Can gastritis cause bad breath?

Gastritis is not caused by halitosis need to be judged according to the specific situation.

If the symptoms of gastritis are mild, there will generally be no obvious discomfort symptoms, nor halitosis, do not need special treatment, usually adjust the diet structure can be. If gastritis patients gastrointestinal motility is slow, may lead to food retention in the intestine for a long time, food fermentation will produce odor, odor from the oral discharge, will appear halitosis phenomenon. If gastritis is caused by helicobacter pylori infection, the bacterium secretes urease, which breaks down into carbon dioxide and ammonia, which can also cause bad breath.