Sunday, May 31, 2020

If You Can’t Smell Anything, Can You Still Get a Headache from Paint Fumes?



May 28, 2020

I was getting kind of worried the other day. The co-worker who gripes about everything, and has such a keen sense of smell that she gripes about the smell of somebody’s hand sanitizer from halfway across the office (no lie!), was not complaining about the paint fumes permeating the office while another suite in the building was being remodeled. Since loss of smell may be a symptom of COVID, I wondered if she had it.

Fortunately for my peace of mind, if not for peace in general, she eventually did comment unhappily on it, and how it was starting to give her a headache. Close shave.

Then I started wondering: If you can’t smell anything, can you still get a headache from paint fumes?

Just curious.



No comments: