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| '''Chemical / poisoning''' | | '''Chemical / poisoning''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acrylates]], [[Cadmium Poisoning]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Acrylates]], [[Cadmium Poisoning]], [[Methacrylates]] | ||
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| '''Ear Nose Throat''' | | '''Ear Nose Throat''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Common cold]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Common cold]], [[Nasal polyp]], [[Samter's triad]], [[Sinusitis]], [[Stuffy nose]], [[Swollen turbinate]], [[Upper respiratory tract infection]] | ||
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| '''Endocrine''' | | '''Endocrine''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cystic Fibrosis]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Cystic Fibrosis]], [[Kallmann syndrome]], | ||
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| '''Environmental''' | | '''Environmental''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Nasal spray]], [[Smoking]], [[Zinc deficiency]] | ||
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| '''Genetic''' | | '''Genetic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Anosmin-1 absence]], [[Anosmin-1 damage]], [[Bardet-Biedl syndrome]], [[Cystic Fibrosis]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Anosmin-1 absence]], [[Anosmin-1 damage]], [[Bardet-Biedl syndrome]], [[Cystic Fibrosis]], [[Genetic factors]], [[Intersexuality]], [[KAL1 gene deletion]], [[KAL1 gene mutation]], [[Kallmann syndrome]], [[Male pseudohermaphroditism]], | ||
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| '''Iatrogenic''' | | '''Iatrogenic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Permanent tracheostomy]], [[Nasal spray]] | ||
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| '''Infectious Disease''' | | '''Infectious Disease''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Infection]], [[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis]], [[Sinusitis]], [[Upper respiratory tract infection]] | ||
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| '''Musculoskeletal / Ortho''' | | '''Musculoskeletal / Ortho''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ethmoid bone injuries]] | ||
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| '''Neurologic''' | | '''Neurologic''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[ Alzheimer's disease]], [[Brain injury]], [[Degenerative brain diseases]], [[Dementia with Lewy bodies]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[ Alzheimer's disease]], [[Brain injury]], [[Degenerative brain diseases]], [[Dementia with Lewy bodies]], [[Esthesioneuroblastoma]], [[Holoprosencephaly]], [[Parkinson's disease]], [[Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis]] | ||
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| '''Overdose / Toxicity''' | | '''Overdose / Toxicity''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Toxins]], [[Zinc gluconate]] | ||
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| '''Pulmonary''' | | '''Pulmonary''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Samter's triad]] | ||
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| '''Rheum / Immune / Allergy''' | | '''Rheum / Immune / Allergy''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Allergies]] | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Allergies]], [[Samter's triad]] | ||
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| '''Trauma''' | | '''Trauma''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ethmoid bone injuries]], [[Head trauma]], [[Trauma]] | ||
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| '''Miscellaneous''' | | '''Miscellaneous''' | ||
|bgcolor="Beige"| | |bgcolor="Beige"| [[Old age]] | ||
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Overview
A temporary loss of smell can be caused by a stuffy nose or infection. In contrast, a permanent loss of smell may be caused by death of olfactory receptor neurons in the nose, or by brain injury in which there is damage to the olfactory nerve or damage to brain areas that process smell (see olfactory system). The lack of the sense of smell at birth, usually due to genetic factors, is referred as congenital anosmia. Anosmia may very occasionally be an early sign of degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Causes
Common Causes