 Post-traumatic anosmia  Brain injury  Blow or severe injury to the occiput  Olfactory dysfunction and disorder  Head trauma

 Loss of taste goes along with it  Injury to areas in or on the face  Medication that treats other disorders  What connects the brain to the nose  Hormones effected after brain injury

 The olfactory cleft in each nostril  Physical blockages the prevent scent cells  Inflammation in the passageways  Falls, car accidents, brain disease  Cell damage in the nostrils

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