Post by Arun Nagrath on Nov 3, 2011 19:14:32 GMT
From Archive 22/03/09
SUCCESS - Some feedback about my odours
Guys,
I have just been succesful in getting some feedback about my various odours (I can never smell any of these).
I have seen her 3 times and we have made some useful findings:-
1 My strongest odour is from the underarms (She gave it an odour score of 10 out of 10!) and it definitely smells faecal
2 The groin area (scores 4-5) is jointly (together with the breath and feet) the second smelliest
3 Much to my surprise, I have strong foot odour (odour score 4-5) which smells of old socks although I can't smell it!
4 My breath (odour score 4-5) can sometimes be urinous (!) although she had difficulty describing the exact odour. In the past I have often heard comments about my breath being faecal.
5 If I scrape the tongue coating (with a stainless steel scraper) immediately before she smells the breath and if I also gargle with Coca Cola Zero (acidic) the breath odour completely vanishes! (odour score 0) for at least 10 minutes
6 My breath odour shows huge daily variation (scores vary anywhere from 0 up to 5 with use of tongue scraping and dietary variation). Many people have been completely unable to detect my breath odour at times but could detect my underarm odour strongly!
7 If I am not moving (eg when asleep) the breath odour will permeate the scalp thus making it smell strongly (odour score 7).
8 Washing the whole body with one type of shampoo temporarily eliminated the odour everywhere (score 0) although the underarms score only dropped from 10 to 5 (this part of the body remained smelly even after showering with this particular shampoo!)
9 Using a different shampoo instead changed the underarm odour score from 10 to 0! thus indicating that choice of shampoo brand is extremely important (I don't know the name as the label is all in Thai!)
10 My flip-flops had a very stong odour which was eliminated by rubbing shampoo on them then rinsing
11 The underarm of my teashirt and my shorts all smelled strongly after wearing them for less than one day and she told me to change them. My pillow acquired a smell which was dependent on the time I slept on it. The towels I used to dry my body after having a shower all smelled of my underarm odour after just one use!
11 Some after-shaves made my underarm odour much more pleasant when smelled straight after applying however there was a slight loss to this masking effect after as little as 10-15 minutes. I don't know yet how the quality of this masked odour changes with time, some sufferers say aftershaves and perfumes should not be applied to the body but sprayed on clothing instead
12 Eating lamb or drinking a lot of beer made my odour the worst
Here is another post I made before I realised the halitosis was still there but could show huge daily variation:-
Guys, I used to have the most unbelievable fecal breath and body odor and the breath odor has obviously completely gone. I attribute this to the use of a stainless steel tongue scraper which I use each morning and at night for the past 6-12 months. This is followed by rinsing my mouth with Diet Coke (or the equivalent).
Why diet coke? Well, you can't drink tap water here for hygiene reasons so I brushed my teeth with toothpaste and rinsed with Diet Coke as that was all I had in the fridge!
Guys, I really don't want you all going out and buying Diet Coke to rinse your mouth after scraping your tongue each morning. Can we just agree that those of you with halitosis will look into the use of stainless steel tongue scrapers.
I feel this helped me the most. I feel chewable vitamin C tablets (ascorbic acid) will achieve the same effect as Diet Coke anyway (acidic pH) and my interim recommendation is to scrape the tongue thoroughly with a stainless steel tongue scraper and then chew a chewable 500mg Vitamin C tablet, in the morning and at night.
I'm afraid I really can't provide any good explanation for why my underarm odor is no longer fecal however I have asked many people now and they all say the same thing.
I am eating and drinking everything, same as before so all I can think is that daily removal of the tongue plaque (followed by acidification of the tongue) has some how done the trick.
Perhaps the tongue plaque, if left unscraped will get swallowed and contribute to the underarm odor. That's just a hypothesis but, to be honest, I really don't know for sure.
Arun
SUCCESS - Some feedback about my odours
Guys,
I have just been succesful in getting some feedback about my various odours (I can never smell any of these).
I have seen her 3 times and we have made some useful findings:-
1 My strongest odour is from the underarms (She gave it an odour score of 10 out of 10!) and it definitely smells faecal
2 The groin area (scores 4-5) is jointly (together with the breath and feet) the second smelliest
3 Much to my surprise, I have strong foot odour (odour score 4-5) which smells of old socks although I can't smell it!
4 My breath (odour score 4-5) can sometimes be urinous (!) although she had difficulty describing the exact odour. In the past I have often heard comments about my breath being faecal.
5 If I scrape the tongue coating (with a stainless steel scraper) immediately before she smells the breath and if I also gargle with Coca Cola Zero (acidic) the breath odour completely vanishes! (odour score 0) for at least 10 minutes
6 My breath odour shows huge daily variation (scores vary anywhere from 0 up to 5 with use of tongue scraping and dietary variation). Many people have been completely unable to detect my breath odour at times but could detect my underarm odour strongly!
7 If I am not moving (eg when asleep) the breath odour will permeate the scalp thus making it smell strongly (odour score 7).
8 Washing the whole body with one type of shampoo temporarily eliminated the odour everywhere (score 0) although the underarms score only dropped from 10 to 5 (this part of the body remained smelly even after showering with this particular shampoo!)
9 Using a different shampoo instead changed the underarm odour score from 10 to 0! thus indicating that choice of shampoo brand is extremely important (I don't know the name as the label is all in Thai!)
10 My flip-flops had a very stong odour which was eliminated by rubbing shampoo on them then rinsing
11 The underarm of my teashirt and my shorts all smelled strongly after wearing them for less than one day and she told me to change them. My pillow acquired a smell which was dependent on the time I slept on it. The towels I used to dry my body after having a shower all smelled of my underarm odour after just one use!
11 Some after-shaves made my underarm odour much more pleasant when smelled straight after applying however there was a slight loss to this masking effect after as little as 10-15 minutes. I don't know yet how the quality of this masked odour changes with time, some sufferers say aftershaves and perfumes should not be applied to the body but sprayed on clothing instead
12 Eating lamb or drinking a lot of beer made my odour the worst
Here is another post I made before I realised the halitosis was still there but could show huge daily variation:-
Guys, I used to have the most unbelievable fecal breath and body odor and the breath odor has obviously completely gone. I attribute this to the use of a stainless steel tongue scraper which I use each morning and at night for the past 6-12 months. This is followed by rinsing my mouth with Diet Coke (or the equivalent).
Why diet coke? Well, you can't drink tap water here for hygiene reasons so I brushed my teeth with toothpaste and rinsed with Diet Coke as that was all I had in the fridge!
Guys, I really don't want you all going out and buying Diet Coke to rinse your mouth after scraping your tongue each morning. Can we just agree that those of you with halitosis will look into the use of stainless steel tongue scrapers.
I feel this helped me the most. I feel chewable vitamin C tablets (ascorbic acid) will achieve the same effect as Diet Coke anyway (acidic pH) and my interim recommendation is to scrape the tongue thoroughly with a stainless steel tongue scraper and then chew a chewable 500mg Vitamin C tablet, in the morning and at night.
I'm afraid I really can't provide any good explanation for why my underarm odor is no longer fecal however I have asked many people now and they all say the same thing.
I am eating and drinking everything, same as before so all I can think is that daily removal of the tongue plaque (followed by acidification of the tongue) has some how done the trick.
Perhaps the tongue plaque, if left unscraped will get swallowed and contribute to the underarm odor. That's just a hypothesis but, to be honest, I really don't know for sure.
Arun