Annals of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (ISSN 2835-7132) | Volume 3, Issue 3 | Review Article | Open Access DOI
Mostafa Kamal Arefin*
Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh
*Correspondence to: Mostafa Kamal Arefin
Fulltext PDFAim:Aim of this article is to focus on management of olfactory dysfunction of different etiologies with olfactory training, which is a non-pharmacological and non-surgical treatment.
Materials:Four sniff bottles or jars (the volume of each container should be approximately 50 ml) are required for preparation of olfactory training. There should be 1 ml of an odor solution soaked into cotton pads. Typically rose scent, eucalyptus scent, lemon scent, and clove scent¬ are used in this process. In our daily practice, four different perfume or concentrated attar or different fragrant soap can be used for easier availability.
Methods:In order to maintain a standard olfactory training, the patients got to sniff two times a day (preferably once in the morning before breakfast and once in the evening before going to bed) for at least 20 to 30 seconds on each of the four scents separately for at least 24 consecutive weeks.
Conclusion:Olfactory training is proved effective for post-infectious (, like post COVID-19), post-traumatic, and idiopathic olfactory dysfunction and olfactory dysfunction because of Parkinson disease. So, patients with olfactory decline must be given olfactory training for a quick and successful recovery.
Mostafa Kamal Arefin. Department of ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh. Annal of Otol Head and Neck Surg. 2024;3(3):1-7.