https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240405130449.htm
"The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new study in Journal of Neuroscience."
It's possible that this is part of the explanation for smell hypersensitivity in PWME. Instead of changing the nose's sensitivity, ME could alter the parts of the brain involved in priming people to sense smells, or the responses to otherwise normal smell signals.
"The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new study in Journal of Neuroscience."
It's possible that this is part of the explanation for smell hypersensitivity in PWME. Instead of changing the nose's sensitivity, ME could alter the parts of the brain involved in priming people to sense smells, or the responses to otherwise normal smell signals.