Halitosis
Halitosis: Introduction
Halitosis: Bad breath.
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Causes of Halitosis:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Halitosis.
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Causes of Types of Halitosis:
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Halitosis Treatments
Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Halitosis may include:
- Good oral hygience practices
- Dental flossing
- Interdental cleaners- toothpicks
- Tongue scrapers
- Mouth rinses
- Dentrifices
- Lozenges
- more treatments...»
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- HALITOSIS
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Halitosis
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- Halitosis
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Halitosis
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Shortness of Breath
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Breath odor, fecal
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Halitosis
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Causes of Halitosis listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Halitosis as a symptom include:
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causes of Halitosis
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Halitosis:
Halitosis: A foul odor from the mouth. SYN: fetor oris, ozostomia, stomatodysodia. [L. halitus, breath, + G. -osis, condition]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
An offensive, foul breath odor resulting from a variety of causes such as poor oral hygiene, dental or oral infections, or the ingestion of certain foods.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Offensive breath
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Detailed list of causes of Halitosis
The list below shows some of the causes of Halitosis mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Halitosis
How Common are these Causes of Halitosis?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Halitosis.
Of the 89
causes of Halitosis that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 5
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 5
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 79
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 89
causes of Halitosis
Conditions listing symptoms: Halitosis:
The following list of conditions
have 'Halitosis' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Ciliary dyskinesia, due to transposition of ciliary microtubules
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Immotile cilia syndrome, due to defective radial spokes
... halitosisImmotile cilia syndrome, due to excessively long cilia
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Primary ciliary dyskinesia
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 10
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 11
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 12
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 2
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 3
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 4
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 5
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 6
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 7
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 8
... halitosisPrimary ciliary dyskinesia, 9
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Causes of Halitosis Based on Risk Factors
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on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
What are the alternative names for Halitosis:
Bad breath, Breath odor, Fetor oris, Foul breath
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Halitosis:
Medical Conditions associated with Halitosis:
Breath symptoms (2743 causes), Breath odor (50 causes), Breathing symptoms (2851 causes), Respiratory symptoms (3368 causes)
Symptoms related to Halitosis:
Breath odor (50 causes), Odor symptoms (98 causes), Body odor (1 cause), Mouth symptoms (3063 causes), Bad breath (23 causes), Tooth infection, Caries teeth, Periodontal disease, Obesity (215 causes), Smoking, Alcoholism, Diabetes mellitus (54 causes)
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