After weeks of not smelling anything weird, I’m smelling cigarette smoke again. I think it was triggered by actual cigarette smoke. When I visited work yesterday, a few of us went to lunch at Shinsengumi ramen. While we were waiting outside for a table, I smelled cigarette smoke that was probably real. Maybe that irritated my sinuses or something because I’ve been smelling cigarette smoke ever since. I flushed using the saline nasal rinse last night, using filtered water of course, and I just sprayed Flonase in both nostrils.
Since the phantom smell went away by itself last time, I’m less worried. It’s likely actually pollutants or something triggering the symptoms so this occurrence will probably go away on its own later. Meanwhile, it’s just another distraction making it harder to fall asleep.
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It’s about 1:00 pm the next day and I haven’t smelled any phantom smell yet. Intermittent symptoms are the worst to deal with.
Life with chronic diseases 