目前临床嗅觉检查尚不完善。嗅觉常被认为是人体最不重要的感官。可病人总是为不能辨别生活中的那些诱人的香味而遗憾,更为嗅不到某些有害的气味,如馊饭、煤气漏气等而苦恼。还有一些是味觉差但误认为是嗅觉差的病人,对他们进行嗅觉检查往往可协助某些临床疾病的诊断。另有一些嗅觉障碍是由于比较严重的病变引起。如鼻内或颅内肿瘤、内分泌系统的疾病如性机能发育迟缓综合征、甲状腺机能减退、肾上腺增生症、帕金森氏病、多神 The current clinical olfactory examination is not perfect. Smell is often regarded as the least sensory organ of the body. Patients are always sorry for those who can not tell the tempting fragrance of life regret, even more smell some of the harmful odor, such as rice, gas leaks and so distressed. Some are poor taste but mistaken for poor olfactory patients, to carry out their olfactory examination can often assist in the diagnosis of certain clinical diseases. Some other olfactory disorders are caused by more serious lesions. Such as intranasal or intracranial tumors, diseases of the endocrine system such as retardation of sexual function, hypothyroidism, adrenal hyperplasia, Parkinson’s disease, polygamy