Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University Hospital Neurology Assoc. Dr. Esra Brutan Demirel, odor disorders can be felt in single or both nasal and can emerge for a wide variety of reasons, he said.
Demirel, this situation can develop due to the ear-nose-throat diseases, neurological and psychiatric reasons, stressed that odor disorders should be handled with a multidisciplinary approach. Demirel said that odor hallucinations should be evaluated primarily by otorhinolaryngology experts, nasal inflammations, nasal polyps, COVIDViral infections, tumors and psychiatric diseases such as -19 may also lead to such disorders.
“It is seen after viral infections such as Covid”
Demirel, “Odor hallucinations is a kind of odor disorder. Perception of a non-fragrance, existing odor different perception or bad odor detection is called. Odor disorders can be felt in a single nose, there are many nasis and there are many reasons for this. We want to be examined by the nasal infection, a stranger in the nose, such as a nasal infection. It needs to be taken, “he said.
“Odor disorders may be a symptom of diseases such as brain tumor, epilepsy and Parkinsonon”
The most common complaints from patients are decayed fruit, stinky vegetables, stale food and toilet smell in the form of the smell of Demirel, “Neurological terms during the migraine attack can see odor disorder or before the headache we can see before the headache. Disorders are seen. brain tumor Or odor disorder is observed in tumors that hold the nerve of odor. There are patients who say that the smell of rotten fruit, smell of smelly vegetables, smelling food or toilet smell. Before headache, it is seen in the table we call aura. First, the patient states that he feels a bad smell, the smells I mentioned, then the patient’s headache attacks can begin. This is how epileptic seizures can start. Before the seizure, the patient can feel a bad smell, then I’m having a seizure, “he said.
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