The sense of smell suddenly drops, don t be careless, what the hell is going on?

It may be because of a cold, or a diseased rhinitis, sinusitis, etc., if it is not a common cold, you must go to the hospital in time, and follow the doctor's instructions and cooperate with the doctor**.

A sudden decrease in the sense of smell may be caused by neurorhinitis, turbinate hypertrophy olfactory neuropathy, or a cold that causes nasal congestion and is not sensitive enough to smells.

It may be caused by the virus, you must pay attention to your physical condition, it may be caused by stomach acid, and you must pay attention to the condition of the stomach.

When a person is 50 or 60 years old, his sense of smell begins to deteriorate, because smell and taste are closely related, and sometimes the first sign that goes wrong is that the food tastes different from usual. And sometimes a disease can accelerate this deterioration of the sense of smell. If you suddenly lose your sense of smell, it may not be due to aging.

Diseases or allergies can affect the sense of smell regardless of the season, at any age. It could also be a drug reaction to a medication you're taking. In fact, taking any prescription or commercially available drug can cause an olfactory disorder.

While many people begin to notice a decline in their sense of smell as early as the age of 40, it is often not noticed until the age of 60. In fact, there are many elderly men and women who don't smell anything at all. Severe colds, flu and upper respiratory tract infections can cause you to lose your sense of smell altogether.

When the medication is causing a decrease in the sense of smell, you are definitely a patient, and you can smell it again after you are well enough to stop taking the medication. If you have recently had a massive tooth**, you can regain your sense of smell once it is fully healed. Nasal polyps can occasionally cause loss of smell.

If you're having trouble breathing due to airway obstruction, see your doctor, who may recommend surgery to remove the polyp. If you suddenly lose your sense of smell, it's important to remember that the condition can be reversible. If you gradually lose your sense of smell, aging is the cause of this.

It is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up, early detection, early recovery.

There are many causes of loss of smell, and the more common causes are divided into two categories, the first is the problem of the nose itself.

The second is the head vascular nerve problem, relatively speaking, the first situation is more common, the nose itself may be divided into the following types, the more common is chronic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, acute sinusitis, nasal polyps. Nasal mucosal edema, these potato circles may affect the normal function of the mucosa in the olfactory area, or obstruct the olfactory area, which may cause hyposmia or even anosmia.

It may also be caused by a problem with the blood vessels and nerves in the head, because the sense of smell needs to be transmitted to the brain through the olfactory nerve and reflected in it, and if there is a problem in the cranial number fissure, there may also be a loss of smell.

Olfactory dysfunction mainly refers to a decrease in the sense of smell. The most common causes of olfactory loss include cold virus infection, which invades the olfactory mucosa and olfactory nerve, which can directly lead to olfactory loss. Therefore, this situation often occurs after a cold, but most of them will gradually recover their sense of smell as they recover with a cold, and it is not a big problem.

However, if the cold has healed and the sense of smell has not recovered, it is necessary to carry out timely and targeted **. Another cause of the loss of smell is related to head trauma, which may cause complete disconnection of the olfactory nerve and may result in complete loss of smell. It is common in car accidents and sometimes an MRI or olfactory examination is needed to determine the degree of olfactory sensation and whether the olfactory nerve is severe.

In addition, it is also related to congenital hereditary factors, which are mainly related to genes, and appropriate genetic testing can be carried out for further investigation. Other anosmia loss is also related to rhinitis, such as allergic rhinitis and sinusitis, and allergic reactions and infectious factors, generally the main infectious factors can, including rhinitis, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, by alleviating allergic rhinitis and rhinitis, sinusitis, to alleviate and restore the problem of anosmia.

For example, the ability to recognize smells depends on the ability to short-term memory necessary for experiments, and because short-term memory ability declines with age, the accuracy of the elderly in judging right or wrong questions is higher than that of multiple-choice questions that require high short-term memory ability. Either way, a recession is not inevitable. A 75-year-old may have a greater sense of smell than a 25-year-old.

What is the cause of the stinky foot Xiangqiang, you can go to the doctor to have a look.

There are many reasons for the loss of smell.

1. Mechanical loss of smell: the causes include nasal congestion caused by various reasons, such as rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps, sinus tumors, etc., nasal congestion makes the smell unable to reach the corresponding part of the nasal cavity that causes the sense of smell, mostly on one side, but also on both sides. In addition, nasal septal perforation, cleft palate, and airflow after laryngectomy or tracheostomy cannot reach the olfactory area, causing a decrease in the sense of smell.

2. Nervous olfactory loss: drugs, poisons, and harmful gases damage the mucous membrane, olfactory nerve and senile olfactory degeneration.

