Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt wan sɛnt we tan lɛk se i nɔ de kɔmɔt, ivin we no say nɔ de we i tan lɛk se i kɔmɔt na di say we yu de? Yu kin no di smel we rɔba we dɔn bɔn, it we de rɔtin, ɔ, sɔntɛnde, ivin wan fayn smel lɛk sɛnt. We yu de tɔk bɔt mɛrɛsin, dɛn kɔl dis tin we kin apin—we yu kin no smel we nɔ rili de na di say we yu de—dɛn kin kɔl am Phantosmia . Pan ɔl we dis kin rili fil bad, nid nɔ de fɔ panik; mek wi na Nirogi Lanka ep yu andastan wetin kin de apin.
Wetin rili na Phantosmia?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, phantosmia na di ɛkspiriɛns we yu kin gɛt we yu de smɛl ɔda tin dɛn we nɔ rili de na di say we yu de. Na klinik, wi kin kɔl dis “olfactory hallucinations.” Yu kin gɛt dɛn phantom smel ya na wan nos, ɔl tu na yu nos, ɔ sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se dɛn kɔmɔt na di say we yu de. Dɛn sɛns ya kin de ɔltɛm ɔr kin de wan wan tɛm.
Fɔ ɛgzampul, imajin se yu sidɔm na yu living rum usay natin nɔ de bɔn ɛn nɔbɔdi nɔ de smok, bɔt stil yu si wantɛm wantɛm di difrɛn swɛt we de kɔmɔt pan tabak we dɔn bɔn. Pan ɔl we dis kin bi fayn, fɔ sɔm tɛm we kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf, i kin —insay smɔl smɔl tin dɛn —bi wan sayn fɔ di ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn lɛk Pakinsin sik, strok, ɔr bren tumbu. Na Nirogi Lanka, wi biliv se fɔ ɔndastand yu sik na di fɔs tin fɔ mek yu gɛt pis na yu maynd.
Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?
Phantosmia nɔ kin bɔku. i de akכnt fכ lεk 10% to 20% pan di ripot כlfaktכri (smεl-rεlatεd) dizכrd dεm. Nɔr to tin wae kin afɛkt ɔlman, bɔt na wan sik wae dɛn kin no bɔt mɛrɛsin wae pɔrsin fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to if i kɔntinyu fɔ de.
Wetin na di kwaliti dɛn we dɛn “phantom smells” ya gɛt?
di smel dεm we dεn kin εkspiriεns pan phantosmia kin difrεn bכku bכku wan frכm pכsin to pכsin. Pan ɔl we sɔm pipul dɛn kin si fayn sɛnt lɛk tin dɛn we dɛn jɔs dɔn bek, bɔku pipul dɛn kin ripɔt se dɛn nɔ kin smɛl fayn , lɛk:
- Rɔba we dɔn bɔn
- Smel dɛn we dɔti ɔ we dɔn rɔtin
- Fɔd we dɔn rɔtin
- Bred ɔ tost we dɛn dɔn bɔn
- Sigrɛt smok
- Kεmikכl כ akrid smel dεm
- Wan sɛnt we gɛt mɛtal
- Smel dɛn we gɛt mɔst, wet, ɔ we gɛt mold
Sɔntɛnde, yu kin mit wan strenj smel we yu nɔ go no, we yu nɔ ɛva si bifo. Dɛn smel ya kin de ɔltɛm ɔ dɛn kin dɔn ɛn kɔmɔt.
Wetin mek dis kin apin? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?
Bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt phantosmia. Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt di wan dɛn we kɔmɔn pas ɔl.
Di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik:
- Kold: We yu nos kin rɔtin ɛn we yu gɛt inflamɛns we yu gɛt kɔmɔn kol kin afɛkt yu olfactory cells.
- Sayn infεkshכn: Infεkshכn na di sayn kכva dεm we de rawnd yu nos.
- Ɔpa respiratɔri infɛkshɔn: Vayral ɔ baktri infɛkshɔn we de afɛkt di nos ɛn trot.
- Alɛji: Alɛji fɔ dust, pɔlin, ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we de mek yu vɛks.
