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I am a Newbie at this and have been on Doxy for about a month.
About two weeks ago I developed a smell inside my nose. This sounds funny, but it feels like it is in my sinuses.
It seems to be herbal, sulfur, or something like that. It is driving me crazy. Is it from Doxy?
Should I call my Dr. on this. I have an appointment on Thursday.
But it is really annoying since I had lost my sense of smell all together about 2 years ago.
Has anyone else had this problem? Please let me know.
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I don't recall anything like this from doxy, but had a lot of olfactory issues while on Mepron - and would smell odd, unpleasant odors that no one else did. It went away with treatment.
This might be too obvious, but could you have a sinus infection?
A friend of mine had some type of fungal infection in her nose for years - she described similar symptoms. It resolved eventually.
Hope this resolves quickly for you.
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dorrie, i really don't know! i don't remember reading about this problem.
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quote:Originally posted by cactus:
A friend of mine had some type of fungal infection in her nose for years - she described similar symptoms. It resolved eventually.
i've been using an funal spray for possible lyme in my sinus area for 6-8 months; see no improvment in it.
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I had that! That was one of my primary symptoms through all of this - some funky smell up inside my sinuses. Most docs thought I was nuts, or at least overexaggerating. I definitely was not.
I'm not sure though what is causing your problem. There have been times when drugs like Ceftin have cleared it up. Other times Ceftin actually made it worse - so it could be fungal - or some other bug.
I did learn from someone infusing next to me that she had some sort of fungal infection up inside her sinuses, and I think she said you can go to the drugstore and get some sort of gadget, fill it with saline, and flush some of it out yourself - the saline will literally run out of your mouth.
I never tried it, but thought I'd pass that along.
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Many antibiotics have as a side effect the ability to alter taste and smell. Flagyl for instance tends to make everything taste metallic. While I wouldn't necessarily rule anything out, funny tastes and smells are part of being on most antibiotics.
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I will check into fungal infections and see what I can find.
I have had a pain in my cheek for about 5 years, since my gum surgery. I have taken many antibiotics since then, but it has never gone away.
Maybe the Doxy is killing it off?
Thanks for the feedback.DorrieC
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I had that but CIPRO took it away after it had stayed for YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If it's from the nose then this article will be of interest. If It's from the stomach then consider Giardia.
ROCHESTER, MINN. -- Mayo Clinic researchers say they have found the cause of most chronic sinus infections -- an immune system response to fungus. They say this discovery opens the door to the first effective treatment for this problem, the most common chronic disease in the United States. An estimated 37 million people in the United States suffer from chronic sinusitis, an inflammation of the membranes of the nose and sinus cavity. Its incidence has been increasing steadily over the last decade. Common symptoms are runny nose, nasal congestion, loss of smell and headaches. Frequently the chronic inflammation leads to polyps, small growths in the nasal passages which hinder breathing. "Up to now, the cause of chronic sinusitis has not been known," say the Mayo researchers: Drs. David Sherris, Eugene Kern and Jens Ponikau , Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat specialists. Their report appears in the September issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. "Fungus allergy was thought to be involved in less than ten percent of cases," says Dr. Sherris. "Our studies indicate that, in fact, fungus is likely the cause of nearly all of these problems. And it is not an allergic reaction, but an immune reaction." The researchers studied 210 patients with chronic sinusitis. Using new methods of collecting and testing mucus from the nose, they discovered fungus in 96 percent of the patients' mucus. They identified a total of 40 different kinds of fungi in these patients, with an average of 2.7 kinds per patient. In a subset of 101 patients who had surgery to remove nasal polyps, the researchers found eosinophils (a type of white blood cell activated by the body's immune system) in the nasal tissue and mucus of 96 percent of the patients. The results, the researchers say, clearly portray a disease process in which, in sensitive individuals, the body's immune system sends eosinophils to attack fungi and the eosinophils irritate the membranes in the nose. As long as fungi remain, so will the irritation. "This a potential breakthrough that offers great hope for the millions of people who suffer from this problem," says Dr. Kern. "We can now begin to treat the cause of the problem instead of the symptoms." More research is underway at Mayo Clinic to confirm that the immune response to the fungus is the cause of the sinus inflammation. The researchers are also working with pharmaceutical companies to set up trials to test medications to control the fungus. They estimate that it will be at least two years before a treatment will be widely available. The researchers distinguish chronic sinusitis -- sinusitis that lasts three months or longer -- from acute sinusitis, which lasts a month or less. They say that the cause of the acute condition is usually a bacterial infection. Antibiotics and over-the-counter decongestants are widely used to treat chronic sinusitis. In most cases, antibiotics are not effective for chronic sinusitis because they target bacteria, not fungi. The over-the-counter drugs may offer some relief of symptoms, but they have no effect on the inflammation. "Medications haven't worked for chronic sinusitis because we didn't know what the cause of the problem was," says Dr. Ponikau. "Finally we are on the trail of a treatment that may actually work." Thousands of kinds of single-cell fungi (molds and yeasts) are found everywhere in the world. Fungal spores (the reproductive part of the organism) become airborne like pollen. Some people develop allergies to fungi. The new evidence from the Mayo study suggests that many people also develop a different kind of immune system response.
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