# My olifactory senses seem to have shifted a bit: burnt  rubber smell

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**Created:** [July 8, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-olifactory-senses-seem-to-have-shifted-a-bit-burnt-rubber-smell/662907 "2013-07-08T02:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-olifactory-senses-seem-to-have-shifted-a-bit-burnt-rubber-smell/662907/1 "2013-07-08T02:35:55Z")

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Yeah, this is weird.

Lately, within the last month or two, when I smell warm foods, I get a very subtle underlying burnt rubber smell. I have no idea why, but it’s there.

This is new to me, and I can’t figure out why.

TMI: My poop also has the same unpleasant subtle burnt rubber undertone.

As far as I can tell nothing else smells differently, just warm organic substances.

Is this a precursor to diagnosing a horrendous disease? What’s up?

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**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-olifactory-senses-seem-to-have-shifted-a-bit-burnt-rubber-smell/662907/2 "2013-07-08T02:51:22Z")

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You should definitely get to the doctor. It may be any number of things but smelling burning rubber is a textbook symptom of epilepsy, brain tumor, and a number of other things of that magnitude.

It could also be migraines, a sinus infection, or absolutely nothing but the sense of the smell for unknown reasons but it would be a good idea to get it checked out if it has lasted for over a month.