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Suggest Treatment For Bad Breath Problem

Dear Doctor,

I am 63 years old male an Indian from Malaysia, I am having bad breath problems four the past four yrs.

I visit a dentist 6 months once, always I do tooth filling for decay tooths and scalling. I brush teeth twicemorning and night. I dont smoke and take alcohol. During my younger days my stomach gastric problem was very severe but now my gastric problem is very much improved. I have done my colonscopy andendoscopy through a specilist doctor at seremban. The doctor said everything ok except i got a sentive colon, other than that everything is fine with me.

Lately I visited Govt Hosp. doctor last week, he gave me Histac 150gm (Ranitidine tablet) fro one month, morning one and night one after meals.

Will this help me.

Thank you.

Yours sincerly,

P.Krishnan.

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Hi..
Welcome to HCM..

So sorry to hear about your problem and will try my level best to resolve it to the best of my knowledge and understanding..

As per your complain bad breath also known as Halitosis can occur due to a number of causes like:
-Poor oral hygiene.
-Oral and dental infections.
-Tonsil stones or tonsilloliths.
-Digestive disorders.
-Post nasal drip.
-Sinusitis.
-Acid reflux,.
-Respiratory infections.
-Diabetes etc..

In your case poor digestion can be a culprit as well as you need to get evaluated for other causes like diabetes considering your age..

You should consult an Oral Physician or an Otolaryngologist and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations depending upon suspected cause can help in diagnosis..
Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms..
As of now you should start gargling with a flavoured mouthwash twice a day..
You should chew flavored sugarfree chewing gum..
Do warm saline gargles twice a day..
Limit the intake of high aroma foods like onion and garlic..
Drink plenty of water and maintain a good oral hygiene..

Hope this helps..

Regards.
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Suggest Treatment For Bad Breath Problem

Hi.. Welcome to HCM.. So sorry to hear about your problem and will try my level best to resolve it to the best of my knowledge and understanding.. As per your complain bad breath also known as Halitosis can occur due to a number of causes like: -Poor oral hygiene. -Oral and dental infections. -Tonsil stones or tonsilloliths. -Digestive disorders. -Post nasal drip. -Sinusitis. -Acid reflux,. -Respiratory infections. -Diabetes etc.. In your case poor digestion can be a culprit as well as you need to get evaluated for other causes like diabetes considering your age.. You should consult an Oral Physician or an Otolaryngologist and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations depending upon suspected cause can help in diagnosis.. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms.. As of now you should start gargling with a flavoured mouthwash twice a day.. You should chew flavored sugarfree chewing gum.. Do warm saline gargles twice a day.. Limit the intake of high aroma foods like onion and garlic.. Drink plenty of water and maintain a good oral hygiene.. Hope this helps.. Regards.