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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.
Dysgeusia, also known as parageusia, is a distortion of the sense of taste. Dysgeusia is also often associated with ageusia, which is the complete lack of taste, and hypogeusia, which is a decrease in taste sensitivity. [1] An alteration in taste or smell may be a secondary process in various disease states, or it may be the primary symptom.
Inhibition of gustatory papillae found in the base, often due to oropharyngeal tumors, is thought of to be the cause of this. Oral cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical treatments, are further causes of taste and smell loss with up to 70% of oral cancer patients noting dysgeusia. Specifically, chemotherapies ...
An article from Harvard Medical School reminds us that coping with the loss of smell or taste “can even pose an existential threat, by putting us at risk in detecting fires, gas leaks, or ...
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Losing or not having your sense of smell may be linked to changes in breathing that could lead to depression, social isolation or other mental health problems, a new study suggests.
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.
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