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I have been smelling cig smoke for over a year off and on, sometimes its like a sulfa smell but its so strong it burns my eyes.. I told my Doc and about a month ago I had a CT scan and they found that I had an infection in my Ethmoid sinus.. I went on an antibiotic and it seems to have cleared up but the smell just started up again!! its horrible! there's nothing serious going on, she said I have no bleeds and no tumors.. I have read somewhere that ur sinuses can get damaged and cause odd smells.. last thing I want to do is have surgery and they do have a procedure they do for this, I have had bad sinuses my whole life and I'm now 57.. I hope I don't have another infection brewing.. geez
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Cig smell occurred to me too. It was almost driving me mad. It went away but came back, went away again. Never figured it out. One of the times I had been near a smoker but the smell lasted for weeks. Other time kinda blew that theory. I had concluded it also could have been a nasal spray I had tried. There was a thread on this forum not long ago about the same subject. Perhaps some answers.
I have been smelling cig smoke for over a year off and on, sometimes its like a sulfa smell but its so strong it burns my eyes.. I told my Doc and about a month ago I had a CT scan and they found that I had an infection in my Ethmoid sinus.. I went on an antibiotic and it seems to have cleared up but the smell just started up again!! its horrible! there's nothing serious going on, she said I have no bleeds and no tumors.. I have read somewhere that ur sinuses can get damaged and cause odd smells.. last thing I want to do is have surgery and they do have a procedure they do for this, I have had bad sinuses my whole life and I'm now 57.. I hope I don't have another infection brewing.. geez
Start doing sinus rinses twice a day, and it might just heal you up. It worked for me. You can find this stuff in your local drug store, etc:
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