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Crystal,

This is simple but I hope it may help.. First let me say I've always heard people with bad sinuses suffer breath problems. I have bad sinuses but don't. I had a bout with bad breath years ago, then finally figured out the cause and it was so simple. You may already practice this, but be darn sure your tounge is completely clean and free of plaque build up. The regimen I do daily isn't hard, but it takes discipline and especially getting use to. You have to literally scrape all of the plaque off of your tounge daily. If you don't, the clean air coming out of your mouth will force the indescribable odor of the plaque right out of your mouth to those near you. Just like fan forced heat or air, it's the same principal. Pardon the expression, but it's just like when you fart, it's not the air inside you that smells, it's the smell of what's inside you that the air pushes out.

There are tounge scrapers made, but an old spoon works probably better. You will gag some at first but will get used to it. If you don't get all the way to the back of your tounge and get all of the plaque you'll still suffer bad breath. Don't worry about hurting yourself, you won't. I've been doing this for years and don't suffer the breath problems I did once.

I'll say one thing, there's NOTHING worse than smelling that acidy, rotten smell that comes from somone's mouth because they don't clean their tounge. Also, a good mouthwash is imperitive to use. Never be fooled to think that a toothbrush is all you need to practice good oral hygeine.

Hope this might help. It may be your sinuses, but it may not be.

Luck.

-h