Yu kin si smel bak difrɛn we? Yu tink se i kin bi parosmia?

Yu dɔn ɛva tink bɔt aw i go tan lɛk if di smel fɔ di it we yu lɛk ɔ di flawa we yu lɛk chenj wantɛm wantɛm, sɔntɛm to smel we nɔ fayn ɛn we nɔ fayn? Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn kayn strenj ɛkspiriɛns dɛn de. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we dɛn kɔl parosmia, we kin afɛkt wi sɛns fɔ smɛl. Dis kin tan lɛk se i kɔmplikt smɔl, bɔt lɛ wi kip am simpul.

Wetin na Parosmia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, parosmia na we yu de chenj di we aw yu de smɛl. Nɔto se yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ smɛl di smel dɛn we de rawnd yu atɔl, bɔt di smel dɛn we yu kin smɛl na "perverted." Fɔ ɛgzampul, di swit smel we kek we dɛn jɔs bek kin mek kin rili nɔ fayn, lɛk rɔtin smel, to pɔsin we gɛt parosmia.

Sɔm pipul kin kɔnfyus dis sik wit anosmia. Bɔt, anosmia na we pɔsin kin lɔs di sɛns fɔ smɛl kpatakpata. Wi dɔn si ɔl tu di parosmia ɛn anosmia as kɔmɔn simptom dɛm fɔ COVID-19, ɛn bak dysgeusia ɛn ageusia.

Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?

Parosmia nɔr kin apin lɛk aw yu kin tink. Di nɔmba fɔ ripɔt bɔt dis kɔndishɔn dɔn bɔku, mɔ frɔm we di COVID-19 pandemik dɔn kam. Wan stɔdi we dɛn du insay 2007 sho se lɛk 3.9% pan di big pipul dɛn go gɛt parosmia sɔm tɛm na dɛn layf. Bɔt wan ɔda stɔdi we dɛn du insay 2021 dɔn sho se bitwin 40% ɛn 75% pan di pipul dɛn we gɛt COVID-19 kin gɛt parosmia.

Dɔn bak, parosmia kin bigin fɔ apia pan pipul dɛn we gɛt COVID-19 lɛk tri mɔnt afta dɛn dɔn gɛt di sik. So, dɛn kin tek parosmia bak as kɔmɔn sayn fɔ "Lɔng COVID" .

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ parosmia?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ parosmia kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin rili saful ɛn i kin las fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, i kin tranga ɛn i kin te fɔ lɔng tɛm. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn sayn ya kin bigin fɔ sho afta yu dɔn wɛl frɔm wan infekshɔn.

Pɔsin wae gɛt dis sik kin gɛt dis sik:

• Sɔm smel dɛn we de na di envayrɔmɛnt nɔ kin izi fɔ no.
• Bad smel we nɔ fayn, mɔ we yu de nia fɔ it. Imajin se, insted of di smɛl we yu bin lɛk fɔ kɔk kɔk kɔk, naw yu de smɛl lɛk rɔba we dɔn bɔn!
• Sεnt dεm we dεn bin de tek as rili fayn (e.g. sop, shampoo, flawa sεnt dεm) naw de fil lεk harsh, nכ fayn smεl dεm we nכ de bia.

Imajin, di bɔdi loshan we gɛt jasmin we yu bin de lɛk bifo, bɔt afta yu dɔn wɛl wit fiva, i bigin fɔ smɛl lɛk ɔyl we dɔn ol. Yu bin taya bak fɔ it, bikɔs na lɛk ɔl di it dɛn bin gɛt wan smel we nɔ fayn. Dis na di kayn we aw pɔsin kin gɛt parosmia.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt parosmia? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Difrɛn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt parosmia. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• (COVID-19): Dis na di big tin we de mek pɔsin gɛt parosmia dis biɛn tɛm.
• Akyu Saynaytis: Infεkshכn dεm na di nos εn di sayn dεm.
• Head Trauma: Somtin laik blow fo ed.
• Nasal Polyps: Smɔl smɔl bɔdi we de gro insay di nos.
• Kɔmɔn Kɔl.
• Influenza (fiva) `(Influenza/Flu)`.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn: Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin tek kin mek dis sik bak.
• Kronik Dray Mɔt/Xerostomia.
• Fɔ smok.
• Kεmikכl: Pipul dεm we de wok na sɔm faktri dεm kin de pan denja.
• Di Tritmɛnt fɔ Kansa: Tin dɛn lɛk kemotɛrapi.
• Temporal Lobe Seizures we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik.
• di tכmכro dεm na di bren (dis na sכmtin we nכ de apin) `(Bren Tכmכro dεm)`.

