Halitophobia
Halitophobia is the fear of bad breath that does not exist in reality and which is a nuisance for the environment. Those affected feel a bad smell themselves, while the person opposite does not notice it. Although the patient is examined by a doctor and no halitosis can be detected by objective means, he or she cannot be convinced of this.
This is a very typical characteristic of this disease. An insight of the diagnosis does not take place here, often even competence of the physician is doubted. The disease thus falls into the field of psychosomatics.
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