What's with the smelly nose?

Rhinitis is divided into acute rhinitis, chronic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis, drug-induced rhinitis and vasomotor rhinitis.

According to what you said, the symptom is rhinitis, and the main consideration is atrophic rhinitis: it is progressive atrophic rhinitis of nasal mucosa. Divided into primary and secondary.

Clinical manifestations:

Elephant trunk, stuffy nose, nosebleeds, dysosmia, foul smell, headache, external nose collapse or saddle nose.

Examination: The nasal cavity is too wide and the turbinate is narrowed. You can directly see the nasopharynx, the mucosa is dry and congested, and there are a lot of green pus scabs in the nasal cavity, accompanied by stench.

Principles of treatment:

1。 Rinse the nasal cavity, keep the nasal cavity clean, and reduce scab and odor.

2. Nasal nutrition mixture can reduce water evaporation and relieve dryness symptoms.

3. Surgical treatment to reduce the nasal cavity space: closing the anterior nostril and embedding the turbinate subperiosteum.

In your current situation, it is recommended to go to the hospital for gastroscopy, X-ray and other related examinations to confirm the specific cause and treat it in time.