Bad Breath

[Anonymous]

What 's his diet like? My husband used to complain that I had horrid breath. I ended up changing my diet after a health scare (previously lots of processed junk and sweets) and my breath is much better now. He now rarely complains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can your kids or any trusted other person back you up on this?

My sympathies are with you. I have a dear friend with breath like you describe. I was in the car with her a few days ago and I was actually dizzy from the smell of it. I know she has good hygiene but lots of digestive issues. Days later I'm still considering trying to talk with her about it. If I had breath that bad, I hope to God someone would tell me. It's got yo be hurting her at work. She rarely has second dates. The may well be why.

Oh please find a way of speaking with her - poor thing.

My DH can get bad too - he is really affected by what he eats. Garlicky items just STAY with him. Flossing, tongue brushing, rinsing all must be done super-diligently and he has to watch what he eats. "Hay babe you're super garlicky today" is an appreciated and well-worn saying in our house

OP - have you told him how hard this is in you?

[Anonymous]

OP Here- If it was a tonsil stone, wouldn't the dentist see it? He goes to the dentist every 6 months. I think it is his diet. I am going to try talking to him again. The weird thing is that he knows that his breath is the reason we don't kiss and it doesn't seem to bother him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My wife has the same "shit in gut" breath. It's really hard to deal with. Been over 30 yrs now. I've just never had the balls to tell her how bad it is. Sad thing is, None of the Dentist have ever told her how bad her breath is neither. Doctors neither. I guess we all are too embarrassed for her !!!! It really sucks.

Op Here- How do you deal with it? Are you able to kiss her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP Here- If it was a tonsil stone, wouldn't the dentist see it? He goes to the dentist every 6 months. I think it is his diet. I am going to try talking to him again. The weird thing is that he knows that his breath is the reason we don't kiss and it doesn't seem to bother him.

What does the dentist say? What do your friends and family say privately? Are you the only person bothered by this?

[Anonymous]

My tonsil stones are never visible, and my dentist had never heard of them anyway!

I use a curved-tip syringe to flush out my tonsil crypts with water twice a week. It's changed my life.

I guarantee you ALL the bad breath on this thread is caused by tonsil stones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could be tonsil stones. google at your own risk.

This

Yep!!! I bet he has huge ones. Take a flashlight to his throat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP Here- If it was a tonsil stone, wouldn't the dentist see it? He goes to the dentist every 6 months. I think it is his diet. I am going to try talking to him again. The weird thing is that he knows that his breath is the reason we don't kiss and it doesn't seem to bother him.

Dentists don't deal with throat issues. Most of the time your tongue is covering the throat anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My tonsil stones are never visible, and my dentist had never heard of them anyway!

I use a curved-tip syringe to flush out my tonsil crypts with water twice a week. It's changed my life.

I guarantee you ALL the bad breath on this thread is caused by tonsil stones.

I have bad breath fairly often and I don't have tonsils. They were removed when I was young. How could I have tonsil stones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My wife has the same "shit in gut" breath. It's really hard to deal with. Been over 30 yrs now. I've just never had the balls to tell her how bad it is. Sad thing is, None of the Dentist have ever told her how bad her breath is neither. Doctors neither. I guess we all are too embarrassed for her !!!! It really sucks.

Op Here- How do you deal with it? Are you able to kiss her?

Yes, we kiss plenty. I don't know how I deal with it (shrug) I just figure it's my responsibility to keep her happy since I love her. It's really hard at times though. I always face the other way when sleeping. Many times I have to pull the covers over my head to block it out. I'm just really dumbfounded why her Dentist and Doctors have never said anything. She's a knock out beautiful woman with the worst breath in the Country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP Here- If it was a tonsil stone, wouldn't the dentist see it? He goes to the dentist every 6 months. I think it is his diet. I am going to try talking to him again. The weird thing is that he knows that his breath is the reason we don't kiss and it doesn't seem to bother him.

I wonder if he notices colleagues putting their hands over their face when they talk to him, or backing away and holding conversations from a distance.
Was it like this when you dated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
My wife has the same "shit in gut" breath. It's really hard to deal with. Been over 30 yrs now. I've just never had the balls to tell her how bad it is. Sad thing is, None of the Dentist have ever told her how bad her breath is neither. Doctors neither. I guess we all are too embarrassed for her !!!! It really sucks.

Op Here- How do you deal with it? Are you able to kiss her?

Yes, we kiss plenty. I don't know how I deal with it (shrug) I just figure it's my responsibility to keep her happy since I love her. It's really hard at times though. I always face the other way when sleeping. Many times I have to pull the covers over my head to block it out. I'm just really dumbfounded why her Dentist and Doctors have never said anything. She's a knock out beautiful woman with the worst breath in the Country.

OP Here: OMG, I do the same thing at night! I have the covers totally over my head facing the other way. I keep a small opening from which I breathe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP Here- If it was a tonsil stone, wouldn't the dentist see it? He goes to the dentist every 6 months. I think it is his diet. I am going to try talking to him again. The weird thing is that he knows that his breath is the reason we don't kiss and it doesn't seem to bother him.

I wonder if he notices colleagues putting their hands over their face when they talk to him, or backing away and holding conversations from a distance.
Was it like this when you dated?

He always had gum or mints when we dated. I thought that it was just bad sometimes (which I was okay with), I did not realize that it was a chronic problem. Also, I think that it has gotten progressively worse over the years. We have been married for 18 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My tonsil stones are never visible, and my dentist had never heard of them anyway!

I use a curved-tip syringe to flush out my tonsil crypts with water twice a week. It's changed my life.

I guarantee you ALL the bad breath on this thread is caused by tonsil stones.

I have bad breath fairly often and I don't have tonsils. They were removed when I was young. How could I have tonsil stones?

OP here- How do you know that your breath is bad? My husband is always surprised when I mention it. I have told him enough times that he knows it's an ongoing problem, but he thinks that if he brushes his teeth it goes away, but it doesn't. It just becomes minty bad breath. I wish that he could smell it himself.

[Anonymous]

He has tonsilstones. my daughter had it. HOrrible breath. We complained to pediatriciaan, gastroenterologist and not one of them thought to look at her tonsils.