Bad breath

Do you smoke pot? I know a guy who had terrible breath and it was from smoking too much weed. It is known to cause halitosis.

If so, cutting from 4 to 2 joints a day might help.

The mouth is the most likely cause. Have you looked at the back of your tongue? Other than that: Sinus infection? Gastric reflux?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitosis

Jan

I agree, if it was related to surgery, my breath would be worse since I had 4 surgeries. It is related to mouth, marijuana use, or some other metabolic factor. The article posted by Jan indicates mouth, diabetes and other metabolic conditions that could be a causal factor.

Thanks! That link lead me to this link which I get all the time! They are nasty, looks like I'll be seeing my ear nose and throat doc soon.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith

Liz,

I have had those in the past as well. I eventually coughed them up and if you smell them they are not pleasant. I did see an ENT about them and was told my tonsils were a little swollen. Make sure you tell him you have autoimmune disorder as this could be a manifestation causing tonsils to swell. I had the problem when I was younger.

Hey Liz, I get them too. I don't think it's UC or AI related, I have scarred tonsils from a lot of tonsillitis when I was a kid, so they have "crags" and tend to form tonsilloliths.

I'm not religious about it but I try to gargle with warm salt water every night before I go to bed and that seems to help. I also examine my tonsils every once in a while and if I see a big one sticking out I very gently extract it with a clean, damp q-tip.

I hope this helps!

Oh my, I was going to suggest dry mouth. Between the Entocort and Immodium, I dry out very easily and know that my breath is a little off by the way my dental floss smells. On top of the tonsilloliths, which are more likely the culprit, dry mouth is another possibility....

Yep. Dry mouth will do it.