I Smell Smoke - Sinus infection or what - Solutions Posted: 10-22-07 15:51pm
I smell smoke and I am a non-smoker and
have never smoked and no one around me
smokes. No one else smells this. I just
started having this problem last week. It
is aweful! It is so strong sometimes I
can almost taste it. I have had a cough
since May and my lung x-rays are all
clear. I have been told it is a sinus
infection and have had steroids and 3
rounds of antibiotics, 1 - Levaquin and 2
z pacs. Any solutions? Thanks!
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Levi212
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 4
Smell In the Home Posted: 10-23-07 15:53pm
It's possible that the problem you're
having is resident in your home. It's
possible that the actual smoke smell can
get into the home and remain there for a
long time. I'm afraid that the best you
can really do is to replace the carpet and
re-paint all the walls. This is what I had
to end up doing to my home because the
previous owners were smokers and had pets
in their home that they left over many
days. As you can guess, the area was quite
a mess.
Another thing that has helped out my
household quite a bit with taking care of
this problem are air purifiers.
Particularly the Polarized Media Filters.
I haven't really heard of a better type,
and I've researched them quite a bit to
get rid of how bad the air was in my
house. The best place for those are on www.airlifeone.com,
for price anyway. They've got good
information on what they do too.
The best kind of paints can be found at
most hardwares, I'd suggest an odor
blocker type of paint. This is really all
I can think of for what we did to our
home.
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evyonnec
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I Smell Smoke Posted: 10-23-07 15:59pm
This is not only in my home! It is
outside, in the office, church, etc. Like
I posted, no one else smells it, and they
cannot smell it on me! No one has ever
smoked in our home and as far as painting,
etc, we just did that a couple of months
ago, new carpet too. This smell has just
started about a week ago. From prior
posts, I have determined that it happens
with possible sinus infection and maybe
taking the zpac for the infection, but I
need to know how to get rid of it! Thanks
for trying though!
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Levi212
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Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 4
Posted: 10-23-07 16:08pm
I apologize...I didn't realize that it was
more than outside the home. I do agree
with the sinus infection being a
possibility. I've done a lot of reading on
this and I was going to suggest that when
I first read that you were smelling it
outside as well, but I saw that you
already know about it.
I'm sorry that I couldn't help.
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evyonnec
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Thanks Posted: 10-23-07 18:09pm
Thanks anyway! If you hear of any other
info, I would appreciate the input!
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Exposed
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Exposed Posted: 10-23-07 22:05pm
to heavy smoke 6 days ago at a chain
resteraunt and now I can't quit smelling
smoke. Plus I got the flu a few days
later. Had a sore throat the day I dined
and I feel my compromised immunities were
not able to handle all that smoke. And
somehow the tar/tobacco in the air has
adhered inside my nasal
passages/cavities/follicles etc.....
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sedum
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 37
Posted: 10-25-07 08:10am
Is there any moment, evyonnec, when you
DON'T notice the symptoms? the smell?
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bkauntie64
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Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1
I Smell Car Exhaust Fumes Posted: 10-25-07 20:57pm
Does anyone else smell car exhaust? For
the past 3 days now, I constantly smell
it. If I cover my nose with my shirt and
breathe, I don't smell the exhaust. I
should also say that in the past year I
developed an aversion to the smell of
plastic, the kind that sandwich bags are
made of. It got to the point where I can
no longer eat foods that are kept in these
bags. I don't know if this relates to my
newest situation of smelling exhaust that
no one else can smell, but I thought maybe
someone else may relate to my situation.
I don't know what to do about this and am
hoping someone else can help.
Thanks!!!
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montydm
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Joined: 01 May 2008 Posts: 1
I smell cigarette smoke Posted: 05-01-08 12:22pm
Last year was the first time I smelled
cigarette smoke out of the blue when no
one around me was smoking. I asked other
people if they smelled it, and they said,
"no". I smelled it at all times of the
day. I thought it may have happened
because I had gone to a restaurant that
was not smoke free. It went away after a
month or two, and now it is back again.
When I looked on the net last year, I
couldn't find any mention of it, and when
I asked my doctor about it, she had never
heard anything like it. Well, it is back!
I don't seem to notice it first thing in
the morning, but it comes at some point in
the day and lasts. One post I read said
that it could be allergies. I thought I
might have a brain tumor! It certainly
seems like the olafactory sense part of
the brain is out of kilter. If anyone has
had this happen to them and you know
anything about it, please post a response.
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