Suggest Treatment For Nausea And Altered Sense Of Smell

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 2016

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Mon, 25 Jul 2016 Answered on

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Question : Why am so nausus and why is my sense of smell off?

Answered by Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Can be due to upper respiratory tract infection or rhinitis

Detailed Answer:
Hi! Welcome to health care magic! Thanks for sharing your concerns with us. We will try to help you in best way possible. The condition you have mentioned can be caused by variety of causes including nerve involvements to exposure to chemicals or drugs which which are local sensory irritants but the most common causes in our day to day life is upper respiratory tract infections specially the one involving the mucosa of nose or rhinitis which can be infective or allergic. Using anti histamines like cetrizine or loratidine and decongestants nasal sprays alongwith a course of antibiotics like augmentin or azithromycin usually help to get over the attack after few days. Wishing you a speedy recovery. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Regards.

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