My son is 2 years old and for the past 4
months he has had this horrible iron like
smell coming from his nose. His mucus
sometimes comes out black and he is always
stuffed up. He has been given antibotics
in 10 day trials twice already and both
times they did nothing. The smell goes
away for a week at a time, but always
comes back. I need to go take him to get
x rays on his sinuses, but what could be
the cause of the black mucus?
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mominashoe
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Posted: 04-18-08 10:16am
It could be fungal sinusitis. A CT on the
sinuses will probably help. He may need
the antibiotics for three weeks instead of
the usual 10 days. Is he in daycare? You
need to check out where he is picking up
the infection/fungus as well...maybe the
daycare isn't up to par or there is
another child with whom he plays with this
same problem.
I don't want to scare you, but I was
wondering, with the strong smell of iron,
if it is actually old blood, which could
be coming from either his sinuses or
farther up inside his head? Did they do a
test on the mucus to see what it was
comprised of? They should do a lab test
on it to best determine this.
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motherofhighspiritedones
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foreign body Posted: 05-21-08 16:48pm
might be a bit late on the reply but my
son had the exact same symptoms when he
was about 2. turns out that he had
swallowed a penny and it got stuck in his
esophagus. He got a bad sinus infection
along with blood tinged mucous and the
smell along with the color was awful. im
interested in knowing what they found.
keep us updated
