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(Brenda, S.,1982)

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(Brenda, S.,1982)

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• OBSTRUCTION OF NASAL PASSAGES

• BONY DEFORMITY IN NOSE

• NASAL POLYPS

• TUMORS

• DAMAGE TO BRAIN

• DAMAGE TO OLFACTORY PATHWAY

(Mayo Clinic, n.d)

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1. LOSS OF SMELL, TEPORARY OR PERMANENTLY

2. CAUSED BY DEFECT IN OLFACTORY PASSAGE OR DAMAGE TO BRAIN

3. THESE CAN BE CAUSED FROM DISEASES OR EXTERNAL EVENTS THAT INJURE THE BRAIN

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(Ling-Ying, H., 2014)

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• ANTIBIOTICS CAN BE GIVEN

• OBSTRUCTIONS OF NASAL PASSAGES

• CAN BE REMOVED VIA SURGERY

• ANOSMIA FROM OLD AGE

• IF OVER 60 IT IS LIKELY ANOSMIA IS PERMANENT AND CAN'T BE TREATED

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• SOME THINGS YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO TASTE AT ALL

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• SADNESS

• INABILITY TO OBTAIN PLEASURE FROM EATING THINGS ONE ENJOYS THE TASTE OF

• LACK OF INTEREST TO EAT

• FEELING ISOLATED FROM THOSE WHO CAN TASTE AND SMELL NORMALLY

• EMOTIONAL BLUNTING

• EXPRESSING LESS EMOTIONS OVERALL VERBALLY, AND PHYSICALLY THROUGH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

(Chem Senses., 1999)

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HTTP://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PUBMED/10587505

HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/1534085096?ACCOUNTID=34899

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HTTP://WWW.MAYOCLINIC.ORG/SYMPTOMS/LOSS-OF-SMELL/BASICS/CAUSES/SYM-

20050804

HTTP://SEARCH.PROQUEST.COM/DOCVIEW/1013442310?ACCOUNTID=34899


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