Reports of anosmia were also observed in the 1930s when zinc preparations were used in a failed attempt to prevent polio infections.
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Destruction to the olfactory bulb results in ipsilateral anosmia while irritative lesion of the uncus can result in olfactory and gustatory hallucinations.
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On the other hand, if it is on both sides of the nose it is called bilateral anosmia or total anosmia.
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On the other hand, if it is on both sides of the nose it is called bilateral anosmia or total anosmia.
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Symptoms of polyps include nasal congestion, sinusitis, anosmia ( loss of smell ), and secondary infection leading to headache.
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Individuals with Kallmann syndrome experience anosmia ( lack of smell ) and do not go through puberty ( hypothalamic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism ).
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The lack of the sense of smell at birth, usually due to genetic factors, is referred to as congenital anosmia.
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Although very early in development, gene therapy has restored a sense of smell in mice with congenital anosmia when caused by ciliopathy.
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The U . S . Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) states that zinc damages nerve receptors in the nose, causing anosmia.
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It is also accompanied by a lack of sense of smell ( anosmia ) or a highly reduced sense of smell ( hyposmia ).