Smell disorders as early diagnosis in the early stage of sinonasal polyposis

Evaluation of the olfactory bulb volume and olfactory threshold in patients with nasal polyps and impact of functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a longitudinal study

“…Symptoms include nasal obstruction, loss of smell, loss of taste, headache, snoring, post nasal drainage, and sneezing. Although NP does not increase the mortality rate, it has a negative impact on patients’ quality of life . Several studies have shown that quality of life decreases with olfactory dysfunction.…”

Chronic Rinosinusitis with Nasal Polyposis and Smell Disorders: One Emergent Association

“…Rhinosinusitis (21%) is the second leading cause of olfactory alterations, at least 200,000 visits per year in North America are due to his cause and affects between 1-2% of the general population [9]. Around 10 million people in the United States per year are diagnosed with olfactory disorders [10]; in Spain around 230,000 patients consulted for anosmia and around 7.82 million people are diagnosed with different degrees of hyposmia [11]. In Latin America, there is an underreport of olfactory alterations according to the literature review.…”