Yu tink se parosmia kin pas?

Nɔ, parosmia insɛf nɔ kin pas. Bɔt sɔm infɛkshɔn dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt parosmia (e.g., COVID-19, kol, flu) kin pas. So, fɔ ridyus yu risk, i impɔtant fɔ de fa frɔm pipul dɛm wae sik ɛn praktis gud hajɛns (lɛk fɔ was yu an).

Aw fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt parosmia? (Wetin na di tɛst?)

If yu gɛt dis kayn smel chenj, di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Bɔrku tɛm, wan spɛshal dɔktɔ na di yes, nos, ɛn trot (Otolaryngologist/ENT) kin trit dɛn sik ya.

Di dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu wɛlbɔdi istri. Dis kin inklud di sik dɛn we yu jɔs gɛt, di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek naw, ɛn di we aw yu de liv yu layf (lɛk if yu de smok). Dɔn, dɛn go aks yu fɔ smɛl difrɛn tin dɛn ɛn aks yu fɔ tɔk bɔt aw dɛn de smɛl. Dis na di tɛst we pas ɔl.

Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ kin ɔda sɔm ɔda tɛst dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Imej test: Lεk MRI כ CT skan fכ di sayn dεm.
• Sayn tisu bayɔpsi: Dɛn kin tek wan smɔl pat pan di tisu frɔm di nos ɛn chɛk am.

Dɛn tɛst ya go ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ no di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ yu parosmia, we go ɛp fɔ no di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ yu.

Aw fɔ mɛn parosmia? (Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?)

Di tritmɛnt fɔ parosmia dipen pan di kɔz. Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin gɛt dɛn sɛns bak fɔ smɛl, ilɛksɛf na ɔl ɔ sɔm pat pan am, as tɛm de go.Bɔt, smɔl pipul dɛn nɔ kin ɛva ebul fɔ smɛl bak.

Fɔ pul tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin gɛt impak

If yu parosmia na bikɔs ɔf tin dɛm wae de arawnd yu — lɛk fɔ smok, sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛm, ɔr wae yu de gɛt kemikal — yu sɛns fɔ smɛl go kam bak wans yu avɔyd dɛn tin dɛm. Bɔt nɔ stɔp fɔ tek ɛni mɛrɛsin we yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.

Mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz

Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ ɛp fɔ pul yu parosmia simptom. Dɛn stil de du risach bɔt dis, bɔt sɔm stɔdi dɛn dɔn sho se dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin ɛp fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ smɛl bak:

• ` (Fɛnitoin)`
• ` (Klɔnazepam)`
• ` (Topiramat)`
• ` (Valproik Asid)`

Olfaktory Trenin Tɛrapi

Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak "scent trenin." i involv fכ inhal difrεn sεnt dεm (e.g., fכ sεnt dεm we yu kin no lεk ros, lεmon, klov, εn yukaliptus) dip fכ fכ sεkכnd. Dɛn fɔ du dis tu tɛm insay di de fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu if dis na tritmɛnt we fayn fɔ yu. Dis na sɔntin we yu kin du na os.

Ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt parosmia

If yu parosmia na sɔntin lɛk nasal polyps ɔ yu bren tumor, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn.

