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What Causes Odour Sensitivity Along With Post Nasal Drip?

I recently began getting smells like cigarette ashes and exhaust fumes especially in our living room where no such smells exist. Sometimes a paper mill smell in my bedroom. A funky indescribable smell in my car. If I take a walk in the park or around the neighborhood I have little or no problem. Once I get indoors, depending on what room I am in I get amplified decrepit odors. When I urinate in the toilet, a wave of toxic urine smell will hit me hard and then it might fade to where it is not noticeable. The misses at home cannot detect these smells. This started with the exhaust fume smells in the living room a couple of months ago, and in the last week it has expanded to other environments and other acrid odors. I get post nasal drip, catarrh, and stuffed nose. Recently I noticed some bloody boogers building up in my nasal passages and I live in an area with a lot of pollen. I made an appointment with my primary physician to set me on the path to see if I can find the cause of this problem. Do you have any observations or insights that might help me in my trying to identify and remedy this distressing problem?
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain the symptoms of strange smell through nose and experiencing smells of cigarette that others cannot experience seems consistent with a condition known as Phantosmia..
It can occur due to a number of conditions like nasal infection and polyps, sinusitis, migranes, Oral and dental infection, smoking habit, condition related to Nervous System like Parkinsonism, Alzimer's Disease, Stroke, head injury etc..
As you also have symptoms of post nasal drip, catarrah and stuffed nose it can be probably due to sinusitis..
I will suggest you to consult an Otolaryngologist or a Neurologist and get evaluated and along with clinical evaluation investigations like Nasal endoscopy, MRI, CT Scan etc can help in diagnosis and treatment can be planned accordingly..
As of now you can do saline nasal irrigation, steam inhalation with few drops of Eucalyptus oil in water,chew flavoured sugar free chewing gum and limit intake of high aroma foods like onion and garlic..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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What Causes Odour Sensitivity Along With Post Nasal Drip?

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain the symptoms of strange smell through nose and experiencing smells of cigarette that others cannot experience seems consistent with a condition known as Phantosmia.. It can occur due to a number of conditions like nasal infection and polyps, sinusitis, migranes, Oral and dental infection, smoking habit, condition related to Nervous System like Parkinsonism, Alzimer s Disease, Stroke, head injury etc.. As you also have symptoms of post nasal drip, catarrah and stuffed nose it can be probably due to sinusitis.. I will suggest you to consult an Otolaryngologist or a Neurologist and get evaluated and along with clinical evaluation investigations like Nasal endoscopy, MRI, CT Scan etc can help in diagnosis and treatment can be planned accordingly.. As of now you can do saline nasal irrigation, steam inhalation with few drops of Eucalyptus oil in water,chew flavoured sugar free chewing gum and limit intake of high aroma foods like onion and garlic.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.