When communicating, the smell from the interlocutor’s mouth is perceived negatively and spoils the general impression about the person. Taking care of your health, you should immediately pay attention to this unpleasant circumstance, determine the peculiarities of the smell, the probable causes of appearance and try to get rid of it.
Many believe that the causes of halitosis (breath odor) can only be a disease of the oral cavity or stomach, but this is not quite so.
Determine the causes of the smell of acetone from the mouth of an adult
The emerging smell of acetone from the mouth can alert you to the urgent need to solve health problems. This may be liver failure, a variety of thyroid disease, diabetes, kidney problems. Turning to the experts, you can find out the real cause of the unpleasant smell, but the reason for its occurrence may be discovered independently.
Acetone is a residue of the breakdown of fats and proteins. This substance always enters the blood. Its increase can affect not only the appearance of the smell from the oral cavity, but also disrupt the functioning of the internal organs and the brain.
The main factors for the occurrence of acetone halitosis in adults are:
- Diet - special attention should be paid to all processes related to digestion. Compliance with a strict diet, where the practice of separate feeding, leads not only to weight loss, but also a decrease in the required level of glucose (carbohydrates). As a result, the body begins to decompose protein cells and fat cells. The appearance of the smell from the oral cavity is accompanied by loss of appetite, the development of tumors, and infectious diseases.
- The thyroid gland - with an increase in thyroid hormones, the metabolic processes, the breakdown of proteins and fats are accelerated, which leads not only to the formation of acetone in the blood, but also radically changes a person's behavior, making him irritable, aggressive, tired.
- Kidneys, liver - both organs serve as a kind of filter in the body. The substances that fall into them, they are divided into useful, entering the blood, and harmful, which are removed. When these organs malfunction, hazardous substances, including acetone, end up in the blood. Typical acetone halitosis usually manifests itself in the later stages of the disease of these organs, so there are other symptoms to identify the disease.
- Diabetes - this disease has several stages, so the causes of the smell of acetone from the mouth are quite different. At the stage of diabetes mellitus type I, acetone actively enters the blood due to lack of insulin. At stage II of the type with the normal content of this hormone - cells that process glucose, can not recognize it. Sugar, which does not produce energy, accumulates, and the body tries to restore its balance by splitting fats.
- Infections - the appearance of this odor from the oral cavity may indicate dehydration and massive protein breakdown. This is usually associated with diseases of the digestive tract (gastrointestinal tract).
- Alcohol - not only the frequent and abundant use of these beverages affects the appearance of acetone halitosis. The liver can not work normally even with small doses of alcoholic beverages - it needs not only to break down the beneficial substances, but also simultaneously remove harmful substances from the blood, which leads to the formation of ketone elements that generate odor.
Having ascertained the real cause of acetone halitosis, one should proceed with immediate treatment in order to forget about this problem forever.
How to get rid of the smell of acetone from the mouth
A full medical examination will help not only to determine the cause of acetone halitosis, but also to intervene in time for the development of any serious diseases of internal organs. In another case, the hated smell from the mouth can be eliminated in the following ways:
- Add to the diet foods containing carbohydrates, interrupt or change the diet for a while;
- There are many herbs that can freshen breath and protect an adult from halitosis. This is mint, oak bark, chamomile, sage. Decoction of these herbs caress mouth for two weeks five times a day;
- Harmful substances, bacteria that are in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, perfectly removes sunflower oil. They need to rinse their mouth for ten minutes 2 times a day for several days, not forgetting to spit out the oil and rinse out their mouth with water. This method not only refreshes breathing, but can also become a means of getting rid of the smell of acetone;
- Hydrogen peroxide is an excellent way to freshen breath - for three days, for 5 minutes, it will caress the oral cavity in proportions 1: 1 with water. Peroxide kills germs and bacteria.
Periodically, acetone halitosis occurs when drinking alcohol. It is also called "fume". These drinks, disintegrating in the body, turn into acetaldehyde - a very toxic and harmful substance that enters the blood, lungs, and oral cavity. You can get rid of it only through elimination from the body. For this you need:
- Accelerate sweat excretion through physical exertion and take a cold shower. These actions will accelerate and increase the speed of the internal organs to get rid of harmful substances;
- A large intake of fluid into the body will accelerate the processes associated with urination, which also perfectly allows you to remove acetaldehyde from the body;
- Take antipolitsai, chew mint leaves, coffee beans, almonds - however, these actions will hide acetone halitosis only for a while.
Any disease is easier to prevent than to cure.
Dr. Komarovsky tells about one of the causes of the smell of acetone in the next video.
