Smell is a highly differentiated remote sensation, which has a great importance for the qualtty of our daily lives - emotional and social relations, compliance with personal hygiene norms, enjoyment of the environment, etc. Anosmia is a complete loss of smell (for all or certain scents) due to various causes - mechanical, acute viral infection, nose or head trauma and other less common causes. Genetical olfactory disorder is diagnosed for approximately only 4-6% people. The most common cause is the Kallmann syndrome.
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