| Osmophobia | |
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| Specialty | Psychology |
Osmophobia or olfactophobia refers to a fear, aversion, or psychological hypersensitivity to odors. Osmophobia seems to be a consistent part of the patient’s migraine history, but additional criteria are needed to differentiate it from episodic tension-type headache (ETTH). The phobia generally occurs in chronic migraine sufferers who may have odor triggered migraines. Such migraines are most frequently triggered by foul odors, but the hypersensitivity may extend to all odors. One study found as many as 25% of migraine sufferers had some degree of osmophobia. The condition may also be present in individuals in substance withdrawal, specifically opioid withdrawal syndrome, where it is usually associated with nausea and/or vomiting.
The term osmophobia comes from the Greek ὀσμή - osmē, meaning "smell, odour" and φόβος - phobos, "fear". Olfactophobia comes from the Latin olfacto, "to smell at".
See also
References
- Chitsaz, Ahmad; Ghorbani, Abbas; Dashti, Masoumeh; Khosravi, Mohsen; Kianmehr, Mohammadreza (2017-04-17). "The Prevalence of Osmophobia in Migranous and Episodic Tension Type Headaches". Advanced Biomedical Research. 6: 44. doi:10.4103/2277-9175.204587. ISSN 2277-9175. PMC 5414411. PMID 28503499.
- "What's That Smell? An Expert Explains Phantom Smells and Osmophobia". MigraineAgain.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- Albanês Oliveira Bernardo, Albérico; Lys Medeiros, Fabiola; Sampaio Rocha-Filho, Pedro Augusto (2020-05-03). "Osmophobia and Odor-Triggered Headaches in Children and Adolescents: Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Importance in the Diagnosis of Migraine". Headache. 60 (5): 954–966. doi:10.1111/head.13806. ISSN 1526-4610. PMID 32293736.
- Zanchin, G; Dainese, F; Trucco, M; Mainardi, F; Mampreso, E; Maggioni, F (2007-09-07). "Osmophobia in Migraine and Tension-Type Headache and Its Clinical Features in Patients With Migraine". Cephalalgia. 27 (9): 1061–1068. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01421.x. hdl:11577/115293. ISSN 0333-1024. PMID 17681021.
- ὀσμή, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- φόβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- olfacto, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus
External links
- Kelman L (November 2004). "The place of osmophobia and taste abnormalities in migraine classification: a tertiary care study of 1237 patients". Cephalalgia. 24 (11): 940–6. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00766.x. PMID 15482356. S2CID 29074529.
- Kelman L (2004). "Osmophobia and taste abnormality in migraineurs: a tertiary care study". Headache. 44 (10): 1019–23. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.2004.04197.x. PMID 15546266. S2CID 11480855.