There are many halitosis patients in the department of stomatology. After excluding oral diseases, it is found that Helicobacter pylori infection is detected through examination. After being transferred to the department of gastroenterology for standardized “sterilization” treatment, most of the patients’ bad breath can be significantly reduced or even disappeared.
Why do “bacteria” smell bad in the stomach? It turns out that Helicobacter pylori has urease, which can hydrolyze urea to produce ammonia and carbamate, and carbamate can degrade ammonia, and ammonia has a peculiar smell. Therefore, part of it floats out of the mouth directly through the digestive tract, and the other part passes through the blood It is brought to the alveoli and exhaled with gas exchange, causing bad breath.
However, experts say that in addition to the stomach, this “bacteria” can also be parasitic in the gingival sulcus, under the calculus, etc., and can also produce rancid gas in the mouth.
If you have symptoms, “sterilize” in time. Don’t think that eating chewing gum and drinking herbal tea is enough when you have bad breath. For bad breath caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, it is impossible to not “sterilize”. “One in every two people has been infected with Helicobacter pylori”, the infection rate of the bacteria is as high as 50%, but a large number of people do not have any symptoms and do not need treatment.
However, once infected people have symptoms, such as upper abdominal pain, stomach pain, inflammation of the digestive tract, or ulcers, they should actively diagnose and carry out “sterilization” treatment.
Expert advice: If the patient has bad breath and Helicobacter pylori infection, even if the digestive tract has no symptoms, “sterilization” treatment can be performed to reduce bad breath. In addition, brush your teeth every day, replace your toothbrush regularly during treatment, and pay attention to strengthening your physique to get better results.
Take a test and take a breath to check the “bacteria” Many people feel bad breath when they wake up in the morning. Is this a disease? Experts say that it is more common to wake up in the morning with bad breath, but if there is still a bad smell after rinsing and brushing your teeth, you should pay attention to whether there are other diseases. If the bad breath persists for a long time, you should also consider the possibility of Helicobacter pylori infection. The method to initially check whether there is Helicobacter pylori infection is very simple. Except for children and pregnant women, everyone can do 14C urea breath test for gastric Helicobacter pylori, just take a breath.
