What good is a fragrant rose if you can’t smell its scent? Can you still enjoy your freshly brewed coffee if you can’t smell the aroma? Imagine not being able to smell the different odors we encounter everyday, like the fresh shower scent of your spouse, the pure scent of a baby’s skin, the crisp, clean smell of laundry. How many people have taken for granted their sense of smell simply because of its daily normal occurrence?
The sense of smell plays an important role in the enhancement and improvement of our life. From the beginning of time, mans ability to smell has been fundamental and crucial for survival. It enabled prehistoric people to identify healthy food sources and detect potentially poisonous fruits and plants through their odor. Other functions of smell involve the relaying of emotions such as fear and anxiety. Humans release pheromones, a naturally produced chemical that has a distinct smell, during times of ovulation and sexual drive. To a great extent, taste is determined by smell and, for that reason, loss of smell often leads to a loss of taste.
Disorder in the olfactory system can therefore cause great disturbance in the...
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