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    Anosmia, also known as smell blindness, is the loss of the ability to detect one or more smells. Anosmia may be temporary or permanent. It differs from...
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    singled out from the mixture for recognition. Loss of smell is known as anosmia. Anosmia can occur on both sides or a single side. Olfactory problems can be...
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    treating the common cold, but has been reported to cause anosmia in some cases. Instances of anosmia (loss of smell) have been reported with intranasal use...
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    Anosmia Awareness Day is a day to spread awareness about anosmia (an-OHZ-me-uh), the loss of the sense of smell. It takes place each year on February 27...
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  • syndrome has the additional symptom of a total lack of sense of smell (anosmia) or a reduced sense of smell. If left untreated, people will have poorly...
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  • Merciful anosmia is a condition in which the person is unaware of a foul smell emanating from their own nose. This condition is seen in atrophic rhinitis...
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  • saltiness, and umami (meaning 'savory taste'). It is sometimes confused with anosmia – a loss of the sense of smell. Because the tongue can only indicate texture...
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  • usually due to genetic factors, is referred to as congenital anosmia. The diagnosis of anosmia as well as the degree of impairment can now be tested much...
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    been found to be able to damage the olfactory sense nerves and induce anosmia in a number of different species, including humans. "Zinc sulphate". Lide...
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  • GNRHR, GNRH1 and KISS1R. Kallmann syndrome results in a loss of smell (anosmia) and is associated with KAL1 mutations. The KAL1 gene encodes anosmin-1...
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  • company maintained that most cases of anosmia are due to the common cold itself, and that complaints of anosmia among Zicam Cold Remedy users are unlikely...
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    Destruction to the olfactory peduncle results in ipsilateral anosmia (loss of the ability to smell). Anosmia either total or partial is a symptom of Kallmann syndrome...
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    fatal illness. Common symptoms include coughing, fever, loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia), with less common ones including headaches, nasal...
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  • 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...
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    ethmoid fracture can also sever the olfactory nerve. This injury results in anosmia (loss of smell). A reduction in the ability to taste is also a side effect...
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    normal sense of smell, including damage to the nose or smell receptors, anosmia, upper respiratory infections, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative...
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    great-grandfather was photographer Tom Howard. Sudeikis was born with anosmia, leaving him with no sense of smell. Sudeikis moved with his family to...
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    symptoms that precede the onset of motor symptoms, including constipation, anosmia (inability to smell), and REM behavior disorder. Generally, symptoms such...
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  • leaving the area of high odor, the sensitivity is restored with time. Anosmia is the permanent loss of the sense of smell, and is different from olfactory...
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  • Wear Red Day (United Kingdom) Saviours' Day (Nation of Islam) February 27 Anosmia Awareness Day (International observance) Doctors' Day (Vietnam) International...
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  • die and regenerate on a regular basis. The inability to smell is called anosmia. Some neurons in the nose are specialized to detect pheromones. Loss of...
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  • Qualitative alterations differ from quantitative alterations, which include anosmia and hyposmia. Dysosmia can be classified as either parosmia (also called...
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    fatal illness. Common symptoms include coughing, fever, loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia), with less common ones including headaches, nasal...
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    rotten eggs), it quickly deadens the sense of smell, creating temporary anosmia, so victims may be unaware of its presence until it is too late. Safe handling...
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  • avoided because mucosal ciliary function is impaired: atrophic rhinitis and anosmia (loss of the sense of smell) can occur due to persistent vasoconstriction...
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    states that zinc damages nerve receptors in the nose, causing anosmia. Reports of anosmia were also observed in the 1930s when zinc preparations were used...
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    Symptoms of holoprosencephaly range from mild (no facial/organ defects, anosmia, or only a single central incisor) to moderate to severe (cyclopia). The...
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  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins successfully campaigned to have anosmia recognised as a symptom of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. Hopkins studied...
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  • She doesn't want to be a burden to her future husband because of her anosmia. Also, she reveals that at a young age, she lost her mother to a gas explosion...
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    is in turn from the Latin word for butter and the Greek, βούτυρον) but anosmia for it has been reported in about 2.5% of people. The metabolism of isobutyric...
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