Why do I have a bad breath when I wake up in the morning?

Many people have bad breath when they wake up in the morning, and brushing their teeth for a long time does not help. This is indeed a troublesome thing for office workers who are about to go out. However, this situation is not accidental. Bad breath when waking up in the morning is mostly caused by some diseases, so we still need to pay attention to it. So why do we have bad breath in the morning? Next, let’s follow the editor to learn more about it.

Bad breath can be divided into physiological and pathological types. Physiological halitosis refers to a short-term phenomenon that occurs in people's lives, such as when they are hungry, eat certain irritating foods (onions, garlic), smoke, or have dinner too close to sleep. Pathological halitosis mainly includes the following causes:

Gastrointestinal diseases such as peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis, and respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, sinusitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, etc. may be accompanied by bad breath.

Some women in puberty have ovarian insufficiency, low sex hormone levels, decreased resistance of oral tissue, and are easily infected by bacteria, resulting in bad breath.

People who suffer from long-term constipation will develop symptoms such as bad breath, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, and irritability because harmful substances produced in the body cannot be excreted in time.

Taking medicines that reduce saliva secretion, such as certain sedatives, antihypertensive drugs, atropine-type drugs, diuretics, and traditional Chinese medicines with warming and tonic effects, can easily cause bad breath.

Dieting to lose weight or endocrine disorders in women during menstruation can cause bad breath.

Excessive psychological stress will affect the work of the nervous system and the habit of saliva secretion. People originally secrete about 1.5 liters of saliva every day, but at this time the natural "mouthwash" is obviously insufficient, the dry mouth will become dirty, and the odor will soon be produced.

The above are the various causes of bad breath. We should develop some healthy habits in our daily life, quit smoking and drinking, be clear of oral lesions, brush our teeth and rinse our mouths carefully in the morning, before going to bed, and after meals, and do not overeat, which will cause excessive accumulation of food residues in the mouth and breed bacteria. We can drink enough water after meals to take away the food residue in the mouth and make it difficult for bacteria to grow.