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2 months after bilateral turbinate reduction and septoplasty, is your nose extra sensitive to chemicals?

B1093Oct 1, 2015
I was working in my chemistry lab and we were dealing with phenol, even though I was at the normal distance from the bottle that everyone else was i suddenly felt very light headed and had to sit down. No I did not get a phenol burn, I was wondering if its possible that my nose is perhaps more sensitive?

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