Hi, it's a bit of relief to see similar situations. I was becoming to think I'm a human from a different planet because I have never met any person in real life with my true life experience apart from this site's comments. Are these people real? We could form a forum, liaison with each other and maybe or probably meet in person to help each other, physically, emotionally and psychologically. I can relate to most comments. We may end up raising awareness or charitable organizations in the future because this is one illness or condition that is less talked about or not looked into. The sufferers are less privileged in regards to getting help, it's mistaken to be poor hygiene (e.g. if the smell is coming from your nose to mouth or from your nose why talking. Though it's frustrating when your dentist confirms your hygiene is good) or mental health issue if the specialist can't perceive what you are perceiving. Although all situations might be slightly different they are similar. The victims are misunderstood by the general public. Let's communicate further by emailing, phoning each other because of certain limitations, challenges associated with this illness. I would like to meet others that are affected. DON'T BE SHY. No one is better than the other because we all are experiencing something similar. Finding a permanent cure or managing the situation this way will be much easy and useful. I was at Harley street this Thursday on an appointment and I was told by the specialist that he can't smell anything and it would be unfair for him to take £985 from me (what an honest specialist, I appreciated that) but it hasn't helped me either. My email address: ***@****
Hi! Good day! I also have a strange smell coming from my nose. I have this since I was young I am 31 now and still dealing with this. I thought it is because I have a hiatal hernia but it wasn't. My doctor said I have an allergic rhinitis, I asked her if there is a cure for this and she said that it will go away after 2 to 3 years if I continue using a nasal spray. I have 2 nasal spray SNIF ( sodium chloride) NASONEX (anti allergy corticosteroid) I use this twice a day.. She had a lot of patient that also have this but they all ok now after using this spray.. I'm just hoping that it will works for me. I was so down before because of this there is a time that I don't want to go out in our house.. I also stopped my studies cause my classmates always talking about me about the bad odor.. Let's just pray that we will get better.
A couple of years ago, I had an infection in my nose, that no one would believe, but that's another story. It damaged the 1 cm square area high in my nose that effects taste and smell. I think that this is what you are all describing. There's little that you can do about. Sometimes it improves on its own. There's a Taste & Smell Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania where these things are studied, they have a website. You can go there. There's not much hope. There's also a blog that you probably can find by key wording "This phantom smell is killing me".
This can also be caused by head injuries.
hi my name is mandi oflarty and for ages now i have been getting a strange smell up my nose its very hard to decribe i can only say it smells of chemicals! it mainly comes after crying or it will just come please can you tell me what this is as it is starting to worry me as doctors have said nothing apart from get mouth wash!! please can you help me find out what this smell is please . Thanks . Mandi
I also have a bad smell in my nose and a bad taste in my mouth.It seems that everytime i eat somthing like pizza,beer,peanuts or spices it gets much worse,even drinking water wont help. People say i smell like garbage or some other horrible comment. I Wish we had a cure ,maybe someday!
Sorry to hear you feel that way. I too have ahd this problem for years and years and have also suffered as a result. Ive had course after course of antibiotics, xrays and had given up ever finding a cure. I started to use a saline nasal irrigator which worked a little bit for a while but after reading one of the discussions on this site, I started to add two to three drops of tea tree oil to the saline solution. Somebody on this site suggested using oil of oregano which is similar but quite expensive. Tea tree oil is a natural anti-fungal and anti-bacterial also but is a lot cheaper. I have been doing this twice a day for a week and Im not joking when I say I think Ive cured it!!! Seriously, the smell has gone and my breath actually smells nice for the first time in my sorry life!
Promise me you'll try this. Please, please try it, I got my nasal irrigator from a holistic website called 'shopholistic'' and it was a sinusclanse squeeze kit.
Good luck!!!!!
Please don't let anyone be your judge. You are too important to God. Please pray about your problem and ask Him for help. I don't know the answer to your problem, but nothing is worth ending your life over. The smell could be anything, but so minute that the doctors haven't a clue. I read about someone alergic to walnuts (but didn't know it) and the body body's self healing system would take over and the walnuts would get enclaved in polyps behind the toung down the throat and rot. Nothing would help until all the rottiness had run its course. The person finally quit eating walnuts and the smell stayed away. Whether this is true or not, I don't know. Anything is possible. Please stay calm and find out if you are alergic to something like maybe walnuts. God bless, I'll pray for you.
i also have the same problem, smell coming nose and mouth. ihave visted dr's ,dentists and no one can tell what it is. do you smoke? People call me stinky,offer me gum ,talk about , ihave even try commiting suscide. pleas help me I now live my life in the comfort of my home because People sniff at me when Igo out in public . I need help if any one has a soultion to my problem PLEASE HELP!!
I wish I had stumbled on this site years ago when I had been complaining of a "smell in my nose" which lasted for years. I used to describe it to the doctors as "wet bird feathers". I had all the CT scans
(no infections, but significant mucosal swelling and sinuses therefore would not drain). Doctors said must be an allergic response to something. Nasonex, and other prescriptions did not help. Enclosed spaces, like my car, were the worst----smell increased, felt like I could not breathe. Used a Netti pot with HYPOTONIC solution ( sodium bicarb, salt and water) ----LOVED THIS, could drag out all the secretions stuck in my sinuses But had to do it 2 or 3 times a day faithfully . Biggest source of help, cut out anything in my diet that could cause a yeast overgrowth----this is what made the smell go away!!! Only time the smell in my nose returns now is if I drink beer, so I no longer do. OR, the other trigger is dust (smell returns), have to immediately irrigate with the netti pot after cleaning the house. For me , it was all related to environmental allergies.