A little less than a week ago I woke up
with a migraine and a REALLY foul taste at
the back of my throat and smell in my
nose. The migraine went away in a day, but
the taste/smell is still there. It smells
rather like a rotten potato, and tastes
the way I would imagine a rotten potato to
taste. A friend said that it might be a
cavity, so I have a trip to the dentist
planned next week, but I'm wondering if it
might be some sort of sinus infection,
since I occasionally have to blow my nose
and there's a thick milky pale
yellowish-green fluid coming out. Every
time I blow my nose, it smells like
someone is shoving a rotten potato into my
face, so I can't tell if the smell is
coming from the fluid I blew out or not.
I've been brushing like crazy and rinsing
with Listerine, but that doesn't make the
taste go away completely, and it keeps
coming back.
Can anyone help? I'm almost scared to go
to the dentist only to find that he can't
fix it.
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doubtful
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 78
Posted: 04-20-07 12:04pm
I would still go check for the cavity no
matter what. Another thing that it could
be though...
I get this from time to time. Your tonsils
have "pockets" in them that like to
collect food/infections etc... when i push
on the tonsil small white balls of junk
comes out of them. they smell just like
the horrible taste in my mouth.
http://www.pedisur
g.com/PtEducENT/tonsils.htm kinda
explains what im talking about if you
scroll down to the table, its the 3rd row
of info.
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Bryn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Ohio
Posted: 04-20-07 12:13pm
doubtful
wrote:
I would still go check for
the cavity no matter what. Another thing
that it could be though...
I get this from time to time. Your tonsils
have "pockets" in them that like to
collect food/infections etc... when i push
on the tonsil small white balls of junk
comes out of them. they smell just like
the horrible taste in my mouth.
http://www.pedisur
g.com/PtEducENT/tonsils.htm kinda
explains what im talking about if you
scroll down to the table, its the 3rd row
of info.
As wonderful as my luck is, yesterday I
was chewing gum and one of my fillings
came out. So I have to go to the dentist
anyway ~_~
As for the white junk, sometimes I'll be
swallowing and the swallow will kinda
reverse, and I'll end up with this little
bit of pale orange junk that can range
from the size of a sesame seed to as big
as a pea - it doesn't happen often, but
when it does the orange junk always smells
really nasty, like bad breath. But what I
have now has more of a sour taste, and the
orange junk has never affected my nose
before or made whatever I'm eating have
the rotten-potato taste. *shrugs*
What a time to be without health insurance
*sigh*
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amiel5enriquez
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Philippines
Posted: 05-02-07 06:52am
Maybe you have post nasal drip. You should
watch your diet, stay away from sweets and
dairy products. They'll make those bad
bacteria overgrow in your tonsils causing
those tonsil stones which smell like bad
breath.
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Bryn
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Apr 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Ohio
Posted: 05-02-07 20:59pm
amiel5enriquez
wrote:
Maybe you have post nasal
drip. You should watch your diet, stay
away from sweets and dairy products.
They'll make those bad bacteria overgrow
in your tonsils causing those tonsil
stones which smell like bad
breath.
Yeah, that's what I was kinda figuring it
might be. Sometimes it really sucks to be
a frustrated insecure average unmarried
female ^_~
But yeah. I was noticing that the smell
and taste kinda went away for a little
time, and then when I binged a little on
sweets it came right back full force. Will
follow your advice.
