What causes bitter and bad breath?

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Traditionally, dry mouth and bad breath belong to the category of oral diseases, but they are not. According to the investigation of Digestive Disease Society of Chinese Medical Association, a lot of halitosis is caused by gastrointestinal, so halitosis is regarded as a health warning issued by gastrointestinal health. What causes bitter and bad breath? Let's talk about it

What causes bitter and bad breath?

1、 Excessive stomach fire, dyspepsia cause mouth odor. Modern people's fast pace of life, work pressure, insomnia, staying up late, etc., easily lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, stomach fire, indigestion, produce indole, hydrogen sulfide and other metabolites, release odor.

2、 Digestive system diseases cause mouth odor. When reflux esophagitis, esophageal cancer, pyloric stenosis or hiatal hernia occur, esophageal closure is affected or weakened, and gastrointestinal odor can be discharged through the mouth. Malabsorption, gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric cancer and intestinal infection may also be the cause of halitosis.

3、 False fire rises, mouth inflammation causes mouth odor. In addition, the oral cavity is not clean for a long time, and a large number of bacteria breed, leading to mouth odor. It can be seen that in order to thoroughly remove the odor of the mouth, we must comprehensively regulate the digestive system, and there must be no less than one mouth in the intestines and stomach.

matters needing attention

In life, we must maintain oral hygiene, and form the habit of brushing teeth in the morning and evening every day, which can reduce the breeding of oral bacteria, and also alleviate the situation of halitosis. We must improve our bad eating habits, and try not to smoke or drink, so as to avoid eating irritating food.