anosmia

Examples of anosmia in the following topics:

• Taste and Smell at Birth and in Old Age

  • Failure to detect odors (anosmia) is one reason that older individuals may not enjoy eating, since an inability to smell is related to an inability to taste (ageusia).
  • Anosmia, a lack of functioning olfaction (inability to perceive odors), may be temporary, but traumatic anosmia can be permanent.
  • Anosmia is due to an inflammation of the nasal mucosa, blockage of nasal passages, or a destruction of one temporal lobe.
  • A common cause of anosmia is old age.
  • It is sometimes confused with anosmia, a loss of the sense of smell.

• Overview of Sensation

  • The inability to smell is called anosmia.