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I did the brain MRI that shows the Olfactory Groove meningioma. I did brain surgery, I regained my smell sense for a while then lost it again after having a cold.
Jan 19, 2014
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Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
Olfactory groove meningiomas grow along the nerves that run between the brain and the nose. These nerves allow you to smell, and so often tumors growing here cause loss of smell.since you regain the sense of smell .

Remember Meningiomas do sometimes recur after surgery or radiation. Regular follow-up MRI or CT scans (every one to three years) are an important part of long-term care for anyone diagnosed with a meningioma.

The ability to smell can be affected by changes in the nose, in the nerves leading from the nose to the brain, or in the brain. For example, if nasal passages are stuffed up from a common cold, the ability to smell may be reduced because odors are prevented from reaching the smell receptors (specialized nerve cells in the mucous membrane lining the nose). Because the ability to smell affects taste, food often does not taste right to people with a cold. Smell receptors can be temporarily damaged by the influenza (flu) virus. Some people cannot smell or taste for several days or even weeks after a bout of the flu, and, rarely, loss of smell or taste becomes permanent.

So if this is the case the doctor may prescribe some corticosteroid medications to reduce inflammation of the nerves and some medicines to relieve symptoms.if you suffer from recurrent flu symptoms it is advisable to take the flu vaccine because you are more prone to smell disturbance when having flu more than other people.

Some disorders can distort the sense of smell, making innocuous odors smell disagreeable (a condition called dysosmia). These disorders include the following:

Infections in the sinuses
Partial damage to the olfactory nerves
Poor dental hygiene
Mouth infections
Depression
Talk with your doctor to figure the cause of your recent loss of smell and depending on the cause gives the treatment .
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