PAROSMIA: Managing Senses and Healing From Smell And Taste Alteration. Abandon Hopeless Days - Find The Strength To Come Back To Normality.

by Dr. Vishen R. Kohler

You are suffering from parosmia and you don't know how to manage it.The smell of the food is disturbing, sometimes you can't eat because your sense of smell is altered.You feel like vomiting when you have a meal with bad odor or taste. In some cases people lose their appetite, they loose weight and suffer from malnutrition.It's hard to find someone who understands what you're going through...you feel alone in this fight! What is parosmia?Parosmia, also called smell hallucinations,is a disorder that causes the sufferer to experience strange smells. It can happen at any time and without warning.The most common symptom of this condition is known as phantosmia or phantom odor sensation.When you have this type of hallucination, you will perceive an unpleasant smell that isn't really there.This distressing phenomenon can be triggered by many strong odors in your environment; nasal congestion due to allergies or illness; or even as a side effect from taking medications such as antidepressants, antipsychotics and sedatives.However, since we have been through the Covid-19, the symptoms of parosmia became more similar to those for otherforms of olfactory dysfunction such as anosmia (lack of smell) and hyposmia (reduced ability to detect odors), including burning sensations in the nose, increased mucus production, sinus congestion, sneezing, coughing and pain when swallowing because strong smells may irritate the throat. So many people are experiencing similar sensory disruptions because of COVID (congenital olfactory neuropathy).While those who don’t have this condition may find it difficult or impossible to understand what life is like when someone can't taste anything, luckily we do know how impactful it's been in our personal lives so far and want make sure others can keep eating well until their senses return back or go away completely.

26 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 10, 2021