What causes a child's bad breath?

Many parents will find that many children often have a smelly mouth when they breathe, and the odor is sometimes very strong. This is mostly caused by oral diseases and gastrointestinal diseases. Parents need to pay attention to the smell of their children's breath. If it is a rotten symptom, it is necessary to consider that it is caused by poor hygiene. If it is sour and smelly, it is necessary to consider oral diseases and many other reasons.

There are several common reasons why children have bad breath:

1. Corrupt halitosis

Putrefactive bad breath is mostly caused by poor oral hygiene. For example, children do not brush their teeth in the morning and evening, and do not rinse their mouths after meals. The dental plaque accumulated on the gum line and the food residues embedded in the teeth or in the cavities will ferment and decay, emitting a foul odor. To eliminate this bad breath, you need to pay attention to oral hygiene. If you have cavities, go to the hospital for treatment in time.

People with periodontal disease may also have putrid bad breath because food debris, necrotic tissue and pus in the periodontal pockets are acted upon by bacteria, producing indoles, sulfhydryls and amines. As long as periodontal disease is treated and the lesions are eliminated, the bad breath will also be eliminated. Necrotic inflammation in the oral cavity, such as necrotizing gingivitis, malignant granuloma and other diseases, will cause significant putrefactive bad breath. This is not a simple bad breath problem, and these diseases should be treated.

2. Purulent halitosis

Ulcers, erosions, and suppuration may form at the lesions of diseases such as foreign bodies in the nasal cavity of children, atrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, purulent tonsillitis, lung abscess, and bronchiectasis, which may cause bad breath. After the lesions are eliminated. Bad breath also disappears.

3. Bad breath caused by rotten fruit

It occurs in patients with diabetes and has an acetone or rotten apple odor. After diabetes is cured, this bad breath disappears.

4. Food-related bad breath

Food-related bad breath often occurs after eating onions, garlic, leeks, fish, shrimp, lamb, etc. However, if you stop eating these foods, the bad breath will disappear naturally in 1 to 2 days. If you chew tea leaves or dates in your mouth for some time, bad breath will be reduced.