Bad breath saved my life

With all modesty, I am a good-looking 40 year-old woman. Throughout the last decade, I was a gregarious young gal severely aware to the fact that I caused men to turn and ogle as I strolled. I never had a dilemma attracting the opposite sex. I did have a problem warding off jealous girlfriends. To date, two decades on, I still manage to be the focus of men's interest.

But in this last decade, things have been different. I have been haunted by a enormous continual bout of bad breath. This is a thing that has restrained me enormously in everything. Because I was acutely aware of the problem, I felt my sense of worth fall downwards. All my life, I have been devoted to good oral hygiene, but the bad breath would simply not give me peace. In fact, it seemed to get poorer over time.

Anxious to cure this trouble, I tried everything. Different toothpastes and mouth washes. I changed my toothbrush each month. I couldn’t care less if I lost keys and money, but would never leave home without my mini toothbrush and dental floss. I even chewed on parsley each morning for a time because I was told it was an ancient medicine. But no. Nothing helped.

Without Medicare or any other health insurance, I was stuck. Finally, I joined up all my savings to pay a visit to my dentist. I was diagnosed with gum disease. In fact, my gums are swollen and bleed over and over again, which has affected the development of my teeth, which are weak, yellow and some are even unstable. I am clearly heading towards loosing some teeth. There didn't seem to be a reason for this as it was obvious my oral hygiene practices were indeed perfect. So I was sent for a head scan. My dentist knew there was a fundamental cause there that had to be diagnosed.

The scan clarified the situation was much more serious than just gum disease. It showed a surprising layer that crossed from my nasal cavity right down to my bronchus. Bewildered, my dentist had me off for a huge amount of tests. With the results back, I was directly sent to a specialist.

The diagnosis was incredible. The perpetrator of my bad breath was nose drops. A full check-up was proof that halitosis was the least of my difficulty. And it all sunk in for me then.

Just under 10 years ago, I remember being affected by a cold. Nothing special. It was a cold. A simple cold. I took the usual medication from the pharmacy - an aspirin for the headache, drops for my nose, lots of lemon tea and a few steaming baths.

But I recall it did take ages to disappear. So, I went to the pharmacy to get something more powerful, and was recommended to continue with the nose drops to help me breathe better when I slept.

I didn't see, then, just how much time had passed. All the basic symptoms disappeared, except the blocked nose. I continued with the nose drops, because I couldn't breathe without their aid.

That was 10 years ago. For 10 years, I have been hooked on nose drops. I never went for medical aid to get over my addiction because I never understood the use of nose drops as an addiction. Nose drops! Who could have thought it would be so injurious?

All this time, I never envisioned so much trouble would come of this. But I now see the culprit for my heavy head, bags under my eyes and a heavy chest. My throat is commonly filled with mucous, and my lungs don't seem to take in all the air I need. Even climbing a set of stairs has become a test for me. My cardiovascular system has also been affected. Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, where the heart doesn’t pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the requirements of the body's other organs. A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is also a possibility.

So, now I am readying for surgery. Four surgeries, to be honest. With a calculated healing time of 6-9 months. It will include a huge exercise program of body building, created to strengthen my damaged muscles and tendons.

I am paying a heavy price for my naivety. Had it not been for bad breath, I I would have suffered much more. Halitosis may seem a simple fiend that haunts you for not brushing your teeth, but it may well be the sneaky sign that something much more dangerous is damaging your health. At the end of the day, bad breath saved my life.

And to think that all this was caused by a simple bout of influenza that was not cured properly

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