Anosmia

Clinic

• It is an Entity, 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 hyposmia, which is a decreased sensitivity to some or all smells.

Causes

• Inflammation of the nasal mucosa, blockage of nasal passages or
• Destruction of one temporal lobe.

When anosmia is caused by inflammatory changes in the nasal passageways, it is treated simply by reducing inflammation.

• It can be caused by chronic meningitis and neurosyphilis that would increase intracranial pressure over a long period of time.
• Ciliopathy, including ciliopathy due to primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Causes

Dynamic		Static
Peripheral	Central
Upper respiratory tract infection Sinusitis Common cold COV-19 Hay fever Asthma or allergy Sarcoidosis Pernicious anemia Granulomatosis with polyangiitis	Dementia with Lewy bodies Multiple sclerosis Fibromyalgia Cushing's syndrome Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis Parkinson's disease Alzheimer's disease Myasthenia gravis Epilepsy Neurotropic virus Schizophrenia Bell's Palsy	Nasal polyps Hypothyroidism Head trauma, damage to the ethmoid bone Tumors of the frontal lobe Hypoglycaemia / Diabetes Exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H 2S) by Exposure to a Chemical / Radiation that burns / Paralyze olfactory nerve Chronic atrophic rhinitis Toxins / Antibiotics Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Zinc deficiency Stroke Long term alcoholism Cerebral aneurysm Smoking Intracranial hypertension

• Liver or kidney disease
• Kallmann syndrome
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• Post-perfusion syndrome
• Laryngectomy with permanent tracheostomy
• Esthesioneuroblastoma is an exceedingly rare cancerous tumor that originates in or near the olfactory nerve. Symptoms are anosmia (loss of sense of smell) often accompanied by chronic sinusitis.
• Foster Kennedy syndrome
• Suprasellar meningioma
• Refsum's disease
• Adrenergic agonists or withdrawal from alpha blockers (vasoconstriction)
• Paget's disease of bone

Related Entities

Miasms

Laryngitis Rhinitis Pharyngitis Adenitis Tonsillitis Sinusitis

COV-19 HSV-1, HSV-2 </ref> Landis BN, Vodicka J, Hummel T. Olfactory dysfunction following herpetic meningoencephalitis. J Neurol. 2010 Mar;257(3):439-43. doi: 10.1007/s00415-009-5344-7. Epub 2009 Oct 10. PMID: 19820982.</ref> NVCJD (Ref: REUBER M, AL-DIN ASN, BABORIE A, et al, New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with loss of taste and smell, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2001;71:412-413. CJD (Ref: Sporadic CJD Found in Olfactory Cilia, Medscape)

Tissue Salt Remedies

• MP

Remedies

With Nasal Allergies	NM	Loss of smell along with other nasal discharges and dryness in nostrils Nasal discharges look like egg white Nose blockage that makes breathing difficult, and Violent sneezing especially during morning Very specific squirming sensation of a worm crawling in nostrils
With Chronic Cold	SIL	History of yellowish, chronic, offensive, fetid nasal discharges prior loss of smell. Burning sensation in nostrils, Dryness in nostrils and the presence of hard crusts in the nostrils. In some cases, soreness and itching in the nostrils may also be present.
Loss Of Taste	Puls	Loss of appetite Thick greenish nasal discharges Sneezing esp during sleep Agg indoors and are amel in the open air. Itching in nostrils during the evening time (Maybe) Stoppage of the nose in the evening while going to bed
Nasal Blockage	Calc	This medicine offers great help when there is loss of smell and nasal blockage. Nasal blockage makes breathing through nose difficult especially at night. There may also occur nasal dryness while in some cases yellow colored nasal discharge flows. It also offers best help when loss of smell is linked with nasal polyps.
Sinusitis	Kali-bi	Constant stuffiness in the nose, Stringy/sticky nasal discharge and fullness at nasal root Sinus headache also appears along with nasal symptoms. Tickling sensation in the nostrils PND
Nasal Polyps	Lem-m	Obstruction in nostrils Frequent sneezing attacks. Thick, viscid or excessive purulent (pus-like) discharge from the nose. Nasal symptoms agg in Damp/ Rainy weather
Cold Or Sinus Infection	Hep	Sneezing and nasal blockage when inhaling cold air. Thick and sometimes blood stained nasal discharge Dripping of mucus from back of nose into throat. Pain in bony part of nose 9Maybe)
Loss Of Smell And Alternate Nasal Discharge / Blockage	Phos	Frequent sneezing. Painful dryness in the nose. Nasal discharge may dry into a crust form and stick to the nostrils. The nose may be sore to touch.