See The girl born without a nose, has no sense of smell - but can still cough, sneeze and catch a cold

But unlike any other children, she suffers from an extremely rare condition which means she has no nose. 

The 17-month-old has complete congenital arhinia, which is so rare there are only around 40 cases reported in medical literature.

Tessa Evans has complete congenital arhinia, an extremely rare condition which means she was born without a nose 

The condition means Tessa has no sense of smell and no sinuses but she can cough, sneeze and catch a cold.

And despite her difficulties, she always has a smile on her face, her mother Gráinne says. 

'At first I just couldn't understand it, I didn't even know it was possible.

Tessa will shortly begin treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The procedure will design a nose-shaped mould which can be inserted through an incision along her hairline and placed where her nose should be

WHAT IS ARHINIA? 

Arhinia is the absence of the nose and parts of the olfactory (the sense of smell) system. 

One type is congenital arhinia (where the person is born with it), another is acquired arhinia (loss of the nose to cancer, infection, or accident).

It can be total (complete absence of the external nose and all/or parts of the olfactory (the sense of smell) system, the website Widesmiles reports. 

Or, it can be partial (only parts of the external nose and olfactory system is missing).

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