fast forward to age 27....
I start having really bad heartburn and the smell now being constant, no matter how I clean my entire mouth and gargle my throat. So I finally decided to see a digestive health specialist. They did an endoscopy a couple of weeks ago for me; the Doc discovered I have esophogeal hernia and that stomach and duodenum are inflamed. He took samples while down there to be tested. The biopsy came back positive for h. pylori. WhoopyDoDo!
Today I started on the antibiotic Pylera and Prilosec.
We'll see how things turn out - wish me luck