Smell disorders clinic

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Krajmed Medical Center

Treatment clinic smell disorders

Olfactory cells are among the nerve cells in the human body that directly receive stimuli from the external environment. The stimulus is the odor molecules of the inhaled air. A healthy person is capable of perceiving more than 100,000 different odors. Guided by sight and the intensity of the smell, we are able to determine what the source of the smell is. Smell has many important functions . It warns of substances potentially dangerous to our health (spoiled food, toxic gases), allows us to select food and influences its taste, affects aesthetic sensations and mood. Olfactory disorders affect our quality of life. Lack of smell, or even its impairment, causes a loss of pleasure in eating and thus a decrease in appetite, which can result in weight loss and eating disorders, as well as problems with libido. Longer-term olfactory problems can cause feelings of anxiety and depressive states. In our Center we deal with the diagnosis and treatment of olfactory disorders ( olfactory disorder treatment Warsaw).

What do we research?

The ‘Sniffin’ Sticks-Olfactory Test’ kit is used for the olfactory test.

This test is a professional, standardized method of evaluating the sense of smell. It is performed by a qualified diagnostician, Doctor of Otorhinolaryngology Agnieszka Korkosz- Mierzejewska, who has hundreds of tests to her credit. The odor samples are contained in so-called “pens,” which resemble markers in appearance. In the course of the test, the doctor gives the examinee successive odor samples to sniff. On the basis of the tests performed, the olfactory threshold (the lowest concentration of an odor that the patient smells) is determined, and the ability to differentiate and identify an odor (to indicate an odor that is different from others and to name a specific odor) is assessed. The final result of the smell test is the resultant of the above parameters. After the test, we get information on whether the sense of smell is normal, and if not, to what extent it is impaired. Depending on the result of the test, appropriate pharmacological or surgical treatment is proposed.