smelling strange smell

I am smelling what smells a lot like cigerette smoke all the time. Neither I or anyone else in my family smokes. I smell it at home, in bed, at work etc.24/7.  It is starting to really concern me

[friggy]

I've had that before, and on separate occasions another persistent smell that was a nastier odor.  In both cases, it was an anaerobic bacterial infection, and I got rid of it with a Flip-Turn Sinus Flush.  A regular sinus irrigation usually doesn't work because the bacteria usually reside in the upper sinuses

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322

The Flip-Turn Sinus Flush is mildly risky, because you have to bend over to do it, preferably in a shower, but you can also do it outside on soft ground.

BUT, we are finding on this forum that this type of infection, more so than chronic aerobic bacterial infections, sometimes responds to antibiotics, so I'd go see an ENT and try that route first.

[Pollykettle23]

I have had blocked eustachian tubes for two weeks now and am miserable - my hearing is suffering and I'm exhausted with it!  Funnily enough I have just said to my son that I smell cigarette smoke but no-one smokes ....imagine me finding this post 10 minutes later.  I was searching for info re eustachian tubes and read this.  I must have the bacteria in my sinuses!  Good luck.