The meaning of life deepens with five senses... Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling... all of these are concrete concepts except one. While a smell means nothing to some, some do not like it, while others remember their favorite memories. Everyone has a smell memory.
The smell of the coffee we drink satisfies us first... the perfumes we buy touch unique points in our soul. The pleasant smell of the house makes us feel clean. The smell of delicious food whets our appetite.
So. How often do we question what quality of smell we smell???
Smell occurs through the electrical activity that occurs when odor molecules entering through the air interact with special odor cells in the nose and is analyzed and identified in the odor center in the brain. This is exactly why, as ear, nose and throat physicians, there is a disruption when analyzing odor diseases. We try to understand at which stage it is. While peripheral disorders, that is, problems related to the nose, cause conduction disorders, central system disorders cause disruptions in perception, analysis and memory.
While peripheral disorders can occur with a simple cold, an anatomical stenosis in the nose. Or it may occur due to the damage to the olfactory cells due to a strong chemical we smell, depending on our allergic structure.
Central disorders occur due to Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and multiple sclerosis diseases, which can cause damage to the olfactory center in the brain. Sometimes, it may be a sign of a tumor. Some individuals show genetically congenital olfactory weakness.
If you say you cannot smell, your story is very important to us, in which this process is well examined and the most important questions such as when it started and how long it lasts are answered. Then, the nose is examined with an endoscope. Their structures must be thoroughly examined, and radiological examination is required for areas that cannot be reached by examination. Psychophysical and electrophysiological tests must be performed to analyze your sense of smell.
Smell tests especially measure our ability to distinguish odors, our odor memory, and our level of odor identification. At the same time, treatment It also determines our recovery level after surgery.
Smell disorders include concepts such as not only not being able to smell at all (anosmia), but also smelling too much (hyperosmia), smelling bad (kakosmia), and smelling little (hyposmia). In particular, bad smell may be due to neurological or psychiatric conditions, or it may depend on the environment in which we work after surgery.
CAN ODOR DISORDERS BE TREATED?
There is no general answer to this question. If you If you have noticed a decrease in your sense of smell after a simple weather change or a cold or flu, a solution can be found with medication. On the other hand, your sense of smell, which has decreased over a long period of time due to the environment you work in and your age, has a low chance of returning as it will be related to olfactory cell damage.
If obstruction such as sinusitis, bone curvature, or polyp is detected during your nasal examination, it means that there is a conduction type odor weakness. In case of central nervous system, neurological and psychiatric odor weaknesses, treatment that increases odor awareness, which we call odor therapy, can be performed along with medication and surgical treatment.
As a final word, I will recommend it to the readers, industry and artificial life in city life drag us into odor pollution, we are aware of it. Even if it is not, the smell wears out our cells. Heavy detergents and bleaches used for cleaning are another important issue that we should stay away from.
The taste of life is taken with the smell. WISHING YOU A FRESH SMELLING DAY...
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