Wow! It feels good to hear that someone has escaped from this monster called bad breath. Please what symptoms were you having along with the bad breath?

I started suffering from bad breath roughly 3 years ago as an adult. I have tried everything within my reach to get rid of it but nothing works. I brush my teeth up to 2-3 times a day with Baking Soda and use Hydrogen Peroxide as mouthwash but the bad breath is still there. I have been to the dentists for check ups and was told that my teeth and mouth are fine and healthy. My GP told me that there is nothing he could do to help me after prescribing Omeprazole tablets which I took for months and they were not effective. I am frustrated and do not know what next to do.

I am a college student and my bad breath is an open secret in my class, everybody avoids sitting around me. I have considered dropping out of the college but I do not want to because of my desire to acquire higher education. I always chew sugarless gum in order to mask the problem but it does not help.

In fact, bad breath has destroyed my life. Words can not describe the embarrassment this disorder has caused me. I do not have friends and do not go out any more. Every night I go to sleep with so much pain in my heart and wake up every morning with fear of how to make it though the day. I do not know the wrong I have done to deserve this. I do not even smoke or drink alcohol and coffee.

I believe that tonsillectomy might eliminate the bad breath because the only symptom am having along with it is occasional breathing difficulty. Besides, the smell also comes from my nose because people do notice it when am just near them and no talking.

I would like to remove my tonsil and would be glad if you could advise me on how to successfully present my case to a GP.

Please help!

Im am very happy for u that u got cured with tonsillectomy. I am just curious if u also have nasal odor when u still have bb, If so is it smelly even when u dont speak u still gt bad reaction from ppl around u? I have bb since I was 12 and I always thought this is due to my constipation.But I just found out yeterday that I have tonsil stones and it keeps on replacing the white soft stones after I took it out.Will u tell what r ur symptoms?

Hi, I'm really really glad for you!! I did tonsillectomy 2 months ago but I haven't completely healed yet. I am 28 years old, can I ask how long it took for you after your surgery to get rid of bb? thanks

hey its very good to know that you

have been cured .

Friend , i am suffering from the same problem but
i strongly believe that the root cause is in my
whitish tongue .

U said in ur msg that u have a pink tongue and u dont need to scrap it .

SO PLEASE TELL ME " DID YOU HAVE A WHITISH TONGUE BEFORE YOUR TREATMENT ? "

IF U HAD , DID THE TONSIL INFECTION CAUSE THE TONGUE TO WHITE ?
WAS THE WHITE TONGUE AUTOMATICALLY CURED TO PINK AFTER TREATMENT ?

PLEASE TELL ME AS U KNOW I AM DYING DAY BY DAY BY THIS HAZARD ,
REPLY !!!!!!!

That's great news. Like you said sometimes tonsillectomy doesn't remove all of the tonsil tissue which allows the bad breath and tonsil stones to return over and over again. When not all the tonsil tissue is removed it is known as partial tonsillectomy. It's always best to go with a complete tonsillectomy so you won't have to worry about tonsil stones or the bad breath coming back. It's a shame you have to go through so much with your ENT before they finally understand what's going on. I found out some other interesting things about tonsillectomy here.

These past 10 years i've suffered from tonsil stones. My tonsils didn't look inflamed either, but I knew I had a low grade infection. My breath was horrible. Whenever i'd cough or manage to squeeze one out, it'd stink like pure sulfur. My daughter at the age of 8 started to get the same issue. I felt bad for her because kids her at age in school can be very blunt or plain cruel. I also basically had to lie about how many times I got infections, but I was also on Antibiotics off an on for acne, so i didn't have to lie about that. I managed to convince an ENT doctor that my daughter and myself both suffer from this problem, and would like to get the surgery. He noted that we both have bigger than usual tonsil crypts, and that food particles must be getting lodged in there every time we eat, which bacteria then feast on, and create that manure smell. My daughter and I both got our tonsillectomies around April of this year.(2014) I couldn't tolerate the painkillers given to me after the surgery, so I decided to just deal with the immense pain (i have a high pain threshold). after a couple months my throat felt normal again. It was even sooner for my daughter (children must heal quicker.) Both me and my daughter's bad breath was completely resolved. as you also stated, now my tongue doesn't have that white coating it used to. It feels so liberating knowing I can talk to people in close proximity and not be afraid of emitting some foul odor.

Hello,

I may be experiencing the same symptoms and would therefore greatly appreciate if you could answer some of my questions.

It city and state did you have your tonsillectomy performed?
How much was the cost of it?
What type of physician performed it?

Thank you!!!