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Nose, bad smell. Please Help!!

For almost 3 years I have had this really bad smell coming from my left nostril it varies from feces to rotten eggs, burning rubber, decay, skunk (like weed basically), feet and even fish. My nose is always congested and its either the left side or the right side but never both. It burns when I inhale deeply through my left nostril and I can feel the air going all the way to the back of my nose all the time. Also if I inhale hard enough instead of a nice cool rush of air I get a really warm rancid feel to it and every smell is intensified. For example if I eat a burger and wash my hands with soap as best as possible I can still smell the burger on my hands. My right nostril feels normal apart from the congestion. My mucous comes out really crusty and hard with some blood or soft and white with blood. My throat tickles and itches sometimes and I cough and sneeze every once in a while. When my left nostril is congested the smell intensifies and it leakes out of my nose. I feel like my mouth reeks because of it and I can literally taste the smell. But the most common taste I get is acidic like when you take a strong pain killer, my mouth feels numb too exactly like the feeling from strong medicine. The back of my throat is stuffed with mucous just opening my mouth I can see the stringy goo all over my tonsils and tounge. i have been getting tonsil stones too but I check and clean as best as I can every day. The smell worsens after eating and if I drink anything other than water. After brushing my teeth my mouth feel fresh for 10 minutes at most until the taste returns. it also gets bad when I have to do anything physical that makes me breath heavy. My hygiene is good I floss daily and brush after every meal.

I have been to an ENT who said that everything was fine. He even took x-Rays and put a camera down my nose. The other doctors just gave me the nasal spray which did nothing and one doctor even thought it was psychological. But I know for sure I'm not making this up. I was also treated 3 times for a bacteria in my stomach. All 3 times they gave me pain killers.  

Before all this started I smoked weed and drank alcohol. I was really stupid I even inhaled cocaine so I guess I know why it started but I don't know how to get rid of it. I don't do anything like that anymore I learned my lesson. I'm going crazy and I feel so alone even though my family says I don't smell and that they support me. I have no friends no girlfriend. The little "friends" I had stopped talking to me and the ones that didn't I cut connection because I don't want to make them uncomfortable. I don't even go to family gatherings anymore. Even the doctors for my braces make remarks about the smell and it's very embarrassing. when I first started to notice that the smell was me I tried to commit suicide. Fortunately I survived and now all I want is to live my life to the fullest but I can't like this. Who wants to live smelling like a dump their whole life? So please I beg anyone who has found a cure or knows anything to help me out.!
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Thanks  for the reply I forgot to mention that the corners of my mouth and the area around my nose has started to get dry and itchy is that also a symptom? Also how long will it take for the smell to go away? I'm on my second day of the Flip Turn Flush and I noticed the smell is almost practically gone but sometimes I catch a wif of it. Is it normal?
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Your problem isn't unusual, it's a problem I simply refer to as RSO -- revolting sinus odor -- and I'm sure before Medhelp most sufferers withdrew and became suicidal.

There's several possible causes, some listed on my journal:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322/The-Sinus-Flush

I suspect that the most common cause is either a systematic yeast infection (the stomach problem are common) or a fungal infection of the sinuses.

I suggest you try the Flip Turn Flush.  If it doesnt work, it at least eliminates bacterial infection as a cause.  Next, an experimental treatment "out there" is to get a nebulizer, which is about $100 at a medical supply, and convince a doctor to write a presciption for an anti-fungal medicine that would work in a nebulizer, the only way you can get it into the sinuses.

Finally, I've discovered a powerful anti-fungal medicine, which killed my kid's stubborn plantar warts in 2 weeks, called Tea Tree Oil with Vitamin E.  It's a topical treatment, but I've heard of people trying it for sinuses.  I will have to investigate rather it is safe, and I'll put my findings on my journal by the end of next week.

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