Re: sudden rotten taste in mouth and smell in nose!

Hi,

I too had this "bad smell from nose" problem for over a year. And yes, it is so embarassing that it alters your social interactions. I searched the web high and low for answers but NOTHING helped.

I made a promise that if I found a cure that I would post it immediately. So here we go:

After one particularly grossly disturbing day, I purchased a Netti Pot. I began by using the saline solution provided but when it didn't help I added 1/2 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Although this burned like hell, I saw yellowish/greenish stuff flow from my nostrils during the treatment and I could breath so well! I noticed that after each treatment that I could rely on not having that aweful smell for at least an hour. I used the vinegar solution 3 times a day for a week. During this time I blew LOTS of mucus from my nose in between treatments. (Although the smell was only in the left nostril)

In addition I also dropped a few drops of straight apple cider vinegar into my ears because they began to ache and get clogged after the Netti treatments. (I studied that if your ears feel clogged and ichy inside frequently that it may be a fungal infection and that apple cider vinegar works like clock work.

In between the vinegar treatments, and sometimes right after, I used the saline solution provided with the Netti pot because it is very soothing. As a matter of fact for that 1st and second week I used this saline or Sea Salt solution to flush my sinuses anytime I even thought that the smell was returning between the vinegar treatments.
This is week 3. The smell has been gone all week. I rinse at least once a day, still, with the vinegar wash and still wash with Sea Salt as I feel stuffy.

My hypothesis says that this mucus is of a fungal nature and it gets trapped deep inside the sinus cavaties. This fungal mucus is sticker(for lack of a better word) than normal mucus and needs to be flushed with an antifungal prepation of some kind that is not harmful to avoid crusting and clogging.....i.e. stinky nose breath!
I hope this helps EVERYONE who reads this. I am THANKFUL for my own relief.
Blessings