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Breath is defined as the inhalation and exhalation of air in breathing or the air taken into the lungs in Webster’s English Dictionary. It is the air that comes out from the insides of our bodies. A healthy person’s breath doesn’t smell bad at all. If it does, then something must be wrong. There are a lot of reasons why our breaths smell as they do. We can go on forever enumerating them all but to make the list short, we have eleven most common causes of stinking breath odors.

These are poor dental hygiene, alcoholism, cavities, dentures, drugs, food or beverages consumed, gum disease, lung infection, sinusitis, throat infection, and vitamin supplements. Should you have any of these, check your breath now and judge for yourself (good luck!). The odor caused by poor hygiene is due to the sulphur compounds released by the bacteria in the mouth. Remember that in our bodies, we have both good bacteria and bad bacteria. How do we know then if they’re good or bad? The existence of the bad ones is marked by their stinki-ness.

The different bad odors also denote different types of illnesses inside the body. What a very convenient way to check the health of your would-be partner, just an inch-away-from-face conversation, then maybe a kiss for confirmation and poof, you’ll know if he’s a healthy catch! Now going back to those different bad odors, we have three types of stinking smells. There is that fruity odor where the body gets rid of excess acetone. This is usually the case with diabetic people.

Second is the breath that smells like poop. This is due to prolonged vomiting or also because of the tube placed through the nose or mouth of a patient for draining or cleansing of the stomach. Lastly, others have a fishy smell odor. This is a symptom of kidney failure. See, we don’t need to be a rocket scientist at all to know that some organs inside do not function well. With just a smell, the secrets of the insides are out.