Is it possible to loose your sense of smell, just like you can loose your eyesig!


Question: Is it possible to loose your sense of smell, just like you can loose your eyesight or hearing!?
I mean, PERMANENTLY!.!.!.
Or being born without it!?
What would we call someone with no sense of smell!?

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Answers:
it's called anosmia, and it can be treated!. Taste and smell are very strongly linked!. You can smell without tasting, but your taste is greatly affected if you cannot smell!. Opening your nostrils allows food vapor to flow to reach your olfactory epithelium!. The flavor of food is a combination of:

Temperature of food
Texture of food
Appearance of food
Taste of food (salty, sour, bitter or sweet)
Aroma of food
The sense of smell plays a major role in the flavor of foods and it is common for individuals who lose their sense of smell to report that food loses its taste!. While technically loosing your sense of smell does not mean you loose your taste, it does mean you loose your ability to detect and enjoy flavor!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I think so!.!.!. esp!. if your nose gets cut off!. Well, I'm not kidding!.!.!. some people have their nose cut due to cancer or some severe infection in the facial area, so yes, you can lose your sense of smell permanently in those cases!. But, I'm not sure if there are people being born without the sense of smell!.!.!. I think it's possible, considering there are much worse congenital diseases!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

My Grandmother had a brain tumor and she lost her sense of smell!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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