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Menopause & Smelling Cigarette Smoke

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debra16694
debra16694

Ok, here’s a new one...I am 61 and post menopausal.  For a few weeks I have been smelling cigarette smoke, but no one in my household smokes.  At first, I thought it was the new neighbors next door, but nobody there smokes either.  I use Symbicort & Flonase for my “menopause asthma” and thought that the smoke smell could be a side effect of those drugs.  I remember when I was pregnant I had an irrational sense of smell, I could smell things nobody else could.  I am wondering if this smelling of cigarette smoke is yet another side effect of hormone imbalance.  Just throwing it out there - I looked online and there can be some sinister causes like epilepsy, brain tumors etc.  but I am not going to let my anxiety run wild with this - just thought I would ask - 

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  • laurie12666
    laurie12666 debra16694

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    So, i will be 52 next month. I started smell "unusual" smells about a year ago. First it was my normal laundry detergent. I started eliminating things one by one.. now everything is scent free. But, the new scent is cigarette smoke. Ugh... almost to the point of headaches. I had a hysterectomy at 42. I never had any issue. But, this is so frustrating.

  • cyndipre315
    cyndipre315 debra16694

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    I am 57 and post menopause. i have this phantom ciragette smoke smell on and off for a few years. It's just so weird. do you still have this?

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