Can A Head Injury Cause Permanent Anosmia?
I noticed over the years that i have not been much able to smell, i think i have anosmia,but was it caused by a head injury i had at the back of my head or was i born with it, and i am currently 13?
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It IS possible for a head injury to cause anosmia.
If you are unlucky a head injury can cause the nerve that runs from the nose to the brain to break, and thus the sensory input from the smell receptors in the nose never reach the brain, and thus you can’t smell.
I have heard that this is most often caused by a hit to the front or back of the head.
It is also possible that you are a congenital anosmic, that is you where born without a sense of smell.
I am one of those people who was born without a sense of smell, but I was 15 before I realized that I was anosmic.
No. Smell is located in the cerbellum, which is inside the brain. Unless something lodged into the cerbellum, (which would casue death,) no.