- di nos polip dεm: sכm sכm tin dεm we de gro na di nos layn we kin mek di briz fכ fכlכ εn di sεns path dεm.
- Maygren: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn de smɛl bifo ɔ we dɛn gɛt maygren ed we de at.
- Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn: Sɔntɛnde, Phantosmia kin bi wan sayd ɛfɛkt we dɛn nɔ bin want fɔ gɛt we sɔm patikyula mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi yu.
- Fɔ gɛt pɔyzin kemikal: Fɔ lɔng tɛm we yu de yuz ebi ebi mɛtal lɛk lid ɔ mɛkuri.
- Tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di tit ɛn mɔt: Gɔm sik ɔ di mɔt we de dray we nɔ de dɔn.
- Smok: We yu de smok ɔltɛm, dat kin mek yu gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm.
- Pɔst-COVID-19 infɛkshɔn: Bɔku pipul dɛn dɔn ripɔt se dɛn de smɛl distorshɔn ɔ phantom smel afta dɛn dɔn wɛl frɔm COVID-19.
Rare, bɔt siriɔs tin dɛn fɔ tink bɔt:
Pan ɔl we dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin , i impɔtant fɔ no se we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, dɛn kin sho se dɛn gɛt mɔ siriɔs mɛrɛsin:
- Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Parkinson
- Tumɔs dɛn na di bren
- Strok
- Trauma na ed
- Epilepsy we pɔsin kin gɛt
- Dis sik we dɛn kɔl Alzaima
- Nyuroblastoma (bɔku tɛm dɛn kin si am pan pikin dɛn) .
De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no di rut wae de mek yu gɛt yu sik. If yu de wɔri, duya mek tɛm fɔ go to yu dɔktɔ fɔ mek dɛn go ebul fɔ chɛk yu.
Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis?
We yu go to dɔktɔ, di men gol na fɔ no di rizin we mek yu gɛt di sik, bikɔs fɔ gɛt kɔrɛkt tritmɛnt dipen pan di kɔrɛkt we aw dɛn no di sik.
I go mɔs bi se yu dɔktɔ go chɛk yu nos, yes, ed, ɛn nɛk. Dɛn go aks sɔm patikyula kwɛstyɔn dɛn bak, lɛk:
- Wetin rili di sɛnt de smɛl?
- Aw lɔng yu dɔn de gɛt dis prɔblɛm?
- Di smel de na wan nos ɔ ɔl tu?
Dɛn ditil ya de ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ bil klia klinik pikchɔ.
Us kayn tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik, dɛn go nid fɔ du?
Fɔ no di rayt rizin, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik:
- Endoskopi na di nos: .Yu dɔktɔ yuz wan tint, fleksibul tyub (ɛndoskɔp) we gɛt smɔl kamɛra ɛn layt, yu dɔktɔ kin si di insay pat pan yu nos ɛn di sayn dɛn fɔ chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt tin dɛn we de ambɔg yu ɔ if yu gɛt inflamɛns.
- Imej tɛst: CT skan ɔ MRI de mek yu dɔktɔ ebul fɔ si di we aw yu bren ɛn sayn dɛn de fɔ mek yu no if yu nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit am.
- Ilɛktroɛnsɛfalogram (EEG): Dis na tɛst we sef, we nɔ de mek yu fil pen, we de wach aw yu bren de du ilɛktrik wok fɔ no bɔt tin dɛn lɛk ɛpilepsi ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit nyurolɔjik.
Us tritmɛnt dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt?
Na Nirogi Lanka, wi kin aproch Phantosmia tritmɛnt bay we wi de adrɛs di ɔndalayn kɔz .
- If yu phantom smel gɛt fɔ du wit kol, alɛji, ɔ sayn infɛkshɔn, di sayn dɛm kin dɔn wans dɛn dɔn trit di praymar kɔndishɔn ɛn klia.
- כltu, if Phantosmia kכmכt frכm nyurolכjik כ bren-rεlatεd kכz dεm, di tritmεnt path na mכr komplεks εn i rili individyual. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if dɛn no se yu gɛt ɛpilepshi, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu patikyula mɛrɛsin ɔ tɔk bɔt aw fɔ du ɔpreshɔn. Fɔ bren tumor, tritmɛnt kin involv spɛshal protɔkɔl lɛk kemotɛrapi ɔ redyushɔn tɛrapi.
