(Dental hygiene) Do You Suffer With Chronic Bad Breath?
No commentsBy Rick Calligaris
Chronic bad breath is a condition that results in contintinuous symptoms such as bad taste and smell emitting from your mouth due to the presence of oral bacteria or some other underlying medical condition. If you have chronic bad breath it is probably affecting your interactions with other people at work and in your personal and love life.
Bad breath can definitely get in between people in a negative way so it is important to find out if you have a chronic condition and to beging traetment right away if you do. Once you begin taking actions to resolve the condition you will feel better about being around other people as well as out in public If you are concerned about your condition offending others you may want to consider the following points to help you decide if bad breath is a significant problem for you.
Do You Have a Bad Taste in Your Mouth?
If you constantly have a bad taste in your mouth there is a strong likelihood that you have chronic bad breath. What you taste is the decay from the food particles left in your mouth. Unless you clean your teeth and tongue regularly and frequently you will continue to experience a bad taste in your mouth.
Do You Eat Mints Like they are Going out of style?
Have others offered you a breath mint or breath freshening gum before they will talk to you? Chances are the reason they gave you the mint or gum is that they cannot stand your breath unless its odour has been masked.
Many people are too polite to bring up a delicate matter like bad breath and so they offer a mint or gum to the person with the offending breath before they will talk with them. If this happens regularly to you you may have chronic bad breath. And if you walk into a room and others either turn their head or leave this is another sign that your condition may be impacting your personal and professional relationships.
Do People Turn Away from you?
When you stand close to people and talk to them do step step back when you begin talking? If this happens regularly people may be stepping back to avoid horrid smell which is another indication that you may have chronic bad breath.
Do You Have a White or Yellow Coated Tongue?
A white or yellow coating on the tongue can indicate a condition that causes chronic bad breath. The coating on the tongue should be regularly brushed or scraped off because if it is allowed to build up it can create an environment for bad breath to further develop.
If any are all of the examples appliy to you it is recommended that you take proactive steps to eliminate the root cause of your chronic bad breath condition. Once you have your condition under control you will find more pleasure in your interactions with other people. You will begin to notice that others are no longer avoiding you or handing you candy before they will talk to you.
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How to Germ Proof Your Bathroom Against Bird Flu and Other Diseases
By Richard Stooker
Think your bathroom is safe from disease?
I can almost guarantee that unless you know some special “germ” secrets, your bathroom may be giving you diarrhea and other unpleasant problems.
Don’t get grossed out — but do get scared enough to take effective action.
Your bathroom is one of the major germ centers of your house, for obvious reasons. If there’s ever a bird flu pandemic, it’s one of the areas you must keep hygienic to prevent the spread of bird flu within your household.
Unfortunately, bird flu is by far NOT the only disease threat you face from your bathroom. So you should not wait until bird flu is killing millions of people before you change some of your bathroom habits.
First habit — in the great traditional battle between men and women about whether the toilet seat should be kept up or down, both men and women are wrong, though women are half right.
The toilet LID should be put down, assuming that after you do your business into the toilet, you flush it.
Studies have shown that when a toilet is flushed, the force of it can send small droplets of urine and/or aerosolized fecal matter as high as twenty feet into the air. They can hit the surface anywhere in even large bathrooms.
Yes, everywhere — onto your combs, your hairbrushes, your hairdryer, your razor — and yes, even onto your toothbrushes.
So if that doesn’t make you close the lid next time you flush — just remember that your fecal matter can contain germs which can cause diarrhea. Maybe you didn’t get it the first time those germs were in your intestinal tract, but give them a second chance at you and maybe you’ll feel them the second time around.
The dirtier the toilet bowl is, the more contaminated material can be spread. So toilet bowls and lids should be sanitized at least weekly.
And while we’re speaking of fecal matter — underwear never be washed in the same load as other clothes. And here I am referring bottom-worn underwear such as boxers and panties, not bras or undershirts.
