I Can't Smell

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Numbness / sensory disorder

• Visual field defect

• Change in personality

• Head injury

• Fine tremor of the fingers

• Fever

• Altered mental status (delirium)

• Involuntary movements

• Impossible to walk normally

• Muscle weakness in the limbs

• Blurring of vision

• Headache

• Sinusitis

  Infection of the sinuses, which are cavities around the nose. The infection can be acute (lasting about a week) or chronic (lasting for more than three months). It can be caused by viruses or bacteria.

• Dissociative disorder

  Dissociative disorder is mental disorder that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity. People with dissociative disorder escape reality in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy and cause problems with functioning in everyday life.

• Acute tonsillitis / pharyngitis

  Infection of the tonsils and pharynx (back of the mouth), either by viruses or bacteria.

• Pregnancy
• Subcortical hemorrhage
• Parkinson disease (PD)

• Refsum syndrome

• Wolfram syndrome

• Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea

  Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea is a condition where the fluid that surrounds the brain (cerebrospinal fluid) leaks into the nose and sinuses. Most common causes include trauma, surgery, birth defects and increased pressure inside the skull and brain tissue.