My nose always smells something strange

Some people always smell bad odors for no reason. Ask people around you if they smell it and others don’t. When you encounter this situation, you may wonder if your nose is too sensitive. In fact, from a medical point of view, it may be rhinitis, which causes you to always smell a bad odor. This situation is particularly obvious in children. In addition, it may also be a nasal detoxification disorder, olfactory hallucination, tumor, etc. Please read the content of this article for detailed causes.

1. Phantom Smell

When you always smell some strange odors, but others don’t have this problem, the first thing you should consider is whether it is just an illusion, that is, olfactory hallucination. Since it is an illusion, it does not exist. It is a result of subjective intention and a kind of self-imagination. If you stay up late every day or stay up late quite frequently, it is easy to have olfactory hallucinations because your body does not get enough rest. In addition, if you are in a state of anxiety for a long time, your nerves cannot be completely relaxed and olfactory hallucinations are likely to occur.

2. Detoxification disorder

If you can still smell odors after eliminating phantom smells, it may be that your nose's detoxification function is not functioning properly. Under normal circumstances, the detoxification function of the nose can remove accumulated dirt in a timely manner, such as through the secretion of nasal mucus. Correspondingly, when the nose does not function normally, it is easy to smell bad odors. At this time, the dirt that remains in the nasal cavity, such as dust or bacteria, cannot be cleaned in time. Over time, the accumulation of excessive dirt and its large size will cause the nasal cavity to be blocked, seriously hindering the circulation of air. Moreover, once these dirty substances stay for too long, odor will appear.

3. Rhinitis

In addition to the above situations, if your nose suffers from rhinitis, you will also smell a bad odor. Of course, this inflammation may also occur because the dirt in the nasal cavity is not cleaned well. This situation often occurs in some children. Because children are young and cannot control many things, it is possible that food may accidentally enter the nasal cavity when they eat. If parents are not told quickly, or if their children themselves cannot speak yet, the probability of causing odor will increase.

4. Tumor

People with malignant tumors may often smell strange odors. Middle-aged and elderly people are the most susceptible to this condition. Once you have a malignant tumor, not only will you have a bad nasal odor, but you will also have nose bleeding, and it will be uncontrollable. In addition, symptoms such as headache may also occur. In this regard, once you find such a situation, you should check your body in time, detect it early, and treat it early. You must not be careless about your body.