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Causes of Breath odor
This section discusses 102 medical conditions causing Breath odor. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.
Causes of Breath odor:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Breath odor.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Practical reasons for bad breath odor include:
- Halitosis
- Dental conditions
- Poor dental hygiene
- Dental disorders
- Tooth decay
- Dental plaque
- Tooth abscess
- Tooth infections (type of Dental conditions)
- Gingivitis
- Gum disease
- Periodontitis
- Dentures
- Mouth conditions
- Dry mouth
- Mouth breathing (see Breathing symptoms)
- Inadequate saliva
- Mouth ulcers
- Oral cancer
- Pharynx cancer
- Larynx cancer
- Throat conditions (type of Neck conditions)
- Nasal conditions
- Certain infections of the respiratory system including:
- Certain lung diseases
- Certain chronic lung diseases (see Lung symptoms)
- Pyorrhea alveolaris
- Bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung abscess
- Tuberculosis
- Certain metabolic or hormonal disorders:
- Liver disorders
- Liver failure - causes sweet-smelling breath.
- Acidosis
- Diabetes
- Diabetic ketoacidosis - a life-threating condition causing a characteristic fruity or acetone breath odor.
- Uremia - breath smells urine-like or ammonia-like.
- Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease) - causing uremia and ammonia-like or urine-like breath odor.
- Stomach disorders
- Certain types of poisoning
- Certain drugs
Causes of Breath odor listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Breath odor as a symptom include:
- Alveolar osteitis
- Arsenic trioxide
- Arsenicals
- Cysteamine
- Dental sepsis
- Dentures
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Esophageal pouch
- Garlic
- Methionine adenosyltransferase deficiency
- Pharyngeal pouch
- Thallium
- Vincent's angina
- Zenker's diverticulum
Conditions listing medical symptoms: Breath odor:
The following list of conditions have 'Breath odor' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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More Information About Breath odor
- Breath odor: Introduction
- Diagnostic tests for Breath odor
- Diagnosis Checklist: Questions Doctors Should Ask for Breath odor
- Medical Textbooks Online for Breath odor
- Symptom combinations for Breath odor
- Diabetes-related causes of Breath odor
- Patient Surveys
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List of 102 causes of Breath odor
This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Breath odor in our database from various sources.
- Achalasia
- Acidosis - acetone smelling breath
- Acute Appendicitis - bad breath
- Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis - bad breath
- Adenoiditis
- Alcohol
- Allergic tension-fatigue syndrome - bad breath
- Alveolar osteitis
- Arsenic trioxide
- Arsenicals
- Atrophic rhinitis
- Bronchiectasis - bad breath
- Carcinoma of the vocal tract - bad breath
- Carcinoma, squamous cell of head and neck - bad breath
- Catarrh
- Certain chronic lung diseases
- Certain drugs
- Certain foods
- Certain lung diseases
- Certain types of poisoning
- Chemical poisoning - Chloroform - acetone breath
- Chemical poisoning - Methyl Bromide - acetone breath
- Chemical poisoning - Trichloroethane - acetone breath
- Chemical poisoning - White Phosphorus - breath odor
- Chronic sinusitis - bad breath
- Chronic tonsillitis
- Ciliary dyskinesia, due to transposition of ciliary microtubules - halitosis
- Ciliary dyskinesia-bronchiectasis - breath odor
- Cysteamine
- Cystic fibrosis
- Dental caries - Bad breath
- Dental conditions - Bad breath
- Dental disorders
- Dental plaque
- Dental sepsis
- Dentures
- Diabetes - Sweet-smelling fruity acetone breath
- Diabetic ketoacidosis - breath odor
- Dry mouth
- Esophageal diverticulum - bad breath
- Esophageal pouch
- Esophageal stricture
- Garlic
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - bad breath
- GERD
- Gingivitis - bad breath
- Gum disease - Bad breath
- Halitosis - Bad breath
- Immotile cilia syndrome, due to defective radial spokes - halitosis
- Immotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia - halitosis
- Inadequate saliva
- Kidney failure - causing uremia and ammonia-like or urine-like breath odor.
- Laryngeal carcinoma - bad breath
- Larynx cancer
- Liver disorders
- Liver failure - causes sweet-smelling breath.
- Lung abscess
- Lung infection
- Methionine adenosyltransferase deficiency
- Mouth breathing
- Mouth cancer - Bad breath
- Mouth conditions
- Mouth infection
- Mouth ulcers
- Nasal conditions
- Oral cancer
- Oropharyngeal cancer, adult - breath odor
- Periodontitis - Bad breath
- Pharyngeal pouch
- Pharynx cancer
- Poor dental hygiene
- Postnasal drip - bad breath
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia - halitosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 2 - halitosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 3 - halitosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 4 - halitosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 5 - halitosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, 6 - halitosis
- Psychogenic halitosis - anxiety about halitosis often without actually having it.
- Pyorrhea alveolaris
- Reflux
- Respiratory infections - Bad breath
- Respiratory system cancer - Bad breath
- Respiratory tract infections
- Sinusitis
- Smoking
- Sphenoid Sinusitis - bad breath
- Stomach disorders
- Stomatitis - bad breath
- Thallium
- Throat conditions
- Throat infection
- Tonsillitis
- Tooth abscess - breath odor
- Tooth decay
- Tooth infections
- Tuberculosis
- Type 2 diabetes - Sweet-smelling fruity acetone breath
- Uremia - breath smells urine-like or ammonia-like.
- Vincent's angina
- Vincent's disease - breath odor
- Zenker's diverticulum
Drug side effect causes of Breath odor
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins
may possibly cause Breath odor as a side effect.
- Any drugs that dry the mouth, nose or reduce salivation
- Antihistamines
- Certain sinus disorder drugs
- Certain antidepressants
- Paraldehyde
Medical Textbooks about Breath odor
Free online access to excerptswithout registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Breath odor. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Breath odor (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
- [ read ]
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
- [ read ]
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
- [ read ]
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
- [ read ]
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
- [ read ]
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