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How Can Nasal Odor With Headaches And Nausea Be Treated?

I m coming down with something, and I know this in part because of the smell in my nose. It s a dusty type of smell and started earlier in the day. As the day progress I ve felt worse but the smell does not go away. What is it and how can I make it stop. It s giving me a headache and making me nauseous.
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi,

Your symptoms of fetor that is smell in nose, headache and nausea can be due to nasal or sinus infection unless proved otherwise. You should consult an ENT Surgeon for clinical evaluation, nasal endoscopy and investigations of blood, CT scan of sinuses and as needed. All these will give a proper diagnosis.

A course of proper prescription based antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and decongestant should help you. Complete the course as such infection needs a course of a few weeks till cure. Half treated patients start getting such symptoms again and again. Take steam inhalation. Avoid instigating and enhancing factors.

Take care.
Hope I have answered your question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon
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How Can Nasal Odor With Headaches And Nausea Be Treated?

Hi, Your symptoms of fetor that is smell in nose, headache and nausea can be due to nasal or sinus infection unless proved otherwise. You should consult an ENT Surgeon for clinical evaluation, nasal endoscopy and investigations of blood, CT scan of sinuses and as needed. All these will give a proper diagnosis. A course of proper prescription based antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and decongestant should help you. Complete the course as such infection needs a course of a few weeks till cure. Half treated patients start getting such symptoms again and again. Take steam inhalation. Avoid instigating and enhancing factors. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, General Surgeon