After the flu (a week ago) I started to smell a still very bad smell of cigarette smoke, as if I had everything entrenched with it. I'm sick of it and I'm fed up because I feel it all the time. What could it be? How long to take? In addition, I had inflammation of the leg muscles. It goes crazy from this smell of smoke.
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Barbara Kołodziejska Pharmacist
17 months ago
Changes in the perception of smells are a common complication after a flu infection. It is difficult to determine how long this symptom may persist - it is rather an individual matter and depends on the organism, as well as on the degree of damage to the olfactory epithelium. To support the regeneration of mucous membranes within the nose and speed up the healing process, it is worth taking care of proper care, consisting in moisturizing and rinsing the nasal cavities using, for example, physiological NaCl solution (NaCl 0.9%, so-called saline) or isotonic sea salt solution in the form of an aerosol, e.g. https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/46429/marimer-spray-do-nosa-aerozol/apteki https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/88314/disnemar-aerozol/apteki https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/104908/bepanthen-baby-woda-morska-aerozol/apteki (Bepanthen additionally contains dexpanthenol, which has strong soothing and regenerating properties) https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/97273/ectimer-woda-morska-z-ektoina-aerozol/apteki Ectoine contained in the above preparation has additional p/inflammatory properties. In addition, regenerating ointments can be used, e.g.: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/67588/rinopanteina-masc-do-nosa/apteki https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/111219/regerhin-masc-do-nosa-masc-do-nosa/apteki In disorders of odor sensation, it is also recommended to use vitamins from group B, e.g. in the form of a complex of https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/83177/vitaminum-b-compositum-polfa-drazetki/apteki or https://www.gdziepolek.pl/produkty/9457/b-complex-polfa-lodz-tabletki/apteki All these preparations (as well as others) can be ordered at a favorable price in the offer of pharmacies in Wherepolek, using the option of collection on site or delivery to the address. In addition to home care and moisturizing, the treatment of flu complications in this form may require the use of short-term steroid therapy (oral and topical), however, the decision to undertake such treatment belongs to the doctor - so I encourage you to visit a specialist.