In today's Dear Annie column, Annie Lane shares a letter from a reader warning that bad breath can be more than just a hygiene issue.
, to have her husband screened for cancer or other hidden diseases. My mother had this exact same problem with my father, right down to the uncomfortable car rides the letter writer mentioned, but having been a registered nurse, my mother realized that his bad breath could be caused by disease and not just poor hygiene.
It turned out that my father had colon cancer and was operated on within days. He survived and lived another 25 years to the ripe old age of 92. -- Been ThereThank you, and several other readers, for making this suggestion -- it’s a good one, indeed. While bad breath can be indicative of bad oral hygiene, it can also be a sign that something more sinister is going on.
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