Cacosmia Rugosa
Cacosmia may refer to: * Cacosmia, a form of the disorder dysosmia, or more specifically parosmia, characterised by an unpleasant smell sensation * Cacosmia (plant) ''Cacosmia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to South America. The genus name is derived from the Greek ''kakos'' ("bad, ugly") and -''osma'' ("smell, stink, fragrant odour, scent, perfume"). ; Spec ...

Dysosmia
Dysosmia is a disorder described as any qualitative alteration or distortion of the perception of smell. Qualitative alterations differ from quantitative alterations, which include anosmia and hyposmia. Dysosmia can be classified as either parosmia (also called troposmia) or phantosmia. Parosmia is a distortion in the perception of an odorant. Odorants smell different from what one remembers. Phantosmia is the perception of an odor when no odorant is present. The cause of dysosmia still remains a theory. It is typically considered a neurological disorder and clinical associations with the disorder have been made. Most cases are described as idiopathic and the main antecedents related to parosmia are URTIs, head trauma, and nasal and paranasal sinus disease. Dysosmia tends to go away on its own but there are options for treatment for patients that want immediate relief. Signs and symptoms Smell disorders can result in the inability to detect environmental dangers such as g ...
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Parosmia
Parosmia (from the Greek παρά ''pará'' and ὀσμή ''osmḗ'' "smell") is a dysfunctional smell detection characterized by the inability of the brain to correctly identify an odor's "natural" smell. Instead, the natural odor is usually transformed into an unpleasant aroma, typically a "burned", "rotting", "fecal", or "chemical" smell. There can also be rare instances of a pleasant odor called euosmia. The condition was rare and little-researched until it became relatively more widespread since 2020 as a side effect of COVID-19. Causes There are numerous diseases with which parosmia is associated. In a case study, Frasnelli ''et al.'' examined five patients that endured parosmia or phantosmia, most as a result of upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). It is hypothesized that URTIs can result in parosmia because of damage to olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). The condition has been linked to coronavirus disease 2019 as a rare side effect. Common triggers in COVID-19 rel ...
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