Severe bad breath despite sinus ops and numerous antibiotics- please help!

[majcon]

Please help- I cant handle this bad breath anymore- my boyfriend won't kiss me!! I have had asthma all my life, severe sinus problems, had an operation on my ears and my sinus a few weeks ago- however I still produce foul smelling phlegm that stinks to high heaven, even just by being in my throat. I have returned to my doctor as I thought it might be the tonsil thing that I had seen mentioned on this website before, but he said I had no symptoms of it. I dont know what else to do- I just keep beng prescribed nasal sprays or antibiotics or throat sprays that simply never work for me.
I hate meeting new people or talking to them- its so debilitating, and I feel ridiculous asking the doctor the same questions again and again- I hope someone can help.

[Yayahoney]

Me, too! I ask people and they tell me that I don't have bad breath but I know for a fact that I do because people step back or put their hand over their nose/mouth or theyoffer me a mint/gum!!! I went to 2 different dentists & hygenists and they 2 say I don't!!!

If they think it is embarrassing to tell me I have bad breath...how do they think I feel going around with bad breath?

[Dusty57]

Try looking up the words chest wall syndrome, costosternal syndrome, costosternal chondrodynia -- Also try looking in the Tietze syndrome literature for information about costochondritis.  For example in the material I have about costochondrondrits it denotes that the anterior chest pain simulates cardiac pain and causes great concern to the patient and confuses the clinician.  I do know costochondritis hurts a great deal and it can be chronic and have recurrent acute episodes.     Let us know what the doctors finally diagnosis your pain to be.

[Dusty57]

Costochondritis is chest wall inflammation.  Similar to Teitze Syndrome but a little different.  I have learned that Costochondritis can be acute and chronic.  There is a forum in the clubs under Yahoo on Costochondritis.  

[pooh_der]

i have never heard of that.  can you tell me more about it?

[Dusty57]

Could you possibly have Costochondritis - Chest wall syndrome?