Abstract

People with anosmia cannot smell odors. This condition can be temporary or permanent. Some people are born without the ability to smell, whereas others develop this condition later in life. Although through normal aging, many people's ability to smell gradually weakens, aging rarely causes a total loss of this sense. It is difficult to tell how many people have anosmia. Estimates are that about 2 percent of Americans have a noticeably reduced sense of smell, although not all have completely lost their ability to smell. In this paper, we try to focus on the Anosmia. We try to gauge its effects on the loss of sense of smell caused by head injury can be reversed.

Anosmia: An in-depth analysis to check the possibility of reversing

the notion caused by the head injury

Introduction

The notion of selecting the topic Anosmia for that research paper is that; there is a historical event attach with the life which makes me to generate an understanding on Anosmia. There is an event which took place in history that is attached to this topic. Therefore, it created a sense of importance within me to grasp a greater knowledge on the subject matter. The historical significant event attach about Anosmia with my life is that my brother couple years ago had a horse accident, following a head injury, and after 14 days in coma he was diagnosed with Anosmia. Since then my family and I, have been wondering if it can be reversed or not. However, sometimes he seems to smell things, but we don't know if it is from early memories in the brain, or if his sense of smell is coming back. Thus, the research paper has its prime focus on the in-depth studies relevant to the subject of Anosmia.

Anosmia is the loss or decreased sense of smell. It can be temporary or permanent. A related term is hyposmia, which refers to the decreased ability to smell. In most cases, anosmia is curable with natural treatments. Some people may be anosmic for a particular odor, this is called "specific Anosmia," and can be traced genetically so. The anosmia is detected by doctors as a method using the "scratch and inhale" odor, or using available odors such as coffee, lemon and cinnamon (Murphy, 23).

Discussion

The anosmia is the total loss of smell. The sense of smell is linked to taste by the phenomenon of retro-olfaction; loss of sensation of smell causes a disturbance of taste. Sometimes anosmia affects only certain smells and is confused with a disturbance of taste (dysgeusia). Sometimes the loss of smell is only partial, we speak of hyposmia. Breach unilateral (one nostril) is called to hémianosmie. Some people may suffer from the perception of an unpleasant olfactory impression, called cacosmia, (sometimes when there is objective such as infection of the nose or sinuses, sometimes only subjective that is a distortion of normal sensation or parosmia). Finally, when one sees, without real cause, a specific smell, it is called an olfactory hallucination (Ackerman, ...