Parosmia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| R43.1 | Parosmia |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
The medical preamble Parosmia describes a qualitative smell - or olfactory dysfunction with disease value. The affected person feels a smell that differs from the average of the population.
The forms of parosmia include euosmia (smells are wrongly perceived as pleasant), cacosmia (smells are wrongly perceived as unpleasant), pseudo-osmia (smell impressions are reinterpreted, for example, under the influence of affects) and phantosmia (hallucinatory smell impressions).
causes
The causes discussed are infections, neurological diseases, toxic damage to the olfactory epithelium, post- traumatic brain damage, tumors of the central nervous system and psychiatric diseases.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Legrum: Fragrances, between stink and fragrance , Vieweg + Teubner Verlag (2011) p. 194, ISBN 978-3-8348-1245-2 .
- ↑ L. Klimek et al: smell and taste in old age. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2000; 97 (14), pp. A-911 / B-763 / C-712, (online)
Web links
- Review article on olfactory disorders from the Technical University of Dresden ( Memento from January 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
