ammonia inhalants

[Alex Garbino]

I think the question was whether ammonia inhalation would cause anosmia, not
a way to test it (ammonia would not be very effective, because the caustic
effect of ammonia is still felt by an anosmic, so they would know it's
present, but not 'smell' it).
Anhydrous ammonia was tentatively linked to anosmia in farmers, there is
also a paper regarding chemical factory workers:

Acute-onset persistent olfactory deficit resulting from multiple
overexposures to ammonia vapor at work.
Prudhomme JC, Shusterman DJ, Blanc PD.
* *J Am Board Fam Pract. 1998 Jan-Feb;11(1):66-9.

Alex Garbino

On 5/22/07, Krin135 at aol.com <Krin135 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 22-May-07 13:59:09 Central Daylight Time,
> JankovW at slhn.org writes:
>
> I  am looking for information relating anosomia with the use of  ammonia
> inhalants. Thank you.
>
>
> I'd rather use a dab of artificial vanilla flavor (non alcoholic), maple
> syrup, almond oil or some lavender to test for anosomia. Ammonia
> in  particular
> has a significant mucosal irritant effect in addition to the  'smell'
> effect.
> One of the mints, or a citrus oil would be a good  alternative.
>
> ck
> Charles S. Krin, DO FAAFP
>
>
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