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ we de du ɔpreshɔn kin pul di tin dɛn we dɔn pwɛl na yu nos ɛn mek yu ebul fɔ smɛl bak. Bɔt dis na ɔpreshɔn we rili kɔmpleks, ɛn di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin kin pas di bɛnifit dɛn we i kin gɛt. So, mek shɔ se yu fɛn ɔl di tin dɛn we yu go ebul fɔ du bifo yu pik di tritmɛnt.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt parosmia?

Bɔku tɛm, aksidɛnt, vayrɔs, ɔ ɔda tin we wi nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol kin mek pɔsin gɛt parosmia, so wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ avɔyd am kpatakpata. Bɔt if di tin we kin mek yu gɛt parosmia na tin dɛn we de apin na di say we yu de (lɛk we yu de smok ɔ we yu de yuz kemikal dɛn), if yu avɔyd dɛn tin dɛn de, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik.

Fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ baktri ɛn vayral parosmia, i impɔtant fɔ was yu an ɔltɛm ɛn fala di rilevɛns wɛlbɔdi rɛkɛmɔndeshɔn dɛm (e.g., di CDC rɛkɛmɔndeshɔn dɛm na Amɛrika).

Aw lɔŋ parosmia kin las afta i gɛt `(COVID-19)`?

Parosmia na wan pan di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm fɔ "Lɔng COVID." Wan stɔdi dɔn sho se pipul dɛn we gɛt COVID-19-related parosmia jɔs bigin fɔ gɛt dɛn sɛns fɔ smɛl bak 14 to 16 mɔnt afta dɛn gɛt di sik. So, i kin tek sɔm tɛm.

Yu tink se parosmia kin bi fɔ ɔltɛm?

Yɛs, insay sɔm kes dɛm, parosmia kin bi fɔ ɔltɛm. Dat min se di sɛns fɔ smɛl nɔ kin kam bak to di nɔmal tin. Bɔt, bɔku pan di pipul dɛn kin wɛl ful wan.I bɛtɛ fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ no mɔ bɔt yu sik.

Risach we dɛn de du naw sho se di parosmia we gɛt fɔ du wit COVID-19 na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ, bɔt di sayn dɛn kin de fɔ wan ia ɔ mɔ.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu ɛva notis ɛni chenj na yu sɛns fɔ smɛl, ɔ ivin yu nɔ de smɛl igen, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Yu dɔktɔ kin no wetin mek yu gɛt parosmia ɛn if yu nid tritmɛnt fɔ wan sik we de ɔnda yu.

Parosmia na wan kayn we aw pɔsin kin smɛl we nɔ fayn. Tin dɛm wae bin de smɛl fayn naw de smɛl bad to pipul dɛm wae gɛt parosmia. Difrɛn tin kin kam wit parosmia, lɛk infekshɔn, mɛrɛsin, ɛn aksidɛnt. Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ stɔp am ɔltɛm, bɔku tɛm na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ. Parosmia kin bi wan sayn fɔ difrɛn kayn mɛrɛsin, so i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

• Parosmia na we yu sɛns fɔ smɛl nɔ fayn, mek gud smel de smɛl bad.
• Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf bɔku tin, lɛk difrɛn infɛkshɔn (COVID-19), ed injury, sɔm mɛrɛsin, ɛn smok.
• Parosmia insɛf nɔr kin pas, bɔt sɔm pan de infεkshɔn wae kin kam wit am kin bi.
• Bɔrku tɛm, dis na fɔ shɔt tɛm ɛn i go bɛtɛ as tɛm de go. Bɔt fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin te fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn nɔto so i kin bi sote go.
• "Olfactory Training Therapy" na wan simpul, ifektiv tritmɛnt we yu kin du na os.
• If yu notis ɛni chenj na yu sɛns fɔ smɛl, nɔ shek fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Da we de, yu go ebul fɔ fɛn di tin we mek yu gɛt am ɛn bigin fɔ trit yu if nid de.

So, if yu dɔn gɛt dis ɛkspiriɛns, nɔ shem ɔ fred am. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

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