What if your nose isn’t stuffed up but you can’t smell?

Nose is not stuffy just can not smell can be caused by damage to the olfactory nerve, such as viral infections, chemical poisons, etc. Common treatment methods include drug therapy, surgical treatment, olfactory training, etc. It is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment. 1. Medication: For olfactory loss caused by trauma, inflammation and infection, it can be treated by glucocorticoid drugs, commonly used ones are prednisone, budesonide, etc., and can be combined with methylcobalamin, ginkgo biloba extract, etc. 2. Surgery: For symptoms caused by nasal polyps and sinusitis, the abnormal nasal structure can be corrected through surgery, so as to improve the symptoms of olfactory loss. 3. Olfactory training: Under the premise of understanding the structural integrity of the olfactory conduction pathway through examination, it can be referred to the patient under the guidance of the doctor, the initiative to repeatedly sniff and inhale various types of olfactory agents, such as phenylethanol, citronella aldehyde, eugenol and other odors, in order to enhance olfactory sensitivity of the therapeutic method. Through olfactory training, the olfactory recognition and discrimination ability can be significantly improved, thus improving the olfactory detection threshold. If your nose is not stuffy but you can’t smell, and if the symptoms are persistent or progressive, you should seek medical attention to identify the cause of the problem and actively cooperate with your doctor.