Most of the conclusions about the state of health can be made by paying attention to various indirect signs. For example, having tested a bad smell from the mouth , it is easy to detect problems with the digestive system and diseases of the mouth. For this, it is not necessary to address others, such a delicate procedure is quite simple to perform independently, knowing some features of the structure and functioning of the organism.
How to check if there is a smell from the mouth?
Find out whether breathing is fresh can be done by the following methods:
- It is good to wash your hands to the elbow. Abundantly lick your wrist and wait 5-10 seconds, sniff this place.
- Scrape a clean spoon with the tongue at the root itself, the cutlery can be wrapped with a sterile bandage or replaced with a large cotton swab to take smears. Sniff the resulting material.
- Fold the palms with a "boat" and bring them to your mouth so that your hands are tightly covered and nostrils. Slowly exhale and quickly suck in the air.
- Find a cup with a wide throat. Cover her with her mouth and nostrils, do the same thing as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
- Carefully clean the dental floss between the molars. Sniff the extracted material.
In addition, it is possible to suspect the halitosis, as the unpleasant odor from the mouth of a physician is called, from external symptoms. If the tongue and mucous membranes of the pharynx have a yellowish or gray-white coating, it is likely that its source is pathogenic bacteria, in the process of their vital activity, a fetid gas is released. It is he who is considered the main cause of halitosis .
People suffering from chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, often notice and bad breath, as one of the symptoms of their pathology. Usually it is combined with an unusual aftertaste in a tongue, metallic, bitter or sour.
How to check whether it smells from the mouth?
In addition to home methods, the diagnosis of halitosis, there are special instruments that allow it to be determined. They measure the concentration in the saliva of chemicals (sulfur and its derivatives, sulfides), which can cause the appearance of an unpleasant odor from the mouth.
These devices are the most accurate tools for identifying halitosis, as a rule, they are available in modern dental and otolaryngology offices. The most popular device is Halimeter.