Phantom smell - Burning & Smoke

[Stez77]

Hello, For a while i have been smelling a burning smell in my nose, kind of like smoke. It's not constant, somedays it's there and some it's not, i don't know what it is, i searched around and couldn't really find much, any info would be great.

[goran79]

it was all normal at the morning , i did visit doctor,
seems that burned paper smell, and lost sense to smell was normal efect after i got some minor virus, and yeah 2 days ago i did notice my throat hurt little, did drink some tea with lemon , and did put few drops alcohol and it is nothing to worry... as i see this happens to a lot of people so it seems it is nothing wrong with your brain , but it just happens and it is normal :)
and it is nose irritation ... and it will be gone as it did come :)

[goran79]

36 year old male, perfect health, not using any drugs,
first time i noticed smell of strong chemical when i did come back at home after running few km for recreation, and noticed that have happening to me some times when i return from running , but occur rare and did last very short.
today first time i felt smelt like burning paper , was thinking gonna go easy as before, but still feeling it, ti is kinda less now like i have adapted, but the problem is that i can not smell anything like i did till yesterday, i try coffee , it have some smell but i can not say like what it is, next i found  cooking spices
vegeta - no smell
burp (origano) - should have strong smell, smells like filter tea not been put in water (home maden harvested tea smells more then filter tea)
then i opened bottle of whiskey to smell it jot senсe that is something there but no smell it is whiskey, sprayed perfume in it cover ,  it did not smell , i did have same feeling like it was from whiskey ... and it last whole long day, tomorrow i am going to doctor
burning paper smell started really strong, now the smell is very weak thing is i can not smell anything and i have now some strange filling inside my nose can not explain it i think it is like when it is irritated from some very hard smell , but without smelling that smell ....
ofc wont gonna use any medicine or "medicine" before i visit my doctor, and i even hope it will be ok even before i visit my doctor tomorrow :)

[mint2lip]

I wondered why I every once in a while smell matches and after reading these posts about seizures, tumors, allergies and other awful things I really buckled down to track my own activities.  I discovered that I used Proactiv Refining Mask this morning and that was my only unusual activity, so I looked up the ingredients and found out that it is 6% Sulfur and some even call it Sulfur Cream.  I have discovered my Problem.  I wish it was yours and not this other horrible stuff.  Good luck to all.

[Damojav1]

Your symptoms scream of what I read about candidas fungus in the gut/sinuses. Supposedly there is a blood test for this to check any abnormal levels of this fungus in bloodstream. I am new to this annoyance but thought I'd mention it. Good luck! and share any results....

[didi444]

i have this burning smell at night, it wakes me up, and issues with candida... you may be right!!!

[Damojav1]

Yeah seriously! my doctor suggested a nasal spray and 5 minutes later ordered an MRI on brain. Not gonna do it unless i have other symptoms. Im hoping this is sinusitis or some type of fungal infection. I do notice most report this in winter time when sinuses are dry, salt on roads, fireplaces, etc. Hope i can get this cured!

[Allagash1]

the reason your Dr ordered aMRI  because this problem  can be linked to a brain tumor  worth getting it checked out!

[Damojav1]

Anything helps. Thanks for actually listing a success on this annoyance!