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  2. Old person smell - Wikipedia

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    Old person smell is the characteristic odor of elderly humans. [ 1] Like many other animal species, human odor undergoes distinct stages based on chemical changes initiated through the aging process. Research suggests that this enables humans to determine the suitability of potential partners based on age, in addition to other factors.

  3. Anosmia - Wikipedia

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    Anosmia, also known as smell blindness, is the loss of the ability to detect one or more smells. [ 1][ 2] Anosmia may be temporary or permanent. [ 3] It differs from hyposmia, which is a decreased sensitivity to some or all smells. [ 2] Anosmia can be categorized into acquired anosmia and congenital anosmia. Acquired anosmia develops later in ...

  4. Hyposmia - Wikipedia

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    Hyposmia, or microsmia, [ 1] is a reduced ability to smell and to detect odors. A related condition is anosmia, in which no odors can be detected. Some of the causes of olfaction problems are allergies, nasal polyps, viral infections and head trauma. In 2012 an estimated 9.8 million people aged 40 and older in the United States had hyposmia and ...

  5. Losing your sense of smell? Study says fear the worst - AOL

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    Losing your smell isn't the CAUSE of death, it's more like an early warning sign. WREX : "They believe the decline in the ability to smell is an indicator of some other age-related degeneration ...

  6. People with smell disorders may get relief with an ... - AOL

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    Phantom smells or loss of taste caused by long Covid may be treated with a numbing procedure usually used to treat pain and post-traumatic stress disorder. People with smell disorders may get ...

  7. Chronic atrophic rhinitis - Wikipedia

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    Chronic atrophic rhinitis, or simply atrophic rhinitis, is a chronic inflammation of the nose characterised by atrophy of nasal mucosa, including the glands, turbinate bones and the nerve elements supplying the nose. Chronic atrophic rhinitis may be primary and secondary. Special forms of chronic atrophic rhinitis are rhinitis sicca anterior ...

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  9. Dysosmia - Wikipedia

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    Dysosmia is a disorder described as any qualitative alteration or distortion of the perception of smell. [ 1] Qualitative alterations differ from quantitative alterations, which include anosmia and hyposmia. [ 2] Dysosmia can be classified as either parosmia (also called troposmia) or phantosmia. Parosmia is a distortion in the perception of an ...