Around 2012, at the age of 32, I started noticing reactions from other people that made me feel like perhaps I smelled. I am a very clean-cut, hygienic guy who brushes, flosses, scrapes the tongue and visits the dentist regularly. Whenever I am in close confines with others, such as public transit or a conference room at work, I notice people start sniffling, rubbing their noses, clearing their throats and commenting about a smell in the room, often asking if somebody farted or saying that it ”smells like **** in here.” This happens so regularly that I refuse to believe it isn’t coming from me, although I don’t know exactly why it is. I do sometimes get a nasty taste in the back of my throat, and my breath never feels fresh no matter how much I brush and floss. Sometimes I will wake up in the middle of the night thinking I smell poop only to realize it was coming from my own mouth. As I awake fully, though, I can no longer smell it. My wife, family and close friends insist I don’t stink and they think I am going crazy because I keep asking them to be honest with me. Doctors have said they don’t notice anything either, but I am convinced this is real and I’m not crazy. Has anybody figured something out? This is ruining my life
Any update in you fixing the breath? I have exact same symptoms
OMG am having the same problems am going to email Dr. OZ about this issue. I feel horrible no body want to talk to me at work. My job is in the medical field. I went to the dentist, doctors, blood work I did everything. Any body can help me please thank you.
I had some trouble will indigestion and supher burps as well as tonsil stones (those are often associated with bad breath) and went to see a Chinese Medicine doctor and Acupuncturist, and he took me off dairy and white sugar, as well as put me on a clense diet, and it got rid of the problem. Most of the online solutions for bad breath are from herbal or chinese medicine doctors. You might consider it. If you feel queezy about visiting a nontraditional doctor, see if someone you trust can recommend you a good person to go see.
You may want to get an objective opinion from a trusted friend on just how bad your breath is. There are multiple sources of bad breath, and it can help to know some information on where exactly it is coming from. Many chronic bad breath cases involve anaerobic bacteria that live on the back of the tongue. These bacteria produce sulfur containing compounds, which can smell like anything from old garlic to rotten eggs. Ask your friend to smell the air exiting your mouth, as well as the air exiting your nose and note any differences in odor. A possible sinus infection or foriegn body in the sinuses can cause notable bad odors. If no friend is available, you can try using a spoon to gently scrape some mucus from the back of your tongue, which you can smell once it has dried. If you determine that the odor is coming from your tongue, there are a variety of methods for reducing bacterial populations so that the smell is less noticable. Tongue scraping, chewing sugar-free gum (to increase saliva prduction), and increased fluid intake (preferably water at 2 liters/day), can reduce bad breath provided that the problem is in the mouth. If it is a GI problem, taking activated charcoal (as needed only) can absorb many gases and toxis that may otherwise come out as burps or flatulence. It will also help curb diarrhea if it is problematic. Incorporating a good amount of insoluble fiber (lots of veggies) into your diet while reducing highly processed foods (fast food, soda, candy, etc) will help keep things clean. Hope this helps!
One last thing....I did see a ENT specialist about two years ago. He was highly recommended by my primary care doc. He gave me a check up and said every thing was fine. He didn't order any special test or blood work. Before I left he did mention one of his other clients that was otherwise healthy like me but had a BB problem swears by Profresh. I was skeptical but desperate so I tried it but it didn't work.