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Can viral sinusitis cause bad odor through the nose? if so, how is it treated? many thanks.

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Inflammation: changes a lot of things in the nose. This can set up / predispose to bacteria that are normally around there being able to grow more and cause infection needing antibiotics. A few other posibilities but this is quite common.

Answered 10/25/2015

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