Wae yu dɔktɔ dɔn no di rut kɔz fɔ yu sik, dɛn go mek wan pɔrsin in tritmɛnt plan we dɛn mek fɔ yu wɛl bɔdi nid.
A kin ebul fɔ manej dis na os?
Yɛs, bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt rilif frɔm Phantosmia bay we dɛn de yuz dɛn simpul we ya fɔ kia fɔ pipul dɛn na os:
- Nasal Irrigation: If yu yuz neti pot ɔ ova-di-kɔnta saline solution fɔ rins yu nos pasej kin ɛp fɔ pul di tin dɛn we de mek yu nos ɛn kip yu aywe dɛn klia.
- Spray na di nos: Sprɛy we de mek di nos nɔ klin, lɛk di wan dɛn we gɛt Oxymetazoline, kin ɛp fɔ mek di nos nɔ bɔku. Pan ɔl we dɛn tin ya de we yu nɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn, nɔ abop pan dɛn fɔ yuz fɔ lɔng tɛm . Duya, go to yu dɔktɔ if yu nid fɔ gɛt rilif fɔ pas sɔm dez.
Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ stɔp dis?
Bikɔs bɔku tɛm, Phantosmia na sayn fɔ wan ɔndalayn prɔblɛm, i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt am ɔl if dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ avɔyd di praymar kɔz. Bɔt, wans yu ɔndastand di patikyula trig fɔ yu Phantosmia, yu kin tek proactive step fɔ minimiz yu risk.
Aw a go ridyus di prɔblɛm?
If yu tek dɛn tin ya fɔ tek tɛm wit na Nirogi Lanka, dat kin ɛp fɔ ridyus yu risk:
- Klof fɔ smok fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ blo fayn fayn wan.
- If yu tink se na mɛrɛsin we yu de tek de mek yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ si if ɔda mɛrɛsin de.
- Manej ɛni alɛji we yu gɛt fayn fayn wan.
- Go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan fɔ kol ɔ ɔda sayn infɛkshɔn.
- Mek yu gɛt gud ɔral hajɛns fɔ adrɛs di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to yu tit ɔ yu gɔm.
- Praktis fɔ klin yu an ɔltɛm fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku sik.
Yu tink se i go go fɔ insɛf?
Bɔrku tɛm, phantosmia kin bi fɔ sɔm tɛm ɛn i kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf insay sɔm wiks. Bɔt if di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na di nyurolɔjik, di sayn dɛn kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm. If yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt dɛn phantom smel ya fɔ pas sɔm wiks, duya go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs.
Di tɛm we i kin tek kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. If na kol ɔr infekshɔn mek i kam, i kin klin lɛk aw di sik kin klin. Bɔt if nyurolɔjik tin dɛn de insay, di sayn dɛn kin te fɔ lɔng tɛm.
Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
If yu gɛt phantom smel fɔ lɔng pas tri wik , yu fɔ go to pɔsin we sabi du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs di we aw Gɔd nɔ want. Pan ɔl we bɔku tɛm di sik kin dɔn as di sik we de ɔnda am de bɛtɛ, di sayn dɛm we de kɔntinyu fɔ de, nid fɔ mek pɔsin we sabi du di wok evalueshɔn fɔ no ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek i sik.
Wetin a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?
If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu lɛk de dil wit Phantosmia, dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya kin ɛp fɔ gayd yu kɔnsultɛshɔn:
- Wetin kin bi di tin we kin mek dɛn kayn phantom smel ya?
- Aw lɔng dɛn tink se dis go las?
- Ɛni ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn dɛn de we a nid fɔ trit?
- Us step a kin du fɔ ridyus di kayn sik wae dɛn kin gɛt?
- Yu tink se dɛn fɔ rifer mi to Otolaryngologist (ENT spɛshal) ɔ ɔda spɛshal pɔsin?
Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Phantosmia ɛn Parosmia?
Dɛn tu tin ya na tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di sɛns fɔ smɛl.
