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Hello, I am a 28 year old male and have had sinus problems for about 15 years. My main issue is that when I blow my nose, laugh hard, sneeze, blow a bubble with bubble gum, shot powerfull guns, or sniff real hard, my taste and smell is altered severly. It really started about 7 years ago after going skydiving. I have been to an ent doctor, had a sinus scan and a camera ran trough my sinus. The dr. said he found nothing wrong other than congested and small sinus openings and said the only thing he could do would be to do a sinus scrape. My dad had this done and it did not help him. I have tried using daily sinus med., and the neti-pot, but nothing seems to help. Is there a nasal spray or something that would help this? Does anyone else have these prob.?
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One of the possible causes could be a fungal infection of your mucus membranes, but not that much is known about a cure for that.  Google "Jens Ponikau" to see if your symptoms correspond with his findings.

It can also be an anaerobic bacterial infection, which sometimes causes smell problems with no other symptoms

A neti-pot won't reach into your upper sinuses because of gravity.  The following technique uses gravity instead of fighting it.

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, or you can kneel down and lean over a bathtub with the shower running.

If you don't get any results after 10 days of flushing, then it's probably not an infection you can remove with saline.
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