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Is that normal?
Recently this month, when I wake up, I have just a really terrible bad breath and my mouth has this nasty stale taste! I know it's normal to get bad breath when you wake up, but it's really bad and when I wake up or open my mouth during the night when I sleep, it's so bad it wakes me up and I can't get back to sleep.
I brush my teeth with a lot of tooth paste in the morning when I wake up but the smell is kind of still there. It goes away before lunch and etc but still, that's really gross, right in the morning. I don't like the taste it gives me before my breakfast either!
And also, while I'm brushing my teeth, there's a feeling in the back of my throat, like as if there's a lump of something down there so I have to try to hork what ever it is out very day (even though I can't even hork at all) and the feeling's still there. I feel like an old person when I hork while brushing my teeth. Very gross indeed.
Is that normal? Is there anything else I can do?
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I know this doesn't help for the cause overnight, but it may help with the morning breath that continues until lunch:
Try buying a new toothbrush. You should replace it every 3 months or so.
You don't even want me to tell you all of the sorts of nasties that build up on your toothbrush over time.
Use Listerine. The off-brands are just as effective.
Yah, really strong tasting stuff, you can feel the burn, but very potent and effective at getting rid of bad breath. Swish and swash and gargle and all that for at the very least 30 seconds.
DO avoid the brown kind. I prefer the green minty kind, myself. Blue is good. I find the orange kind to be kinda gross and it causes my mouth to water constantly.
If you are a smoker, it will cause you to have nasty morning mouth like that, as well as the whole horking thing.
If you don't smoke, but someone in the home does, that can cause it too if you are sitting there and breathing in the smoke.
As for trying to hork it up, while you are in the bathroom brushing and all, run the shower's hot water full tilt and steam up the room. The steam should help that nasty crap break up and come out.
ygs-29/f
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Oh gosh, I have the same thing. Make sure you are hydrated (drink lots of water, not juice, or sodas). If you are breathing through your mouth when you sleep, that can be a huge cause of bad breath. Brush your tongue, and gurlge mouthwash. It really helps to eat breakfast before you brush your teeth, and before you eat breakfast, drink some water. Try horking the stuff up more often.
Those are some things that I came up with. They don't get rid of this, but they do make things a lot better. But I would say drinking lots of water is what helps the most. Also sucking on a mint when you go to bed (just put in between your cheek and your teeth, so it doesn't disappear quickly) helps a lot too, but you need to make sure you are breathing through your nose first, and there are potential chocking hazards, so be warned! (lol)
~Maria, 16
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brush your teeth before you go to sleep, also try brushing your toungue (bad breath mostly comes from your tongue)
and floss
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well, i'm not sure i know what horking is, but the only thing you can do is make sure that you're brushing your teeth and gums (and tongue!) twice a day, flossing every once in a while, and using mouthwash. i saw a commercial the other day for listerine mouthwash that said that it protects against germs for like 8 hours and is good to use before bed. you might want to try that. (you could try brushing your teeth before and after breakfast, unless you normally drink orange juice... then it could still taste weird.) there's a slim chance that it could be something you've eaten, but unlikely unless you've recently switched to an all-garlic diet. i hope things get better for you!
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