3. Hysterical loss of smell is mostly transient.

4. Olfactory hallucinations are mostly a manifestation of mental illness.

5. Hyperolsmia, that is, a slight smell smells very strong, which can be caused by olfactory neuritis or neurosis.

6. Foul smell is the smell of foul smell, which can appear in patients with sinusitis, nasal foreign body, or neuropathy.

The olfactory epithelium at the top of the nasal cavity is inflamed and swollen, so that the olfactory particles cannot effectively contact the olfactory epithelium, which usually improves quickly with the resolution of nasal inflammation;

The virus directly damages the olfactory epithelium at the top of the nose, at which point it is often difficult to recover from the fact that different odors cannot be perceived even if the nasal passages are unobstructed. It is better to go to a regular hospital for a check-up as soon as possible, early**, early**.

The nose can breathe, resonate, and smell odors. However, in real life, many people may lose their sense of smell but do not pay attention to it, thinking that it is dispensable. In fact, the normal presence of the sense of smell is good for physical health, and once lost, it can be a precursor to intracranial, intranasal or mental problems, and should not be taken lightly.

Ignore the symptoms of malfunction of the sense of smell, but if it continues like this for a long time, it will cause:

Ingestion of poisonous food or inhalation of toxic gases;

Long-term loss of the sense of smell can cause mental depression or depression; Long-term loss of smell can make people irritable, decreased concentration, and memory; Cause lack of taste, loss of appetite, and may be malnourished in the long run;

The quality of sleep is not good, some patients with olfactory dysfunction are due to rhinitis and nasal congestion, and they will toss and turn when they sleep at night, and after a long time, they will be very unenergetic during the day, with low work efficiency and poor work quality. If you continue like this, you will gradually lose interest in your work.

Olfactory dysfunction belongs to the category of "nasal deafness" in traditional Chinese medicine, because the nose is the clear airway, the sense of smell, and the system of the lungs; The heart is the main smell, the spleen is clear, and the clear yang is out of the body.

Guiyuan Yiqi Tang believes that olfactory dysfunction is closely related to the kidneys, lungs, heart and spleen, because the nose is the clear airway, and the sense of smell is the system of the lungs; The lungs are the master of qi, the kidneys are the root of qi, and the heart is the master of the five odors; The spleen is the main ascendant, the clear yang is out of the upper body, the kidney is the main to absorb qi, and the lower is returned to the kidney. The treatment is mainly for the kidneys, lungs, heart and spleen, supplemented by the nose. Guiyuan Yiqi soup to dispel evil and promote the lungs, raise and clear the turbidity, benefit the qi and clear the body, the lungs open the nose, store the essence in the lungs, the lung qi passes through the nose, and the lungs and the nose can know the fragrance and smell.

The heart is the main smell, the lungs are the main qi, and the heart and lungs are in traffic, so the nose is sharp and the smell is smelly. The qi of the spleen and stomach rises. The clear yang rises, and the turbidity falls, so the nose can know the smell of fragrance.

Comprehensive conditioning allows the symptoms to be nourished, and through continuous conditioning, the symptoms slowly return to normal.

Loss of smell or loss of smell can seriously affect people's daily life, and the most direct impact is that food tastes bad. After the odor-containing particles in the air enter the nasal cavity with breathing, they reach the mucosa of the olfactory area, and are perceived by the mucosa of the olfactory area, producing bioelectric activities, which are transmitted by the olfactory nerve to cause the brain to perceive the sense of smell. Through the process of producing the sense of smell, we can see that the three keys are the nasal cavity, the mucous membrane of the olfactory area, and the nerves of the brain.

If the nasal cavity is blocked, the olfactory mucosa cannot receive the odor particles, and there will be olfactory dysfunction, and there are many reasons for nasal congestion, the most common is various rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal septum deviation, etc. ‍‍

Loss of smell may sound like a big deal, but the inability to distinguish abnormal odors can lead to poisoning by ingestion of toxic food or inhalation of toxic odors, most commonly gas poisoning. Being in a "odorless" environment for a long time, not interested in the things around you, and having a bland reaction can cause mental depression or depression over time. Temporary or long-term loss of smell can affect concentration and memory, and half of people with Parkinson's disease experience anosmia in the early stages.

The harm of olfactory dysfunction is that they can't smell smell, just like a deaf and dumb person can't hear or speak, no matter how fragrant and delicious the food is, in their opinion, it's just like chewing wax. The short-term inability to smell may be caused by a cold and nasal congestion, but the long-term loss of smell and loss of smell is due to illness.

Let's take the example of Mr. Yan Huaili, the actor of Sha Seng in Journey to the West. He just had a bad sense of smell and slept in a house sprayed with mosquito medicine, causing pulmonary fibrosis and dying in 2009. There were four masters and apprentices, but he died first.

If he had a sense of smell, this tragedy could have been avoided.