My husband is 32, he has a horrible odor coming from just his nose. I can tell if he has been in a room because it lingers so long. our bedroom is 28 feet long and the WHOLE room smells like his nose odor. It smells like spoiled parmesan cheese, and its a very sharp smell. He cannot smell it himself. I have known him for three years and it has been on and off. he had surgery in December 2013 to fix a deviated septum. I thought that might cure the horrible smell. But no it was back a few months after the surgery stronger then ever. He said that he still has a stuffy nose most of the time and using nasal spray like patanse and Flonase don t help they make the smell worse actually. His ENT did a ct of his head and if there was any polups making his nose stink would they have found them? I am so sure that it has something to do with his sinuses. Also he went urgent care last week because of a pain in his back that was on his lower left side and went around to his lower left abdomen. So the doc took a ct with contrast to look for a kidney stone and didn t fine one. HE DID find that his lungs look congested. They ended up saying there not sure maybe a prostatitis and gave him a months worth of cipro 500. And that antibiotic is not helping the smell either because it as worst as ever. Could he have a fungul infection in his lungs cause nasal odor? Im at a loss and I don t even want to be in the same room as him because it smells so bad. please help!
HiT hank you for asking ChatDoctorI have gone through your query. Usually anaerobic infections gives such smell. In such case a nasal secretion culture and swab from sinus should be done. Antibiotics like Co-amoxiclav usually covers the anaerobic bacteria also. In such case I advise it for 7 days therapy. Paranasal sinus X-ray should be taken and puncture and Chat Doctor. Hope this may help you. Let me know if you have any further query.