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How do you get rid of bad breath? Also is it bad when your passing gas has a bad odor?
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foxi asked:
I have heard recently that passing gas with a foul odor isn’t good..do you know why?
February 21st, 2007 at 7:24 pm
I wouldn’t know. My farts smell like cinnamon buns.
February 24th, 2007 at 10:17 am
thats crazy.ussually odor comes from foods with high protien. meat, eggs, nuts, etc. the silent but deadly type.
fruits and veggies give you loud toots with less smell.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Getting rid of bad breath is as easy as brushing your teeth regularly and flossing. Also scrape your tongue using a plastic tongue scraper. Mucous traps bacteria and that is a big cause of bad breath.
As for farts, if it has a foul odor hold it in and let it go in an elevator it’s fun to watch what happens.
February 28th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
ya it is very bad to have bad breath but you can make it better byeating more of fruits and brushing and having a mouth wash twice a day. you will see the results immediately after some days. it is worse that passing gas has bad odour. to make it good you have to eat fruits and no oily food. you have to make a routine of going to toilet every day 7am in the morning. regular circulation makes the waste move out and the gas is also odourless
March 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 am
The fruits and vegie answer is completly off from what I know. I live with a vegitarian and those farts can kill.
I found this about farts… The composition of fart gas is highly variable.
Most of the air we swallow, especially the oxygen component, is absorbed by the body before the gas gets into the intestines. By the time the air reaches the large intestine, most of what is left is nitrogen. Chemical reactions between stomach acid and intestinal fluids may produce carbon dioxide, which is also a component of air and a product of bacterial action. Bacteria also produce hydrogen and methane.
But the relative proportions of these gases that emerge from our anal opening depend on several factors: what we ate, how much air we swallowed, what kinds of bacteria we have in our intestines, and how long we hold in the fart.
The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
A nervous person who swallows a lot of air and who moves stuff through his digestive system rapidly may have a lot of oxygen in his farts, because his body didn’t have time to absorb the oxygen.
According to Dr. James L. A. Roth, the author of Gastrointestinal Gas (Ch. 17 in Gastroenterology, v. 4, 1976) most people (2/3 of adults) pass farts that contain no methane. If both parents are methane producers, their children have a 95% chance of being producers as well. The reason for this is apparently unknown. Some researchers suspect a genetic influence, whereas others think the ability is due to environmental factors. However, all methane in any farts comes from bacterial action and not from human cells.
What makes farts stink?
The odor of farts comes from small amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans in the mixture. These compounds contain sulfur. Nitrogen-rich compounds such as skatole and indole also add to the stench of farts. The more sulfur-rich your diet, the more sulfides and mercaptans will be produced by the bacteria in your guts, and the more your farts will stink. Foods such as cauliflower, eggs and meat are notorious for producing smelly farts, whereas beans produce large amounts of not particularly stinky farts.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I have bad breath problem for long, however I had deep cleaning done recently. It controlled a lot. I started brushing well and flossing. I see lot of improvement so far.
March 6th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Bad breath can be caused by any or all of the following:
1) Decayed or unclean teeth
2) Sinus trouble
3) Stomach complaints
Foul odours when passing wind depends on your diet. The more fat you consume the more your gas will smell
March 7th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
brush ur teeth..
scrape ur tongue
mint flavored mouth wash..
a lot of water
dont keep ur mouth shut for prolonged periods of time like if u r sleeping more..like more than 6 hrs in one go
March 10th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
u do thrice a day brush,and use mouth wash lotion to gargle,and then for 2 weeks each week take purgatives to citrate your bowel system.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Whatever it is, you may have mean a case of stinky breath. Sometimes, source of bad breath is disease. None of us wants to hear that it may be possible that all our troubles with bad breath is disease. There is a reason why many people fear going to doctors—no one wants to hear bad news about their health especially if it may involve a very serious and potentially fatal condition. Fortunately, in nearly 90% of cases involving chronic bad breath, the source of the condition is the mouth. Now this may still mean that very serious medical issues such as periodontal disease may be causing the problem and require immediate attention.
Unfortunately, however, there are times when a larger internal medical problem is the source of the bad breath. Dentists typically rely upon a Halimeter to first determine if the bad breath is coming from the oral cavity. If it is not, then it is possible that one of the following conditions is the cause of bad breath:
* Pneumonia
* Chronic Sinus Infections
* Postnasal Drip
* Bronchitis
* Diabetes
* Severe Acid Reflux
* Kidney Disease
* Liver Disease
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