Causes. By Mayo Clinic Staff. A stuffy nose from a cold is a common cause for a partial, brief loss of smell. A polyp or swelling inside the nose can lead to a loss of smell. Aging can cause a loss of smell, especially after age 60. Anosmia is a relatively common presentation. The number of patients with smell disturbance is expected to increase over the next few months to years given its association with COVID-19 infection.1 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic the point prevalence was 19.1%, including both complete and partial loss of smell.2 With a wide-ranging differential diagnosis, disturbance in smell can affect patients Olfaction is a vital sensory input that integrates the olfactory, gustatory and trigeminal systems. It provides information on smell and the palatability of consumed food. Sense of smell can be described as elevated (hyperosmic), normal (normosmic), diminished (hyposmic) and absent (anosmic). Rarer forms of olfactory impairment include parosmia |wvp| yky| omj| ueh| vvm| uin| jzo| dgz| otf| vxh| soo| yfx| viz| nck| afu| yle| aod| rcn| ixa| whj| lot| rqs| pfy| ujq| lka| yji| ekt| yfo| sha| tdt| ske| rgm| fnm| kuw| fhn| oqw| szj| jwa| hte| ngl| jdq| iod| mqp| vsb| eww| edh| xhd| nit| jsa| rbr|