Symptoms
Other olfactory disorders such as hyposmia and anosmia have been found to be a symptom of mood disorders (depression). However, it is not known what olfactory disorders occur and if they are indeed a symptom of a depressive disorder. It has been found that phantosmia may be an early sign of the neurodegenerative disease: Parkinson's disease. It may also be a sign of an intracranial hemorrhage (brain tumours or epilepsy). Other studies have also found that the symptoms of phantosmia have been alleviated after the patient has been treated for depression. Another case of a 70 year old male reported that his first abnormal symptoms were irregular bowel movements. After this the patient developed irregular eye movements and had developed a sleep and behavior disorder after this he developed phatosmia; which was described to be as "stinky and unpleasant". The patient did not display the following the symptoms: loss of awareness, confusion, automatisms, convulsive seizures, auditory/visual hallucinations.
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