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Suggest Treatment For Severe Stomach Infection

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Posted on Fri, 9 Jan 2015
Question: i am suffering from a severe stomach infection which causes continuous(24 hrs) bad odour or smell...please give me permanent solution Doctor
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Answered by Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh (7 hours later)
Brief Answer:
HELLO Mr SUbrahmanyam

Detailed Answer:
Welcome to HCM.
Thank you for the query.
I understand your concern.
Well bad smell or halitosis is unusual due to stomach issues.
Most commonly it is because of poor oral hygiene,
Dental caries or gum inflammation.
To rule out these causes first you need to visit a dentist and ensure ruling out dental problems.
Stomach problems which can cause bad breath are usually in setting of a hiatus hernia ( lax valve which prevents regurgitation of stomach contents into esophagus) or gastric outlet obstruction (narrowing of stomach outlet) leading to stasis of its contents. Rarely it can be caused by stasis of food content in esophagus in a condition called achalasia cardiac. But these conditions are rare and usually associated with lot of other symptoms
Like nausea, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing which you do not have.
So even after dental treatment you are not better then can consider getting an endoscopy done to rule out above mentioned causes.
Hope this answers your query.
Wish you a speedy recovery.
Happy to help.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh (2 hours later)
Hi Doctor,
I have been suffering from this continuous bad smell from last two years heavily because of this stomach even though mouth also smells...I depressed a lot about this (day by day its increasing since 3 week because I have taken contaminated food and water....due to this daily when I go to bathroom that smell goes into stomach and its starts coming from me continuously which is very embarrassing when I sit in the office...and also because of poor digestion I am daily going to bathroom 3 or 4 times especially when I had something like breakfast, lunch...snacks...... So,please save me from this embarrassing problem...now I am thinking about leaving my job....thank you doctor you XXXXXXX given the answer as I expected but I don't have the problems like nausea,vomiting.....so,please give medicines which cures this problem permanently...and tests (endoscopy and colonoscopy) are done..so,if you want to see those reports I will send...but please give me a permanent solution which gives me another life and a lot grateful to you doctor....thank you doctor
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Answered by Dr. Abhijit Deshmukh (20 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Hello

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for the query.
Well if you want a genuine advise and if you really want to get better you need to visit a psychiatrist at earliest.
I agree you may not like my suggestion at all but trust me we are all your friends and not enemies.
Will advise you what I feel is good for you and not what pleases you.
There is no medicine which can cure this instantly.
Some medications may help to cope up with the problem.
Best wishes.
Note: For further follow up on digestive issues share your reports here and Click here.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Stomach Infection

Brief Answer: HELLO Mr SUbrahmanyam Detailed Answer: Welcome to HCM. Thank you for the query. I understand your concern. Well bad smell or halitosis is unusual due to stomach issues. Most commonly it is because of poor oral hygiene, Dental caries or gum inflammation. To rule out these causes first you need to visit a dentist and ensure ruling out dental problems. Stomach problems which can cause bad breath are usually in setting of a hiatus hernia ( lax valve which prevents regurgitation of stomach contents into esophagus) or gastric outlet obstruction (narrowing of stomach outlet) leading to stasis of its contents. Rarely it can be caused by stasis of food content in esophagus in a condition called achalasia cardiac. But these conditions are rare and usually associated with lot of other symptoms Like nausea, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing which you do not have. So even after dental treatment you are not better then can consider getting an endoscopy done to rule out above mentioned causes. Hope this answers your query. Wish you a speedy recovery. Happy to help.