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Reduced sense of smell

Reduced sense of smell: Introduction

Reduced sense of smell: A reduction in the normal sense of smell. See detailed information below for a list of 15 causes of Reduced sense of smell, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Reduced sense of smell:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Reduced sense of smell. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Ageing
• Skull fractures
• Underactive thyroid gland
• Tumour
• Smoking
• more causes...»

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Reduced sense of smell: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Reduced sense of smell, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Reduced sense of smell and Head symptoms (12 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Face symptoms (11 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Loss of smell (11 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Nerve symptoms (11 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Nose symptoms (11 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Sensory symptoms (11 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Smell symptoms (10 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Abdominal symptoms (9 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Genital symptoms (8 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Sexual symptoms (8 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Developmental problems (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Female reproductive symptoms (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Fertility symptoms (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Male genital symptoms (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Male reproductive symptoms (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Male sexual symptoms (7 causes)
• Reduced sense of smell and Menstrual irregularities (7 causes)
• more...»

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Reduced sense of smell Treatments

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Stories from Users for Reduced sense of smell

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Reduced sense of smell: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Reduced sense of smell may include these symptoms:

• Head symptoms
• Face symptoms
• Loss of smell
• Nerve symptoms
• Nose symptoms
• Sensory symptoms
• Smell symptoms
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Loss of smell (67 causes)
• Smell symptoms (38 causes)
• Nose symptoms (2080 causes)
• Sense of smell symptoms (38 causes)
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Face symptoms (8109 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Pain (6458 causes)
• Sensations (6520 causes)
• Throat symptoms (3410 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Respiratory symptoms (5166 causes)
• Mouth symptoms (6864 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Sense of smell symptoms (38 causes)
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• Smell symptoms (38 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Reduced sense of smell

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Reduced sense of smell:

• Smell symptoms (38 causes)
• Odor symptoms (148 causes)
• Loss of smell (67 causes)
• Nose symptoms (2080 causes)
• Anosmia (22 causes)
• Olfactory nerve
• Cranial nerve function
• Upper respiratory tract infection (18 causes)
• Smoking
• Ethmoid tumours
• Basal skull fracture
• Frontal fracture
• After pituitary surgery
• Kallmann's syndrome (hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism)
• Meningioma of the olfactory groove
• Following meningitis
• more symptoms...»

Detailed list of causes of Reduced sense of smell

The list below shows some of the causes of Reduced sense of smell mentioned in various sources:

• Ageing
• Anosmia - reduced sense of smell
• Bosma-Henkin-Christiansen syndrome - reduced sense of smell
• Chemical poisoning -- Selenium - reduced sense of smell
• Chemical poisoning -- Silver - reduced sense of smell
• Hypopituitarism -- micropenis -- cleft lip palate - reduced sense of smell
• Kallmann Syndrome - reduced sense of smell
• more causes...»

See full list of 15 causes of Reduced sense of smell

How Common are these Causes of Reduced sense of smell?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Reduced sense of smell. Of the 15 causes of Reduced sense of smell that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 14 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 15 causes of Reduced sense of smell

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Reduced sense of smell:

The following list of conditions have 'Reduced sense of smell' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Reduced sense of smell or choose View All.

A

• Anosmia ... reduced sense of smell

B

• Bosma-Henkin-Christiansen syndrome ... reduced sense of smell

C

• Chemical poisoning -- Selenium ... reduced sense of smell
• Chemical poisoning -- Silver ... reduced sense of smell

H

• Hypopituitarism -- micropenis -- cleft lip palate ... reduced sense of smell

K

• Kallmann Syndrome ... reduced sense of smell
• Kallmann syndrome 2 ... reduced sense of smell
• Kallmann syndrome, type 1, X-linked ... reduced sense of smell
• Kallmann syndrome, type 3, recessive ... reduced sense of smell
• Kallmann syndrome, type 4 ... reduced sense of smell

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Classifications of Reduced sense of smell:

Medical Conditions associated with Reduced sense of smell:

Loss of smell (67 causes), Smell symptoms (38 causes), Nose symptoms (2080 causes), Sense of smell symptoms (38 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Face symptoms (8109 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Pain (6458 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Throat symptoms (3410 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Respiratory symptoms (5166 causes), Mouth symptoms (6864 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes), Breathing symptoms (3381 causes), Breath symptoms (3023 causes)

Symptoms related to Reduced sense of smell:

Smell symptoms (38 causes), Odor symptoms (148 causes), Loss of smell (67 causes), Nose symptoms (2080 causes), Anosmia (22 causes), Olfactory nerve, Cranial nerve function, Upper respiratory tract infection (18 causes), Smoking, Ethmoid tumours, Basal skull fracture, Frontal fracture, After pituitary surgery, Kallmann's syndrome (hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism), Meningioma of the olfactory groove, Following meningitis

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Reduced sense of smell

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