Otolaryngology >>>> The temporary loss of smell is hyposmia
The temporary loss of smell is hyposmia.
Violation of the olfactory function of the nose is not uncommon. Viral and bacterial infections lead to irritation and swelling of the nasal mucosa, including in the area where the olfactory receptors are located, which makes it impossible for a person to feel the smells around him for a while.
Hyposmia - a temporary loss of smell - is considered not as an independent disease, but as a symptom of other diseases, which gives hope for the restoration of the sense of smell, provided that the disease that caused it is treated.
Hyposmia is caused by work in the chemical industry (production of paints and varnishes, household chemicals), in foundries, where poisonous and volatile chemical reagents are used as auxiliary agents.
Hyposmia can be acquired with the habit of smoking, since dry air exhaled through the nose when smoking dries out the mucous membrane and changes its structure, deforming the receptor cells. Diseases of polyposis, burns, craniocerebral trauma, neurological diseases can cause temporary loss of smell.
Self-treatment of sinusitis with home remedies can lead to loss of smell, as many plants used for such purposes may contain phenols, vegetable acids, tanning agents that injure the olfactory receptors.
Prolonged use of vasoconstrictor drugs for instillation into the nose with a cold can lead to thinning of the mucous system and atrophy of the olfactory receptors.
Predominantly mouth breathing can lead to hyposmia.
The treatment of hyposmia is the more successful, the more effective the treatment of the disease that caused it, and the traumatic factors that led to the hyposmia are promptly eliminated. A complication of hyposmia is anosmia.
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