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Which are the causes of Anosmia?
Causes of Anosmia explained: genetic and environmental factors, reviewed against medical sources, plus patient perspectives.
Congenital (you are born w/o a sense of smell)
Viral (cold virus)
Head Injury (injury to olfactory bulb in the front of the head due to fall or car accident) direct injury to head or whiplash, which would cause your brain to bounce in your skull, severing the nerves which lead to the olfactory bulb.
Nasal Sprays (some zinc sprays have been linked to destroying the epithelial cells in the upper part of the nasal cavity, which communicate with the olfactory bulb in the brain).
Medications (some may be linked to loss of sense of smell) some people have reported using antihistamines as causing this condition.
Brain Tumour
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases both report loss of sense of smell as an early sign of these diseases.
Viral (cold virus)
Head Injury (injury to olfactory bulb in the front of the head due to fall or car accident) direct injury to head or whiplash, which would cause your brain to bounce in your skull, severing the nerves which lead to the olfactory bulb.
Nasal Sprays (some zinc sprays have been linked to destroying the epithelial cells in the upper part of the nasal cavity, which communicate with the olfactory bulb in the brain).
Medications (some may be linked to loss of sense of smell) some people have reported using antihistamines as causing this condition.
Brain Tumour
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases both report loss of sense of smell as an early sign of these diseases.
Posted Mar 20, 2017 by DebRose 1160
Anosmia can be congenital, but many also get it from head trauma, nasal conditions, side effects from medications and diseases.
Posted Apr 24, 2017 by JHG010462 1000
Congenital anosmia is hereditary.
Acquired anosmia is losing the sense of smell post birth. Acquired anosmia is caused by, in some cases, accidents to the nose (breaking your nose) and drug abuse. There is a few more ways to be diagnosed with acquired anosmia you can find this out on your local health site depending on your country.
Acquired anosmia is losing the sense of smell post birth. Acquired anosmia is caused by, in some cases, accidents to the nose (breaking your nose) and drug abuse. There is a few more ways to be diagnosed with acquired anosmia you can find this out on your local health site depending on your country.
Posted Sep 11, 2017 by Katie 1800
Brain injury and accident and in some rare cases born with it. It is linked with other diseases but harder to determine.
Posted Jan 28, 2019 by Kerry 2550
Can be congenital, caused by trauma, caused by issues in the brain, a cold, or it can just slowly develop
Posted Oct 4, 2019 by Amy Somers 1600
Translated from portuguese
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Anosmia can be congenita or acquired. In the case of any birth, there is as yet no medicine, nothing to explain why this happens,
In cases where people lose the sense of smell by accident is due to damage to the front part of the head where the nerve is olfactory, once this nerve is injured, it never regenerates, and to work.
In cases where people lose the sense of smell by accident is due to damage to the front part of the head where the nerve is olfactory, once this nerve is injured, it never regenerates, and to work.
Posted Sep 14, 2017 by Alyne 1250
