Smell Disorders

Are smell disorders serious?
Like all of our senses, our sense of smell plays an important part in our lives.

Smell Disorders Index
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Smell disorders have many causes. Most people who develop a smell disorder have recently experienced an illness or an injury. Common triggers for smaell disorders are colds and other upper respiratory infections and head injuries.

Smell disorders are serious because they damage the early warning system that can alert a person to such things as:
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): Smell Disorders
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Based on available scientific evidence, zinc may be effective in the treatment of (childhood) malnutrition, acne vulgaris, peptic ulcers, leg ulcers, infertility, Wilson's disease, herpes, and taste or smell disorders.

When people have a problem with smell, they may experience total or partial loss of smell. They can sometimes think they smell bad odors that are not actually present. People with smell disorders usually have problems appreciating food flavors, too.

Cranial and facial nerve disorders
Diseases of the larynx (voice box)
Upper aerodigestive tract disorders
Swallowing disorders
Disorders of the esophagus
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Chemosensory: Pertaining to the sensing of chemicals, as by olfaction (the sense of smell). Diabetes and Parkinson's disease are among the diseases accompanied or signaled by chemosensory problems such as smell disorders.

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