Yes, fecal matter from your underwear gets mixed in with your other clothes and towels — anything that’s in the same washing machine load. So wash your underwear separately — in hot water — and use bleach to make sure all germs are killed. Once a week or so, run a the washer with an empty load, just hot water and bleach, to disinfect it.
Toothbrushs should be keep in a rack where they dry in the air, because germs prefer wet areas. You should dip them into hydrogen peroxide before and after using them.
Razors should be cleaned and dried after every use.
Your washcloth, loofah or bath sponge can hold bacteria from your skin, including Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause infections and boils if it gets on the wrong part of your body.
Therefore, you should keep them dry between your baths and showers.
And of course wash your bath cloth in the laundry, and wash sponges and loofahs once a week with a mixture of bleach and water.
Of course, you should keep your bathtub and shower and rubber mat and curtains, and all other areas such as sinks and counters clean and — as much as possible — dry. Germs can lurk on every wet surface, so be sure to use strong bleach or disinfectant on any area that’s going to contact your bare skin.
Germs are small and even though we’re generally much cleaner than people were many years ago, most of us still need to improve our hygiene habits — especially in the bathroom.
c 2006 by Richard Stooker
Richard Stooker is the author of How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Bird Flu and
Bird Flu Blog
How to Germ Proof Your Kitchen and Other Household Areas Against Bird Flu and Other Diseases
By Richard Stooker
Chances are there’re a lot more germs growing in your kitchen and the rest of your house than you think. Your kitchen is a breeding ground for cold, influenza and stomach viruses, as well as the normal microbes that inhabit your skin and digestive tracts.
Even though you think you’re a great housekeeper.
The most dangerous area is the kitchen. Yes, surprising as it seems, your kitchen probably has more germs than your bathroom — where the worst of them are flushed away.
Your kitchen contains a huge number of surfaces. You and your family touch them, and spatter and spill food over counters and the table and onto the floor. You pick up utensils. You cut up and cook food that even if not contaminated also contains nutrition for germ growth.
Yes, you clean your kitchen. But few people practice sanitation as strictly as they could.
One problem is raw meat. Beef can contain E coli 0157 and poultry can contain Salmonella and Campylobacter.
It’s highly unlikely in the U.S. or other developed countries that are watching their poultry flocks very carefully for signs of bird flu, that the chicken you buy in the store has H5N1 virus in it.
But if that should ever happen, these good sanitation habits will help protect you from it.
You should wash your hands WELL at every stage of meal preparation. That means before you start. After you cut up the vegetables. After you put the meat dish into the oven. Before you set the table. And then before you eat.
Every stage of handling and preparing food can possibly spread an infection to your skin. If you wash your hands between the handling of different foods, you reduce the risk that you’ll introduce the new microbes into the next dish you’re cooking.
This washing between foods also applies to utensils and cutting boards.
Never cut up chicken and then use the same surface and knife to cut up vegetables without washing them thoroughly with soap and hot water first.
And don’t wipe food off your hands with your apron or a rag you should throw down, or your apron or rag will have lots of germs from food growing in it and you’ll be transmitting them into what you’re cooking.
And don’t touch your face with your hands until they’re thoroughly washed, or you could be introducing germs from the food into your own body.
Also, all meat and fish should be thoroughly cooked — well done. Never serve any meat with any pink left in it. The heat of cooking kills a lot of microbes and parasites that could otherwise make you ill.
Of course, you need to keep your floor swept and mopped with disinfectant, and all counters and tables cleaned and disinfected. And all dishes and utensils washed well with hot water.
Any throw rugs or curtains in the kitchen should be washed regularly. Any rubber mats should be cleaned with water and bleach. Washclothes and sponges should be kept dry.
c 2006 by Richard Stooker
Richard Stooker is the author of How to Protect Yourself and Your Family From Bird Flu and
Bird Flu Blog
Creating The Brilliant Smile You Deserve
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