How would you describe that post sneeze smell?

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Shadow@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 200d

I don't smell anything after I sneeze... You should probably check with a doctor to make sure you don't have an infection.

timsjel@piefed.world · 15 pts · 200d

What?

YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 200d

Boogers. It’s when you realize you can smell boogers.

jerkface@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 200d

If it smells like decomposing calcium, you have tooth decay and should see a dentist. Most sneezes don't smell.

blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 200d

Tonsil stones?

HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 200d (2 replies)

Metallic and milky 🤮

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 200d (1 reply)

That's sinusitis.

dbtng@eviltoast.org · 1 pts · 200d
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AstroLightz@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d

You guys have a smell after you sneeze? I just feel pain throughout my body after them sometimes.

dbtng@eviltoast.org · 4 pts · 200d

You either have tonsil stones or a chronic sinus issues. Talk to an actual doctor.

Edit: But in answer to your question ... the smell is bacteria that your sneeze has stirred up.
Tonsil stones are basically piles of bacteria. Chronic sinus infections are more bacteria. Those are the two most likely sources.

Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 200d

I can't describe it, but I know EXACTLY what you mean.

SlothMama@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d

This is so fascinating because yeah, a sneeze isn't supposed to smell, this is entirely unrelatable to me.

MehBlah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d

I always wonder if things always smell this way and the sneeze just removed what was covering it up from my nose.

ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org · 2 pts · 200d

Honey?

droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d

Citrus

Toes@ani.social · 2 pts · 200d

Get that checked out.

Only time I have a post sneeze smell is when I have a nosebleed about to start.

NachBarcelona@piefed.social · 2 pts · 200d

Blood and brain.

tonyn@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 200d

How often do you brush your teeth? Maybe the sneeze is drawing in mouth-air?

Lasherz12@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 199d

I only get it when I'm sick or about to be. Usually a sign of a sinus infection. Seems like mucus that hasn't fully engulfed the source of infection still carries enough out to have a smell.

r0ertel@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d

It's the smell of daemons leaving your body.

God bless you.

radiouser@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 200d

death

BigBolillo@mgtowlemmy.org · 1 pts · 200d

Boogats is a word I just made for describing it.

cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 200d

All-dressed.

xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 200d

Smells like antibiotics

Because I'm currently taking antibiotics

jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 200d

gasoline, but less colorful

mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d

it's like degaussing your cranium.