# Connection between pain and sense of smell

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [March 25, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529 "2011-03-25T13:43:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529/1 "2011-03-25T13:43:27Z")

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[The weird connection between pain and smell - and how people lose both](http://ca.io9.com/5785090/the-weird-connection-between-pain-and-smell-+-and-how-people-lose-both)

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**Author:** ![Txfox76](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/txfox76/32/2307_2.png) [@Txfox76](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Txfox76)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529/2 "2011-03-25T17:25:28Z")

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> [@chads](#):
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> [The weird connection between pain and smell - and how people lose both](http://ca.io9.com/5785090/the-weird-connection-between-pain-and-smell-+-and-how-people-lose-both)

Utterly fascinating. I wonder if if goes the “other” way at all, like maybe people with chronic pain disorders and heightened sense of smell? Just a thought.

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**Author:** ![TwistedOstrich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/twistedostrich/32/627_2.png) [@TwistedOstrich](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/TwistedOstrich)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529/3 "2011-03-31T06:11:29Z")

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I wonder if this implies that that the body interprets smell as a pain… hmm

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**Author:** ![mobocaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mobocaster](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/mobocaster)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/connection-between-pain-and-sense-of-smell/49529/4 "2011-03-31T22:48:20Z")

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> [@Txfox76](#):
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> Utterly fascinating. I wonder if if goes the “other” way at all, like maybe people with chronic pain disorders and heightened sense of smell? Just a thought.

It does indeed - I have had a damaged nerve in my face for many years now and when that hits me with occasional bouts of great pain, I do find I become very sensitive to smell - and not in a good way.

I’ve also noted similar reports from migraine sufferers (along with visual distortion) and a friend’s perception of taste and smell changed dramatically after she sustained a brain injury in a car accident - Sensitivity increased significantly to the point that she cannot tolerate the foods and scents she used to like and now exists in as bland a world as she can manage. Been this way for about eight years now. ☹