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Anosmia

by ZimSeller Pharmacy 24 May 2020

Lost or changed sense of smell

A change in your sense of smell can be unpleasant and affect how things taste. But it isn't usually serious and may get better in a few weeks or months.

Causes of lost or changed sense of smell

Changes in sense of smell are most often caused by:

  • a cold or flu
  • sinusitis (sinus infection)
  • an allergy, like hay fever
  • growths in your nose (nasal polyps)

These can cause:

  • loss of smell (anosmia)
  • smelling things that aren't there (phantosmia), like smoke or burnt toast
  • reduced sense of smell (hyposmia)
  • the smell of things to change (parosmia)

Information:

It's also common to lose some of your sense of smell as you get older.

Cleaning inside your nose can help

Rinsing the inside of your nose with a salt water solution may help if your sense of smell is affected by an infection or allergy.

You can make a salt water solution at home.

Some pharmacies sell sachets you can use to make a salt water solution and devices to help you rinse your nose.

Information:

Do not go to a pharmacy if you have a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste, it could be coronavirus. Ask someone to go for you if you can.

Treatment for lost or changed sense of smell

Your sense of smell may go back to normal in a few weeks or months.

Treating the cause might help. For example, steroid nasal sprays or drops might help if you have sinusitis or nasal polyps.

A treatment called smell training can also help some people. To find out more about smell training, see:

Sometimes changes in sense of smell can't be treated and may be permanent.

Important

If you have lost your sense of smell, you may not be able to smell things like gas leaks, fires and food that's gone off.

Fifth Sense has some safety advice if you have anosmia.

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