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Air Pollution And Loss Of Smell Connection

By Steven E. Reznick, M.D., Air pollution from the burning of carbon-based fuels smell. The rate of loss of smell was noted to be significantly
FACP – Boca Raton produces microscopic particles known as small airborne higher in patients who lived in the most polluted areas with
In recent years, medical pollution particles (PM2.5). These contaminants containing the highest number of PM2.5 particles. The loss of smell in
researchers have explored minute metal particles gain access to the brain through the 20 percent of this patient population was much higher than
the possibility that loss olfactory bulbs and have been shown to result in producing expected when they matched it against similar age groups
of smell is one of the plaque in the brain associated with dementia. with similar body types and similar smoking history. Yes,
early signs of developing There are few studies looking at the quantity of PM2.5 smoking leads to an increased risk of loss of smell as well.
dementia or cognitive particles in the air in a community and loss of smell. In Burning fossil fuels can also produce particles far
dysfunction. Several 2006 a study performed in Mexico City, known for its smaller than PM2.5 particles which enter the brain through
recent research studies poor air quality, revealed that its occupants’ smell was the olfactory bulb. A study in Britain looking at autopsies
have evaluated whether air significantly worse than Mexicans of similar age living in patients from highly air polluted communities found
pollution is a major cause in less polluted rural areas. minute metal particles in the brains of patients. According
of loss of smell and possibly dementia. Our sense of smell When a large number of residents of Baltimore were to some studies, air pollution contributes to 25 percent of
is dependent on the olfactory bulbs which are nerve rich discovered to have anosmia (loss of smell) researchers all heart- and lung-related deaths in addition to its known
and sit on the underside of the brain. investigated the quality of the air and its relationship to loss of relationship to stroke.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the
effect of air pollution, loss of smell and increased risk of
It’s Movie Time death and lowered its acceptable rate of PM2.5 particles

from 10 to 5 micrograms per cubic meter. The hope is that
At Paragon Theaters Delray with less pollution there will be less loss of smell and less
loss of life. The WHO’s efforts have been hampered by
global warming, multiple major worldwide wildfires and,
for economic reasons, a slow conversion from fossil fuels to
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