsul make white patches in skin or not??I don't know about it.....plzz tel me I eat or not...very confused...I HV to much acidity daily...n food does not digest properly as we'll..sorry for my English..
    • kurt78747
      kurt78747 bbjohn666

      Posted

      Im allergic to amoxacillin actually. Get some sufactant medication of some sort, metronidizole is the best
    • kurt78747
      kurt78747

      Posted

      Probiotics, Ive read but have never taken personally, are very beneficial in that the replace the good bacteria that antibiotics kill while. Antibiotics dont differentate between good and bad bacteria, they just kill them both. After you stop taking antibiotics, the good bacteria comes back naturally but probiotics speed thisprocess up, while also maintaining a level of good bacteria while you take the antibiotics.
  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    I want to propose a one girl but can't say to her because of my problem ...n she think that I m daily look at her constantly....n why I can not tel her that I love..after 3 month ...today when I go to to look at her...she cal her boyfriend to show me .........she think I don't love her ..I just make timepass with daily looking at her ...its very painful...
  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    hey Kurt how many cost for adenoid remove by ent doctor...???sorry for English.
    • kurt78747
      kurt78747 bbjohn666

      Posted

      Roughly about $5,000 US dollars, maybe a bit more. That would cover the doctor fee, hospital room for an hour, and the anesthesiologists fee.
  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    hiii Kurt. .today morning my breath is not good...I can rinse nasal many times..I do every one hour nasal rinse..with baby shampoo and hydrogen peroxide...its very painful process..lots of tears comes when I do the process...but I think my breath is come from mouth and part of throat.....and I can't understand how connection between adenoid and mouth talking bb ..when I m talking the breath is coming...n also bb come from mouth.....my breath is not bad...but something different breath coming from mouth and nose..I also HV bad body odur..but when I use antifungal powder on my arms my body odur is easyly destroy..but body spry can't help my body odour. ....I HV acidity...acid reflux...and I my digestion process is not good...my all stomach food is come in my esophagus every time.....and I feel my chest is full every time....and I m always hungry everytime..anyone I have same symptoms like me??n anyone cure from this?..
    • chi1
      chi1 kurt78747

      Posted

      I must say Kurt, I am really encouraged by your input into this discussion. I would have a hard time getting a neti pot and so I performed my nasal rinses with a 5 or 10ml syringe. But that wasn't doing me any good! I recently came across a few nasal irrigation options I plan to study before investing in one. The idea behind the baby shampoo is news to me. I have used Hydrogen Peroxide as an oral rinse and so I am quite familiar with its sting and numbing effect if not used correctly. Unfortunately the hunt for iodine-free salt is going to give me a run for my money as regulation here is to pump all salt with iodine to avoid goiters- nevermind the amount of harm iodine could do to some people!

      Thank you for your generosity in sharing and I hope to use your remedy, coupled with a strict avoidance of all dairy, sugar and wheat products (mucus-forming foods) and the ingestion of oral and GIT probiotics as well as some herbs to combat my GERD to get myself back ontrack. I have had enough of antibiotics and so will avoid going that route- they got me here in the first place and I once almost went blind because of an over-the-counter purchase of amoxycillin. I have simply suffered the humiliation of this scourge for long enough!

    • kurt78747
      kurt78747 chi1

      Posted

      Im allergic to amoxycillin so i never took any of the "cillin" meds which also meant I couldnt take any cephalosporin meds either. metronidizole and Ciprofloxacin were the two best antibiotics i took, and did a lot of good.

      the risk of antibiotics is they kill your good bacteria too, but aftr you stop taking them the good bacteria does regenerate. you can minimize the risk of antibiotics by taking a probiotic, while taking antibiotics, to replenish the good bacteria that is destroyed.

      i hated taking antibiotics for two years, but once the right ones were prescribed to me they became extremely valuable for me in assisting with my fight.

    • chris03274
      chris03274 bbjohn666

      Posted

      Hi BB, have you followed up w GI and allergist?

      I also get hungry all the time. When I am on gluten free diet and NO sugar I feel a little better. I'm still following up w docs but most tests done show I have hernia & e.coli in stool test. My GI says it is not the reason for BB.

      are your tonsils swollen, even a little?

      My ent pulled one out yesterday. He suggest I get them removed next month.

      I'm seeing my GI & a rhinologist next week.

      I will update you but start going to your docs & ask questions. Especially if you have bacterial overgrowth in your intestines. You mentioned Body odor and candida overgrowth is one of those symptoms.

  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    thanks so much Chris..I m not go any doctor yet..but I try to go to doctor...I also think that there are candida causes my problem because when I use anti fungus powder in my arms there are no bo...totally gone from my body...I m going to try upper endoscopy for candida and h pylorei..thanks for update..plz keep sharing ur updates daily..this will help me lot..
  • bbjohn666
    bbjohn666 mike666

    Posted

    hii everyone..anyone here know about cost of upper endoscopy...and can I go direct blood test center for cheking my h pylorei infection ...??sorry for englishh
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