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I lost my smell because of sinusitis, please help me?

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Need to be evaluated: Most of the time a loss of smell from sinusitis will improve with proper treatment including antibiotics and a course of oral steroids. You need an ENT evaluation to determine cause and proper therapy.

Dr Villaplana agreed

Answered 9/28/2016

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