Dr V Shankar Kumar

problems with smell

Olfactory (smell disorders) may be of the following types:

ANOSMIA

Inability to smell

HYPOSMIA

Decreased ability to smell

Anosmia & Hyposmia could be due to head Injury when the olfactory (smelling) nerves are torn. Decrease in the sensation of smell may be due to viral fevers like Influenza  & in the recent times Covid 19.

CACOSMIA: A perverted sense of smell