Bad Breath – Do You Smell Like the Elephant in the Room?_019
In this episode, Dr.Lisa Germain discusses how systemic diseases create a unique kind of bad breath and how modern medicine is using this information to detect cancer and other underlying medical problems.
Important Things Discussed in this Episode:
- Bad Breath could be a more serious underlying medical problem
- How certain diseases create such a distinct bad breath odor that it can help doctors diagnose the problem.
- When You’ve done it all and yet your breath still tastes and smells horrible
- Diseases that affect the blood can also affect one’s breath
Conclusion
So if you think that something is off with your breath and you can’t control it and you’ve been to see your dentist and everything is okay with your teeth and mouth, please see your physician and make sure you get screened for an underlying medical condition.
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