{"id":11160,"date":"2020-08-12T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/?p=11160"},"modified":"2023-12-08T17:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T22:56:10","slug":"smell-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/smell-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Smell Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your sense of smell is important to your quality of life, as it allows you to enjoy the sweet perfume of a flower or the flavor of a homecooked meal. Your sense of smell also alerts you to danger, like spoiled food, a gas leak or smoke from a fire. Unfortunately, there are certain factors that can impede your ability to smell. When this happens, you are experiencing a smell disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s a Smell Disorder? <a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"richard-ecsedi-Wv9Bn8te3as-unsplash-768x512\" src=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/richard-ecsedi-Wv9Bn8te3as-unsplash-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"Woman smelling a bouquet of lavender \" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29658 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/richard-ecsedi-Wv9Bn8te3as-unsplash-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/richard-ecsedi-Wv9Bn8te3as-unsplash-768x512-1-256x171.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nidcd.nih.gov\/health\/smell-disorders\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Smell Disorders | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smell disorders describe a range of conditions<\/a> that affect one\u2019s ability to accurately detect odors. Some common smell disorders are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Hyposmia \u2013 reduced ability to detect odors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anosmia \u2013 complete inability to detect odors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parosmia \u2013 change in normal perception of odors (familiar smells are distorted or something that once smelled good smells bad).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phantosmia \u2013 sensation of an odor that isn\u2019t there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is estimated that one to two percent of people in North America <a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/smell-disorders\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11160\">have a smell disorder<\/a>. Problems with sense of smell are more prevalent among older populations. Men are also more prone to smell disorders, with approximately twenty-five percent of men ages 60-69 reporting a problem, while only 11 percent of women in the same age range experience issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Your Sense of Smell Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Your sense of smell is part of your chemosensory system \u2013 the \u201cchemical senses\u201d \u2013 along with your sense of taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within in the nose are specialized sensory cells called olfactory sensory neurons. These cells live in a small patch of tissue high in the nose and connect directly to the brain. Each neuron has its own odor receptor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things in our environment release microscopic molecules that stimulate the receptors. Once the neurons detect the molecules, they send a message to the brain, where the smell is identified. There are more scents in our environment than there are receptors in our noses, and any given molecule can stimulate multiple receptors, creating a unique representation in the brain of a particular smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Causes of Smell Disorders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many possible causes of a smell disorder, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Aging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upper respiratory infections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smoking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Growths in nasal cavities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Head injuries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hormonal disturbances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dental problems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exposure to insecticides and solvents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medication side effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radiation treatment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about smell disorders or to schedule an appointment, call Pinnacle ENT Associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More About Nose Health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/reasons-you-may-have-a-bad-smell-in-the-nose\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9705\">Reasons You May Have a Bad Smell in the Nose<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/why-do-we-sneeze\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6680\">Why Do We Sneeze?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/whats-causing-my-summer-nosebleed\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5901\">What\u2019s Causing My Summer Nosebleed?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your sense of smell is important to your quality of life, as it allows you to enjoy the sweet perfume of a flower or the flavor of a homecooked meal. Your sense of smell also alerts you to danger, like spoiled food, a gas leak or smoke from a fire. Unfortunately, there are certain factors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}