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smelly nose

HI,
I have this problem of a smelly nose.It comes mostly when sneezing but its there in other times as well.The smell is kind of chocking because when I enter into a room people close their nose s and clear their throat . I have had this problem for five years now.My dentist has told me that there is nothing wrong with my mouth.I cheked with my E.N.T. specialist who told me that there is nothing wrong with my sinuses.I have had this problem for five years now. However the problem comes when trying to pinpoint the exact smell. others say its fecal breath while others say that its rotting smell like.
please help...........
thanks
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have had the same bad smell\taste in the mouth for over 6 months now.  Couldn't figure out what the hell the problem was.  Mine became so awful that the smell would literally funk up my entire office at work.  I too was convinced that the smell was coming from my nose.  Because of this, i ended up at an ENT, who convinced me I needed surgery on my sinuses & tonsils.  Well, after having tonsils\adenoids removed, upper gi, lower colon splenoid or something done, and all kinds of other medical test ran.  The culprit turned out to be a crown on the lower left molar tooth.  The tooth up under the crown had split in half, and the damn thing became infected or something.  When the smell first started, the first place I went was to the dentist (of course they didn't see anything wrong).  I ended up on a wild goose chase that cost me thousands of dollars.  Finally after reading another site and listening to the guy on there story, I went back to the dentist and lied that the tooth was bothering me.  That's when the dentist decided to take the crown off (he couldn't tell anything from the X-ray; the crown was n the way of seeing my actual tooth).  He ended up having to pull the split tooth.  He told me to come back for a bridge of something once it has healed but "No Thanks!" I'll leave the spot empty because empty doesn't become infected and stink up a whole room......
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Your problem isn't unusual.  It's an anaerobic bacteria that may or may not cause enough congestion to register for an ENT.  My best description when I had it was dogpoop and old parmesan.  Some campers may smell it when they pull out an old tent.

A saline flush will remove it.  First, go to the drugstore and get a Neilmed Sinus Rinse.  This may or may not work, depending on how high up in your sinuses the infection is, due to gravity.

If it doesn't, the cure, should you wish to try it, is the Flip-Turn Sinus Flush, in my journal.

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

It's risky, because you have to bend over in a shower, but you could also do it outside in grass, depending on your fitness.
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