- Phantosmia de tɔk bɔt fɔ smɛl tin dɛn we nɔ rili de.
- Parosmia de tɔk bɔt we dɛn de chenj di rial smel dɛn, usay dɛn nɔ de si di sɛnt dɛn we dɛn sabi di rɔŋ we. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di smel we fresh kɔfi kin gɛt kin smɛl lɛk rɔba we dɔn bɔn to yu.
Bɔrku tɛm, de kɔz fɔ ɔl tu di sik dɛn kin fiba, ɛn lɛk Phantosmia, Parosmia tritmɛnt kin pe atɛnshɔn fɔ adrɛs di ɔndalayn kɔz.
Dis na mental wɛlbɔdi kɔndishɔn?
Nɔ, Phantosmia nɔto fondamental wan mɛntɛl hεlth kɔndishɔn. Bɔt nɔr kin apin so ɔltɛm, i kin sho as sayn fɔ sɔm kayn saykayatrik sik dɛm, lɛk Schizoaffective Disorder ɔ Schizophrenia . Duya mɛmba se dis nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
In shot, Phantosmia na di ɛkspiriɛns fɔ smɛl sɔntin we nɔ rili de na yu envayrɔmɛnt. Bɔrku tɛm i kin gɛt fɔ du wit kɔmɔn tin dɛm lɛk di kɔmɔn kol, alɛji, ɔr sayn infɛkshɔn. Bɔt, wae nɔr kin bɔrku, e kin bi sayn fɔ mɔr siriɔs ɔndalayn nyurolɔjik kɔndishɔn, lɛk ɛpilepshi, strok, ɔr Alzaima sik.
If yu dɔn de smɛl sɛnt we nɔ de fɔ pas sɔm wiks, nɔ ignore am—duya go to dɔktɔ. Yu dɔktɔ kin no wetin mek yu gɛt dis sik ɛn tɛl yu bɔt di tritmɛnt we go wok fayn pas ɔl. Nɔ wɔri; bɔku tɛm, dis na sik we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ manej ɔ we pɔsin kin trit na Nirogi Lanka!
👩🏽 ⚕️ Kwɛstyɔn dɛn we dɛn kin aks bɔku tɛm (FAQs)
💬 Wetin rili bi Phantosmia (Olfactory Hallucination)?
Di wɔd "Phantom" de tɔk bɔt sɔntin we nɔ rili de. Phantosmia na nyurolɔjik kɔndishɔn usay yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ smɛl tin dɛn we nɔ de na di say we yu de (ɛgz., we yu de na klin rum). Yu kin si tin dɛn we de smɛl lɛk akrid smok, rɔba we de bɔn, mit we de rɔtin, ɔ ɔda strenj sɛnt dɛn.
💬 Wetin mek a de smɛl tin dɛn we no aktual ɔda nɔ de?
dis kin bi mכr bכt yu bren we de mis intaprit signal dεm pas wan dairekt prכblεm insay di nos (lεk Nasal polyps כ Sinusitis). I kin apin afta wan big big ed trauma, bifo maygren bigin, we di tɛmporal lob de sik, ɔ as a rizulta fɔ di nyurolɔjik damej we de fala wan vayral infɛkshɔn lɛk COVID-19.
💬 Dis na mental helt dizayd? Yu tink se tritmɛnt dɛn de we dɛn kin gɛt?
Dis nɔto sayn fɔ se yu gɛt maynd sik ɔ yu dɔn kray; na fyzikal nyurolכjik ishu. Bɔrku tɛm, de sik kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm wiks. Bɔt if i kɔntinyu fɔ de, spɛshal pipul dɛn (ENT ɔ Nyurolɔjis) kin du MRI skan fɔ mek dɛn nɔ no di prɔblɛm dɛn we de ɔnda di bren. Bɔku tɛm, tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk fɔ drɔp stɛroyd na yu nos ɔ mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik kin wok fayn fɔ mɛn di sik.
Ki wɔd dɛm: Phantosmia, gɔst smɛl, sɛns fɔ smɛl, ɔlfaktɔri hallucinations, nos dizayd, sɛns distorshɔn
