A child’s fondness for smelly and unpleasant odors can be a normal phenomenon, or it can be caused by psychological disorders and other reasons.
1. Normal phenomenon: foul smells and odors are actually subjective feelings, and liking to smell foul smells and odors may be due to the fact that the child’s sense of smell is different from that of other people, for example, some people think that the smell of durian is foul, but some people like it.
2. Mental illness: when a child suffers from mental illness, he or she may be particularly fond of bad smells or odors, such as the smell of gasoline, smoke, or burning plastic, etc., and if he or she does not smell it, he or she will feel irritable and difficult to calm down.
When children like to smell the odor and odor, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, after a clear diagnosis by a professional physician, standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition.