Sense Of Smell Day 2024 is on Friday, April 26, 2024: Why is my sense of smell so bad?

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Each day to construct understanding of the function our noses play in daily existence, Sense Of Smell Day is well known throughout educational institutes accross America, marketing researching how smell interacts along with other senses (taste particularly), and just how the olfaction works.

Sense of taste depends very much on sense of smell, so if something is wrong with the sense of smell, there would be effects for the sense of taste. Some people are born with a poor sense of smell or taste, but most patients develop them after an injury or illness. Upper respiratory infections are blamed for some losses and injury to the head can also cause smell or taste problems.

Loss of smell and taste may result from polyps in the nasal or sinus cavities, hormonal disturbances or dental problems. They can also be caused by prolonged exposure to certain chemicals such as insecticides and by some medicines.

Tobacco smoking is the most concentrated form of pollution that most people will ever be exposed to. It impairs the ability to identify odors and diminishes the sense of taste. Quitting smoking improves the smell function, but very slowly. For example: Two-pack-a-day smokers must quit for as many years as they smoked to completely restore their sense of smell.

Many patients who receive radiation therapy for cancers of the head and neck later complain of lost smell and taste. They can also be lost in the course of some diseases of the nervous system.

Patients who have lost their larynx or "voice box" commonly complain of poor ability to smell and taste, These senses are greatly improved when laryngectomy patients use a special "bypass" tube to breathe through the nose again rather than through an opening in the neck. (This emphasizes the contribution of air flow through the nose for smell and taste.)

no sense of smell......?

Provided you follow standard hygiene, the problem is probably a combination of body heat and body moisture interacting with laundry that is not coming fully clean.

Perfume adds to complexity of negative odors but does not mask them.

There is one more thing you might check. There are certain combinations of bath soap and shampoo that react badly together. They form a slight urine or ammonia odor on the skin. This becomes trapped under clothing and builds over the course of a day. To test for this, wet your hands and put soap and shampoo in them, rubbing together to facilitate the reaction, and sniff. You'll know even with a stuffed nose.

how do we sense smell?

You asked 29 questions, based on the number of "?" in a search. No ones going to go throught that much mess. Ask one well thought out question a day for the next month. That's what YA is geared for. I'll answer the first only.

I'll answer the second one only. "when will we evolve to sense other dimensions?". When people who sense other dimensions leave more offspring for several generations. I've not met anyone who's had more kids because they sensed another dimension, so It'll be a while.