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What are some other types of smell disorders?
In addition to anosomia, other olfactory disorders exist
and they are:
Partial Anosomia: the ability to perceive some odorants and it can be permanent or temporary condition.
Hyposmia or Microsomia: similar to partial anosmia and is a decreased sensitivity to odorants and is usually a temporary condition.
Hypersomia: heightened sense of smell and can be characteristic of neurotic or histrionic personalities and people with multiple chemical intolerances.
Dysosmia: distorted or perverted sense of smell. It may occur with another smell disorder or it may occur alone. Includes Phantosmia, Heterosmia, and Cacosmia.
Phantosomia: when a person reports smelling something and there is no odorant present. Also known as olfactory hallucinations. Epilepsy is a very common cause of this type of disorder. Sometimes the condition is considered psychiatric in origin.
Heterosmia: when all smells are perceived the same way.
Cacosmia: food and vapor smells are disorted
Olfactory Agnosia: inability to recognize an odor sensation.
Otolaryngology: Provides medical and surgical treatment of the ears, nose, and throat
Parosmia: Any disease or perversion of the sense of smell. |