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Infected nasal sinuses and damage to the olfactory bulbs can cause dysosmia. Head trauma can cause this disorder. Poor oral hygiene can lead to dysosmia. Mental conditions such as depression and schizophrenia may be accompanied by dysosmia.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoAnosmia is a condition inside of the nasal cavity. It is caused by injury to the nose, by nasal polyps or exposure to toxic chemicals.
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∙ 13y agoDysosmia is a distorted sense of smell. A person senses non-existent unpleasant odors. It can be caused by medical and mental conditions.
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What are the types of smelling disorders?
Anosmia, the loss of the sense of smell. It is the most common smelling disorder.
What are smelling disorders?
Smelling disorders are disturbances of the olfactory sense, which is known as the sense of smell. These nasal dysfunctions range from the total loss of smell (anosmia ) to dysosmia, a distorted sense of smell.
How do you say smelly man in greek?
δυσωδία [dysodia]δυσοσμία [dysosmia]κακοσμία [kakosmia]βρώμα [vroma] (informal)μπόχα [boha] (slang)
Why is a stink weed called a stink weed if it does not stink?
Stink weed does stink. Several plants are called stink weed such as Tree of Heaven a.k.a. Ghetto Palm a.k.a. Ailanthus a.k.a. Stink Tree. Jimson weed is also called stink weed. If you don't think either of these plants stink, you ought to look up "Anosmia", "Hyposmia", or "Dysosmia"...your nose just isn't working right.
If you deaf if you can hear mute if you can not speak and blind if you can not see what are you if you can not smell?
The following are disorders of olfaction, or sense of smell: * Anosmia - lack of ability to smell * Cacosmia - things smell like feces * Dysosmia - things smell differently than they should * Hyperosmia - an abnormally acute sense of smell. * Hyposmia - decreased ability to smell * Olfactory Reference Syndrome - psychological disorder which causes the patient to imagine he has strong body odor * Parosmia - things smell worse than they should * Phantosmia - "hallucinated smell," often unpleasant in nature
