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Anosmia with lack of taste
My mother has no feeling of smell and lack of taste about 1month.she has dry nose and no nasal congestion without other symptoms.she had no trauma.what is the cause of this?
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Its difficult to comment without seeing her. There can be many reason for lack of smell like polyps, atrophic rhinitis, allergy rhinitis.
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Meet ENT surgeon. She may need CT PNS also.
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Yes, I concur with Dr Sampurna Ghosh
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