| Popis: |
The sense of smell is of considerable importance to humans. Individuals lacking smell ability are subject to the consequences of being unable to detect escaping gas, dangerous fumes, and fires in the home, automobile, and workplace; and they frequently complain of loss of enjoyment from eating and drinking. It is clear that a large number of individuals experience olfactory dysfunctions following accidents, disease states, medical interventions, aging, and exposure to a number of environmental pollutants. Although the degree of overall impairment from olfactory loss is less than that produced by major losses in the other senses, smell disturbances are of considerable significance to persons experiencing them. According to the previous clinical evaluation in patients with the olfactory disturbance, we noted that there was a distinct difference among the results of the etiologic classes of olfactory disturbance in Japan and in the other countries [1,2]. In this chapter, we describe the clinical evaluation and the results from patients with olfactory disturbances in our clinic. |
