Sunday, June 28, 2009

Psychiatric And Bad Breath

Psychiatric patients

Bad breath is common in psychotic patients due to poor hygiene, irregular food habits, less water intake, etc.

Somatisation disorder

This is a psychiatric disorder characteristic by the presence of a physical symptom that suggest a medical illness .These patients come with physical complaints like pain,nausea difficult respiration, bad smell etc. This condition is diagnosed after detailed examination of the patient with all investigations. Since this is a psychiatric disorder it has to be managed with a psychological approach.

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