Symptoms of a smelly nose

Main symptoms

One of the main symptoms of the smelly nose is, as the name suggests, the foul-smelling, putrid to sweetish scent, which is caused by the colonization of various germs inside the nose, which multiply there and break down the nasal mucous membrane.
The person concerned usually does not even notice this smell, which is typical for a smelly nose, since in addition to degeneration of the nasal mucosa there is also atrophy of nerve endings inside the nose, which is why the ability to smell with a smelly nose is usually limited or even completely lost (anosmia).

More symptoms

Psychosocial factors of a smelly nose

The fellow men notice the odor as one of the most important smelly nose symptoms, of course clearwhich makes for Patients with a smelly nose often significant difficulties in social areas as in work or with friends or family.

Frequently, patients with a smelly nose become avoided or excluded from society and often do not initially know why. This symptom of a smelly nose creates a serious psychological strain, which, should the condition persist, even to massive psychological complaints how depressive episodes or manifest depression can lead.

Odorlessness

Another symptom that can come with a smelly nose is that complete loss of smell. This protects the patient from the smell of his own nose, but can also do otherwise no longer perceive odorswhat also applies to that Sense of taste can affect.

Dehydration

also dries the mucous membrane with a smelly nose because the Mucous glands also from the Destruction affected are and not enough fluid can produce to that To keep the inside of the nose moist.
The Nasal secretions is therefore with a smelly nose very viscous and takes on a yellow-green, sometimes almost black color. The secretion can too really tight be causing as a complication of the smelly nose symptoms Incrustations arise that can either peel off and fall out of the nose or get stuck and so the Make breathing difficult.

Pain

Since the nose is congested in the long term, it can also be one of the main smelly nose symptoms Nose and / or headache come. In some patients it also occurs Epistaxis or Suppurations on.