The smell of mouth is a disease of all centuries. Rather, not a disease, but her symptom. No matter how developed modern medicine, the smell of the mouth remains the problem of millions.
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Smell from the mouth — Common problem associated with clinical and social disadvantaged. Halitoz — This is a special medical term denoting an unpleasant smell of mouth of any origin. A person adapted to his own smell, which is not expressed too much, may not notice him. But it happens so that the smell appears suddenly or periodically, making attention.
Smell from the mouth — disease or version of the norm?
Smell from the mouth — Always a sign of violations, i.e. diseases, at a different level — from systemic to molecular. Most often, the immediate cause of Galitosis is hidden in the oral cavity, and is a shift of microflora composition towards anaerobic bacteria, chronic flow of gums and periodontal diseases, caries, smoking, dry mouth mucous membrane, due to the reception of some drugs. A sign of a serious sickness of the smell of mouth is in a limited number of cases, and, as a rule, facilitates its diagnosis.
Folk and traditional medicine and smell from mouth
The means of folk medicine the smell of mouth can be masked, or reduce, but it is unlikely to be able to cure. The most popular of them:
- Rinsing with weak chamomile beams, sage, strawberry leaves, melissa, thyme, a solution with a few drops of tea tree oil
- Chewing aromatic spices, such as laurel sheets, carnations, parsley, juniper berries or fenhel seeds
- Purification of the oral cavity with solid apples. In addition, additional fiber contributes to the normalization of digestion and the improvement of intestinal peristalsis
Traditional medicine smell from mouth primarily considers as a symptom. To determine the optimal method of treating a problem, it is necessary to try to find out its reason:
- Survey of the oral cavity, the state of teeth, gums and mucous membranes
- A visit to the ENT doctor. Almonds, ear apparatus, Some diseases of the throat and larynx are often the cause of a bad smell
- A visit to the gastroenterologist and the diagnosis of chronic gastritis, possibly — ulcerative lesion of the stomach and duodenal intestine, as well as problems with the intestines that can cause a rather strong rotten smell of mouth
- Review Radiograph of the chest, the search for the alleged purulent focus — Chronic abscess, diverticuli esophagus, chronic pneumonia, bronchiectatic disease
- Clinical blood test — able to show the presence of a common or degraded inflammatory process in the body, however, with small chronic inflammations, its indicators are usually remained normally
- Blood chemistry — able to show the presence of liver pathology, kidneys, pancreas. The smell of mouth, arising from violations of these organs, is treated only with the main disease.
The role of metronidazole in the treatment of smell of mouth
To combat anaerobic microflora, which prevails with the appearance of unpleasant smell of mouth, metronidazole in the composition of toothpaste, or in the form of a gel, which is added to the paste when cleaning the teeth, and is intended for people suffering from periodontal. It must be remembered that if there is a bad smell of mouth — Metronidazole is not a means of choosing in combating it. This is a means that applies only to the appointment of a doctor. At the same time, medical studies have been proven that the use of antibacterial, antimicrobial and antiprotozoic agents is locally, that is, a limited part of the body has extremely limited efficiency.
