Causes Of Bad Breath - page 4

22) Intestinal diseases:
Bad breath is common in patients suffering from ulcerative lesions of intestine like ulcerative collitis. Other diseases are malabsorption syndrome intestinal tuberculosis, peritonitis etc.

23) Diseases of lungs:
Lung diseases like pneumonia, lung abscess, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, lung cancer etc, can produce bad odour during expiration.

24) Liver disorders:
Liver diseases like hepatitis, cirrhosis, can  cause bad breath. Gall bladder diseases with vomiting also causes unpleasant odour.

25) Psychiatric patients:
Bad breath is common in psychotic patients due to poor hygiene, irregular food habits, less water intake and etc.

26) Somatisation disorder:
This is a psychiatric disorder characterised by the presence of a physical symptom that suggest a medical illness. These patients come with physical complaints like pain, nausea difficult respiration, bad smell etc. This condition is diagnosed after detailed examination of the patient with all investigations. Since this is a psychiatric disorder it has to be managed with a psychological approach.