Hyposmia Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Common Cold

Clinical symptoms include nasal congestion and obstruction, purulent nasal discharge, maxillary tooth pain, facial pain or pressure, fever, fatigue, cough, hyposmia or anosmia [doi.org]

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Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Other symptoms include sore throat, dry mouth, cough, posttussive emesis, hyposmia, and fatigability. [symptoma.com]

[…] mucus nasal congestion pain or pressure behind the face a runny nose a scratchy or sore throat sneezing Less common symptoms can include: bad breath body aches headache hyposmia [medicalnewstoday.com]

- Hyposmia/anosmia. - Facial/dental pain. - Headache. [slideshare.net]

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Upper Respiratory Infection

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Sinusitis

There may be hyposmia and a feeling of pressure behind the face, particularly when bending forward. [symptoma.com]

Symptoms of rhinosinusitis include facial congestion/fullness, nasal obstruction, nasal discharge / purulence / discoloured PND, hyposmia, purulence, facial pain and pressure [stpaulssinuscentre.com]

[…] the nose Pressure and pain in the face Congestion and blockage in the nose Tenderness (pain when touched) and swelling over the affected sinus Reduced ability to smell (hyposmia [merckmanuals.com]

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Acute Sinusitis

Nasal obstruction Loss of sense of smell (hyposmia) Fever Fatigue Previous URTI/AOM etc etc Sinusitis should be suspected if these symptoms persist for over a week (under [dundeemedstudentnotes.wordpress.com]

Assessment & recognition The key features of acute rhinosinusitis are: Nasal blockage Rhinorrhoea (nasal discharge) In association with: Hyposmia (reduced sense of smell) [entsho.com]

Sneezing, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, and post-nasal drip Hyposmia / anosmia Occasionally, acute otitis media (earache) Other manifestations of URTI such as pharyngitis [amboss.com]

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Depression

A depression in geology is a landform sunken or depressed below the surrounding area. Depressions form by various mechanisms. Erosion-related: Blowout: a depression created by wind erosion typically in either a partially vegetated sand dune ecosystem or dry soils (such as a post-glacial loess environment). Glacial[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

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Chronic Sinusitis

More often, though, patients seek evaluation for nasal stuffiness, hyposmia or cacosmia, and purulent nasal and postnasal secretions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Postnasal drip/rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction and hyposmia as primary symptoms were significantly more likely to be associated with a positive CT (chi squared test p 0.0001 [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

/anosmia or one major and two of the following minor factors, headache. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Chronic Alcoholism

Alcohol-related brain damage manifests clinically as cognitive dysfunction and the loss of smell sensation (hyposmia) and pathologically as generalized white matter atrophy [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Allergic Rhinitis

We present a patient with known mild persistent allergic rhinitis due to house dust mites who experienced progressive worsening of nasal obstruction with associated hyposmia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Nasal Polyp

[…] to anosmia, changes in sense of taste, and persistent postnasal drainage. [emedicine.medscape.com]

/anosmia or one major and two of the following minor factors, headache. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nasal polyps are strongly associated with Symptoms include obstruction and postnasal drainage, congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhea, anosmia, hyposmia, facial pain, and ocular [merckmanuals.com]

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COVID-19

nasal congestion ( 10%) palpitations, chest tightness 50 Anecdotal reports from ENT specialists in the UK 79 suggest that COVID-19 sufferers have high rates of anosmia/hyposmia [radiopaedia.org]

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Hay Fever

Int J Biometeorol. 2014 Aug;58(6):1047-55. doi: 10.1007/s00484-013-0692-5. Epub 2013 Jun 20. Author information 1 Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, Albinusdreef 2, 2300RC, Leiden, The Netherlands, l.a.de_weger@lumc.nl. Abstract One-third of the Dutch population suffers from[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Influenza

Influenza is acommon infectious disease caused by the Influenza virus. Onset is sudden with fever, rhinorrhea, sore throat and headache. Severe myalgias coupled with respiratory tract symptoms are typical of influenza. Patients may also have red, watery eyes and cough. There can also be tachycardia and dyspnea[…] [symptoma.com]

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Head Trauma

INTRODUCTION: Head injuries represent a concern in skiing and snowboarding, with traumatic brain injuries being the most common cause of death. AIM: To describe the mechanisms of head and face injuries among World Cup alpine and freestyle skiers and snowboarders. METHODS: We performed a qualitative analysis of[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Alzheimer Disease

About hundred years ago, Oskar Fischer proposed that the senile plaques are the consequence of the deposition of a foreign substance that could induce an inflammatory response leading to an abnormal neuritic response of the surrounding neurons. To show that the interest in inflammation in Alzheimer's disease[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Diabetes Mellitus

