Missing smell

Odor recognition occurs in the upper nasal cavity. The structure of the mucosa on this site differs from the rest of the nose and the surface area of ​​it for each person is individual. If the sense of smell disappears, the reason should be sought here. Predisposing to anosmia - so experts call the loss of smell - the factors there are much more than you could imagine.

Why does the sense of smell disappear?

There are several basic types of anosmia:

• full - the sense of smell disappears completely;
• partial - some odors are different;
• specific - does not distinguish one specific odor.

There are also concepts, hypo- and hyperosmia. These pathologies lead to a decrease and an increase in sensitivity to odors, respectively. With the phenomenon of agnosia, experts are extremely rare, and it is characterized, not exacerbation or loss of smell, but by the inability to describe their own olfactory sensations in words.

Several groups share the causes of anosmia:

• when transport losses, the mucous does not gain access to odorous substances;
• if the central olfactory path is damaged, neural loss is observed;
• loss of sensation occurs due to damage to the receptor zone.

The main transport reasons for which smell may be lost include:

• bacterial rhinitis;
• sinusitis;
• ORVI or ARI;
• an allergic rhinitis;
• violation of secretion in the mucosa;
• curving of nasal septums .

Sensory anosmia is provoked:

• radiation therapy of the head;
• toxic burns of the mucosa;
• the use of drugs, because of which the process of cell replacement is disrupted;
• viral infections;
• good and malignant neoplasms.

A striking example of neural anosmia is the loss of smell after a head trauma or implantation of teeth. Developing ailment against the background of damage to the olfactory nerve or penetration of infection into the dental canals, respectively. In addition, the problem may be preceded by neurosurgical intervention, Kallmann syndrome, education in the anterior cranial fossa.

Treatment of the lost sense of smell with folk remedies

In most cases, anosmia abruptly passes by itself soon after the cause of its appearance has been eliminated. If you want to speed up the healing process, you can try such folk methods as washing your nose with slightly salted water. Not bad proved themselves and inhalations with essential oils.