I Smell Car Exhaust Fumes Everywhere

Last Wednesday afternoon I started to smell exhaust fumes everywhere.
I was smelling this odor in my house,my car and while shopping in the
grocery store wearing my mask. I called my doctor and she placed me on
antibiotics. They do seem to help some and I looked up on the web for
anything about this.Some people posted that taking vitamin B complex
helped them.
This morning I woke up with nausea and a rushing sensation in my head.
I am getting ready to call my doctor back with an update on these new
symptoms.I will give an update as soon as I can.This smell hits me in waves
and makes me feel sick to my stomach.I do want to say that this hasn't kept
me from sleeping at night,sleep seems to help. If anyone else here has had
the same thing happen to them please let me know.

a reply to: mamabeth

I wish you well and hope this is only temporary. I did find something called Phantosmia.

Phantosmia

An olfactory hallucination (phantosmia) makes you detect smells that aren't really present in your environment. The odors detected in phantosmia vary from person to person and may be foul or pleasant. They can occur in one or both nostrils. The phantom smell may seem to always be present or it may come and go.

a reply to: mamabeth

According to the NHS ... persistence of phantosmia can be a sign of Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, Parkinson's or a brain tumor.

a reply to: trollz

Really????? You couldn't just say good luck at the doctors?

a reply to: mamabeth

Good luck my friend

a reply to: mamabeth

That is strange, hopefully they can figure out what it is fast.

This has been a strange year as everyone already knows.
10 days ago I was sitting drinking my morning coffee and reading the news on my iPad, and my vision started dimming out of the blue. It was like I looked a bright light source and looked away and still had the image retention.
It freaked me out and I told my wife to call 911, EMS came and checked me out and as they were here, my vision came back.
All the tests they ran came back negative and they told me to go to the hospital, so I went.
They ran all kind of tests on my heart and gave me a Cat Scan on the blood flow to my head...all negative.
They said it was possibly a TIA or mini stroke but they cannot be certain.
Waiting for more test results today from my regular doctor.
Come to find out my neighbor across the street had almost the same thing happen to her the day before mine happened and another friend of ours had almost the same thing happen to him the same day as mine.
All the same diagnosis.....TIA
Strange.

me too....4 days ago....not but for 2 days,....in the house....smellin some kind of mix between diesel and reg gas from a vw....is what I was thinking.....I went and sniffed by the doggy...no....

originally posted by: mamabeth
Last Wednesday afternoon I started to smell exhaust fumes everywhere.
I was smelling this odor in my house,my car and while shopping in the
grocery store wearing my mask. I called my doctor and she placed me on
antibiotics. They do seem to help some and I looked up on the web for
anything about this.Some people posted that taking vitamin B complex
helped them.
This morning I woke up with nausea and a rushing sensation in my head.
I am getting ready to call my doctor back with an update on these new
symptoms.I will give an update as soon as I can.This smell hits me in waves
and makes me feel sick to my stomach.I do want to say that this hasn't kept
me from sleeping at night,sleep seems to help. If anyone else here has had
the same thing happen to them please let me know.

Hope you stay well MBeth... I get that from time to time too.

Once I had the most rotten, septic tank smell for the longest time...
...then I got divorced.*

*Smile!

I called the doctor and they were out to lunch I
had to leave a message. I do rebuke these symptoms
in Yeshua/Jesus name.

a reply to: mamabeth

Antibiotics?

That's so reckless.
Fire that Dr immediately.

This could be a tiny misfire of an olfactory sensor.

What kind of honey do you have? What did the bees make it from?

I prescribe you to eat 1 spoon of each honey you have and see if this fixes it within 24hours.

In the meantime I will find more info ok?

I want you to eat the honey right now regardless if you think it works or not.

originally posted by: mamabeth
I called the doctor and they were out to lunch I
had to leave a message. I do rebuke these symptoms
in Yeshua/Jesus name.

That's not how God works...

originally posted by: TheLieWeLive
a reply to: mamabeth

I wish you well and hope this is only temporary. I did find something called Phantosmia.

Phantosmia

An olfactory hallucination (phantosmia) makes you detect smells that aren't really present in your environment. The odors detected in phantosmia vary from person to person and may be foul or pleasant. They can occur in one or both nostrils. The phantom smell may seem to always be present or it may come and go.

Phantom smells and headaches are also symptoms of brain tumors .

a reply to: mamabeth

I rebuke any illness over mamabeth. I speak perfect health, LIFE, over her. In the name of Jesus, amen.

originally posted by: chrismarco
a reply to: trollz

Really????? You couldn't just say good luck at the doctors?

Woe be to anyone who offers some useful practical advice.

a reply to: Fallingdown

It says that at the link but I wasn’t trying to scare mambeth.
It very possible it’s not a tumor so I was not going to imply it.

a reply to: mamabeth

I know what you mean.

I live in a small town, whenever I take the bus to the 'big' city I immediately feel vomity-that might not be a word but it is now. However there some bullets in the head in waiting who drive 4X4's and take off the muffler to make them sound louder which is the needle dick's mating call. and then they put snorkels on? we've had two floods on thirty years, your 4X4 doesn't need it! but oh no lets buy one because, and then we have the rhesus monkeys who can't operate a effin indicator...

A rant within a rant, how meta of me. People need to drive their cars, that's a given. but when you turn your car into a perfectly good car into POS, revoke your license because you are poisoning the air and your reputation.

a reply to: mamabeth
I know we are not as susceptible for strokes (I go by your nickname) as women but it can not be excluded. I heard that if one smells burned things (what exhaust fumes would be), it can be a sign for an upcoming stroke or worse.

Your doctor should know better than me, so do not freak out now. But you asked.

Well, first thing's first, look at the positive - You don't have COVID.

Now, take care, and I pray for your good health.

a reply to: mamabeth


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I had to read it twice.....antibiotics????

I totally agree....fire that quack....

The doctor ASSUMES this is some kind of infection so he prescribes antibiotics without knowing if a infection exist? Infections can be identified easily by analzying her blood....high white blood cells can not hide during an infection...

This is malpractice at its finest.

originally posted by: muzzleflash
a reply to: mamabeth

Antibiotics?

That's so reckless.
Fire that Dr immediately.

This could be a tiny misfire of an olfactory sensor.

What kind of honey do you have? What did the bees make it from?

I prescribe you to eat 1 spoon of each honey you have and see if this fixes it within 24hours.

In the meantime I will find more info ok?

I want you to eat the honey right now regardless if you think it works or not.