Breath smells like faeces (Poo)

1) First of all I found out that I have "silent GERD" which is acid reflux which you cannot feel. My dentist noticed that my teeth were losing enamel and came to that conclusion. I started taking 20 mg omeprazole daily and my bad breath decreased by at least half.

2) I bought an extra awesome tongue scraper- this old school style, big metal one that has 2 handles on the side and a thick metal band that curves and has a raised area in the center to really get into your tongue. The brand is called Dr. TUNG'S. Dont just scrape it- stick your tongue out as far as you can and put the metal looped part partially down your throat to get the back of your tongue- the back of it that you cannot even see. Use firm pressure and scrape it at least 5 to 10 times. When you think you are done, smell the last scraping after a minute and see if it still smells. If it does, keep going! Your tongue may even bleed a little but you gotta do what you gotta do! Use a toothbrush for the insides of your cheeks and lips. Scrub all of that film off of your mouth wheather you see it or not. Floss the heck out of your teeth- not just between them- takr the floss and pull it to the side to get near the root of each tooth. Wiggle the floss while tugging it firmly against your tooth. Dont forget the very back ones or even tweth with spaces. They will all have tartar or plaque at least up higher by the roots. This took care of a big portion of the leftover bad smell.

4) I have a bit of a post nasal drip so I bwgan taking cheap OTC claritin (loratidine 10 mg) on a daily basis. On extra bad days, I take Claritin D which has pseudophedrine in it.

5) I drink a ton of water and water with lemon, (and guilty pleasure- regular Cocacola) and make sure I dont get a dry mouth. I notice that diet soda and juice's artificial sweetener gives me bad breath. I avoid other sugary things like those mint "breath mints" that actually seem to GIVE me bad breath. Eat as much fresh produce as possible. Avoid processed crap. If you eat or drink dairy, try and cleanse your mouth by eating a fiberous and neutral snack like an apple or carrot sticks, or at the very least, a big glass of water.. maybe chew on fresh mint leaves too? They do work well. It has to be the real thing and not a breath mint though.

6)Don't ask me how I figured it out, but one day I coughed and a little white chunk came flying out of my throat. I had a sore throat for a week or so beforehand but nothing serious. I thought I had coughed up a piece of my tooth because thats what it looked like. To my horror, when I pressed it between my fingers, it emitted the most foul, dog poop-like smell that I have ever smelled in someones mouth. Of course I checked out good ol youtube and discovered that I am a victim of these horrible TONSIL STONES!!! And it does take much to make your mouth smell like a pile of dog poo. Visions of these pungent morsels going into poor hubby's mouth when I kiss him made me feel like the filthiest human alive. So I spent the next hour or so gargling with warm/hot salt water, and warm olive oil to try and get any more little buggers to work their way out of the crypts in my tonsils. Nothing came out after an hour of trying this. So I resorted to qtips. After carefully analyzing methods of removal on youtube, it seemed the best way was to press at the area of skin right in front of the tonsil, which would open that crevice up and release any calcified chunks of bacteria and plaque. I held a LED mag lite in one hand, qtip on the other. I was able to see a couple tiny suspicious spots when I pressed around but nothing came out. Next I took a plastic irrigator type syringe used for giving babies medicine. Again I gargled with warm water, salt and then olive oil. Then I filled the syringe with very warm water, put the plastic tip right into the crevice of skin right in front of the tonsil, and blasted the water into that crevice with all of my might. To my amazement and relief, about 6 little stones came gushing out and into the sink (I did plug the drain so i could analyze anything that came out). The stones all looked like shiny chips of broken teeth and again, when I smashed them, they confirmed they were tonsil stones by the pungent, worse than dog poop odor! I did this on the other side repeatedly, and nothing came out. Well its been a few weeks and tonight I decided to take another look-sie. I have had a little sore throat and my right tonsil was a little red and felt like something could be stuck there. This time, I shined my trusty mag lite onto my inflammed tonsil and just used my index finger to prod around a bit, gave my tonsil a little push from the skin in front of the tonsils, and to my shock and also horror, a VERY large tonsil stone went flying out, and the harder I pushed, the more that came out! The first chunk was as big as one of my molars! It looked like my tonsil birthed a tooth! It was so nasty and smelled worse than anything you could possibly imagine. Then the other pieces that came out were also equally as smelly but they were different shapes, perfectly molded into the shapes of my tonsular crypts. Once I emptied my tonsils out, I felt an instant relief and they felt so good, pain free and refreshed. I took my water pik and gave both tonsular crypts (the little holes everyones tonsils have) a good blast to make sure no lingering little stones got left behind. There were 2 very tiny stones that ended up coming out with the water pik. I then gargled again with warm salt water, brushed my teeth, scraped my tongue and all of that once again. Gargled with and held a mouth full of hydrogen peroxide in my mouth for about 1 fill minute. And now I feel SO GOOD!

Anyways I hope my tips might help someone who reads this. I know how embarassing it can be. When I was nervous, my reflux got worse and made my breath worse. I had been on 2 dates back 10+ years ago before I met my hubby and those guys said something about my breath one time each. It felt so helplesw because I did not know why or how to fix it. Go watch tonsil stone removals on youtube to get the hang of this. Keep in mind those are usually extra bad cases of it but you very possibly have a little of that. Best wishes and feel free to ask me questions. I now feel confident and have normal smelling breath almost all the time. It has changed my life for the better

In my opinion our problem needs either Scientific, Traditional or Religious research for healing. I'v suffered for 10 years and during the years iv 'Done it all' you name it! Spent hundreds of thousands in what has been said to be possible cures and also on research , from surgeries to prescriptions meds, OTC's to everything. Some of us don't have just bad breath but we have Halitosis. I'v just resigned from my job as civil engineer because I couldn't take it anymore- meetings, inspections etc, halitosis ruined me. I'll be getting money from the years iv served, I'll use most of it to continue the research, I'm not giving up till the day I die.