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Over the past few days, i've been smelling random smells, like burnt toast when no one is making any, or today it's strawberries. could this be sinus?
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Yes: Chronic rhinosinusitis disrupts the olfactory, (smell), receptors in the nose resulting in misinterpretation of certain smells depending on how bad the damage.
Answered 10/29/2014
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