ANOSMIADAVID ROWLAND

ARGOSY UNIVERSITY

7-12-14

WHAT IS ANOSMIA?

• THE LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO SMELL

• TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY

• OBSTRUCTION OF AIR FLOW

• PREVENTS AIR FROM REACHING OLFACTORY REGION

(Brenda, S.,1982)

COMMON CAUSES OF ANOSMIA

• NORMAL AGING

• COMMON COLD

• HAY FEVER DUE TO ALLERGY

• INFLUENZA

• NONALLERGIC RHINITIS

• SIMILAR TO HAY FEVER WITHOUT AN ALLERGY AS A CAUSE

(Brenda, S.,1982)

OTHER CAUSES OF ANOSMIA

• OBSTRUCTION OF NASAL PASSAGES

• BONY DEFORMITY IN NOSE

• NASAL POLYPS

• TUMORS

• DAMAGE TO BRAIN

• DAMAGE TO OLFACTORY PATHWAY

(Mayo Clinic, n.d)

TOP-DOWN PERSPECTIVE OF ANOSMIA

1. LOSS OF SMELL, TEPORARY OR PERMANENTLY

2. CAUSED BY DEFECT IN OLFACTORY PASSAGE OR DAMAGE TO BRAIN

3. THESE CAN BE CAUSED FROM DISEASES OR EXTERNAL EVENTS THAT INJURE THE BRAIN

BOTTOM-UP PERSPECTIVE OF ANOSMIA

1. AN INDIVIDUAL KNOWS WHAT SOMETHING SMELLS OR TASTES LIKE

2. THE SAME THING DOES NOT TASTE THE SAME AND THEY CAN NOT SMELL IT

3. INDIVIDUAL BELIEVES THEY LOST THE SENSE OF SMELL AND SEES A DOCTOR

4. DOCTOR TESTS INDIVIDUAL FOR PROBLEMS WITH OLFACTORY SYSTEM

5. INDIVIDUAL IS DIAGNOSED WITH ANOSMIA WITH ONE OF THE MANY POSSIBLE CAUSES

1. TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ANOSMIA

(Ling-Ying, H., 2014)

TREATMENT FOR ANOSMIA

• LOSS OF SMELL FROM COLDS, ALLERGY'S, AND SINUS INFECTIONS

• WILL RESOLVE ITSELF IN A FEW DAYS

• BACTERIAL INFECTIONS CAUSING ANOSMIA

• ANTIBIOTICS CAN BE GIVEN

• OBSTRUCTIONS OF NASAL PASSAGES

• CAN BE REMOVED VIA SURGERY

• ANOSMIA FROM OLD AGE

• IF OVER 60 IT IS LIKELY ANOSMIA IS PERMANENT AND CAN'T BE TREATED

ANOSMIA AND TASTE

• SMELL & TASTE ARE INTERRELATED

• PROBLEMS WITH SMELL WILL AFFECT TASTE

• SOME THINGS WON'T TASTE THE SAME

• SOME THINGS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TASTE AT ALL

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ANOSMIA

• SADNESS

• INABILITY TO OBTAIN PLEASURE FROM EATING THINGS ONE ENJOYS THE TASTE OF

• LACK OF INTEREST TO EAT

• FEELING ISOLATED FROM THOSE WHO CAN TASTE AND SMELL NORMALLY

• EMOTIONAL BLUNTING

• EXPRESSING LESS EMOTIONS OVERALL VERBALLY, AND PHYSICALLY THROUGH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

(Chem Senses., 1999)

REFERENCES

• CHEM SENSES. (1999). RESULT FILTERS. NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION. RETRIEVED JULY 12, 2014, FROM HTTP://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PUBMED/10587505

• LING-YING, H. (2014). LEARNING TO READ WITH THE WHOLE LANGUAGE APPROACH: THE TEACHER'S VIEW. ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, 7(5), 71-77. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/1534085096?ACCOUNTID=34899

REFERENCES

• MAYO CLINIC. ( N.D.). LOSS OF SMELL (ANOSMIA). CAUSES. RETRIEVED JULY 12, 2014, FROM HTTP://WWW.MAYOCLINIC.ORG/SYMPTOMS/LOSS-OF-SMELL/BASICS/CAUSES/SYM-20050804

• SAHLI, B. P., PHD. (1982). ANOSMIA - AN OCCUPATIONAL CONCERN? OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING, 30(2), 20-21. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/1013442310?ACCOUNTID=34899