[…] intensive or very loose glycemic control may contribute to the risk of falls in diabetic patients. However, studies on diabetes mellitus and the risk of falls have yielded conflicting results. Our objective was to investigate the effect of diabetes mellitus on the risk of falls in older adults by conducting a systematic[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Brain Concussion

A brain concussion is a still incompletely defined syndrome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that causes a spectrum of symptoms without evident structural damage to the brain. A headache, cognitive deficits, emotional instability, sleep disturbances, and an overall change in mental state after trauma are highly[…] [symptoma.com]

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Hypothyroidism

Central nervous system (CNS) leukemia is a frequent diagnosis in pediatric acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and includes neural symptoms. However, CNS leukemia is rarely associated with central hypsothyroidism. A 2-year-old female with AML with MLL rearrangement presented with CNS infiltration. Laboratory tests[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Parkinson's Disease

[…] our previous studies, we observed that several pre-Parkinson symptoms (eg, constipation, weight loss, and erectile dysfunction) preceded the onset of motor symptoms. 2 - 4 Hyposmia [oadoi.org]

Hyposmia and visual hallucinations are helpful pointers in distinguishing Parkinson's disease from atypical Parkinsonism and should be specifically enquired about in the history [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Nasal Fracture

Hyposmia 5. Watery rhinorrhoea 6. Visual disturbance 7. Diplopia 8. Epiphora 9. Altered bite 10. Loose teeth 11. Trismus. [slideshare.net]

[…] function) -previous injuries to nose (30% of patients had pre-existing nasal deformities).........Photographs -focal symptoms: nasal obstruction, loss of smell (anosmia or hyposmia [ent.com.au]

Persistent anosmia or hyposmia may occur in as many as 5% of individuals who suffer head injury with or without nasal trauma and has been observed to resolve spontaneously [clinicalgate.com]

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Epilepsy

The purpose of this article is to highlight the hallmarks of epilepsy as a disease and symptom during antiquity and especially during Ancient Greece and Rome. A thorough study of texts, medical books, and reports along with a review of the available literature in PubMed was undertaken. Observations on epilepsy date[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Suprasellar Tumor

Neurological complaints, such as mild mental or motor dysfunction, vertigo, epileptic attack, hyposmia, were present in a much lower degree (from 2.3 to 9.3% of patients) [go.galegroup.com]

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Kallmann Syndrome

OBJECTIVE: Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder with the distinctive features of hyposmia or anosmia and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Kallmann syndrome (KS) is a genetic gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency associated with hyposmia or anosmia and characterized by various modes of inheritance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hyposmia or anosmia is another characteristic symptom that affects both females and males. [news-medical.net]

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Fracture of the Cribriform Plate

Zinc deficiency has been associated with hyposmia and dysosmia. d. Diabetes mellitus. [dartmouth.edu]

Imaging did not show any lesions of brain olfactory structures in these patients, but 82.5% of them had anosmia and 12.5% had hyposmia. [nabis.org]

As the names suggests, post-traumatic olfactory loss describes anosmia or hyposmia which results from a head injury. [fifthsense.org.uk]

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Ethmoid Sinusitis

[…] or anosmia Headache Fever Halitosis Fatigue Dental pain Cough Ear pain, pressure, fullness Reprinted from Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 117, Donald C. [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

[…] with the Diagnosis of Chronic Sinusitis Facial pain or pressure Facial congestion or fullness Nasal obstruction or blockage Nasal discharge, purulence, or postnasal drip Hyposmia [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

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Bipolar Disorder

Treatment resistance is common in populations of patients with bipolar disorder stressing the need for new therapeutic strategies. Favourable effects of fever on mental disease have been noted throughout history. Today there is increasing evidence that immunological processes are involved in the pathophysiology[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a highly heritable psychotic disorder and high genetic loading is associated with early onset of the disease. The outcome of schizophrenia has also been linked with the age of onset as well as the presence of family history of the disease. Therefore families with patients with early onset[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Olfactory Groove Meningioma

Moreover, visual deficits (hypophthalmos, visual acuity impairment, and vision loss), nasal obstruction, hyposmia, epistaxis, and papilledema may be seen. [symptoma.com]

[…] or anosmia is one of the earliest presenting symptoms, but few patients seek medical care for this isolated symptom. [clinicalgate.com]

Anosmia and hyposmia was present in 9 and 10 cases respectively. Visual disturbances was seen in 16 cases. [journalijar.com]

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Purulent Rhinitis

[…] or anosmia Headache Fever Halitosis Fatigue Dental pain Cough Ear pain, pressure, fullness Reprinted from Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 117, Donald C. [clevelandclinicmeded.com]

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Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Do patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension suffer from hyposmia? Med Hypotheses. 2008;71(5):816–817. 24. Khoo KF, Kunte H. [dovepress.com]

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