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Johnson, Joel MD; Bourgeois, James A. OD, MD; Quanbeck, Cameron MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA [emailprotected]
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 26(3):p 340-341, June 2006. | DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000218406.10362.27
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The best treatment will depend on the cause of phantosmia. In some instances, the symptoms clear up on their own with time or when the sinus or nasal sickness that caused them goes away. In other cases, phantosmia may be chronic or long lasting.
How to regain the smelling sense? ›Sniffing peanut butter, peppermint, and other strong scents may help you retrain your brain and restore your sense of smell. Your smell sense gives you a superpower.
What is the most common cause of olfactory hallucinations? ›Phantosmia may be caused by a head injury or upper respiratory infection. It also can be caused by aging, trauma, temporal lobe seizures, inflamed sinuses, brain tumors, certain medicines and Parkinson's disease. Phantosmia also can result from a COVID-19 infection.
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