Greg, Thanks for your reply :) My concern is that I'm quite unique in this case and I've often wondered whether that meant the issue was a psychological one as...
Hi Rebecca The reason you can't smell is that the virus destroyed the cells of your olfactory epithelium and associated serous gland cells. Check out ...
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Amanda I share your opinion entirely. My mum used to work with a guy who had been shot through the cheek during the Second World War and lost bhis taste and ...
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Linda, recovery starts with tiny hints here and there. So I presume this is a good sign. Do check out http://personal.ecu.edu/wuenschk/ViralMick.htm which...
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Hi Amanda! Funny you should mention knowing of someone who lost his sense of smell. The same thing happened to me. A good friend had fallen 2 years before me...
I've been on this group for a while, but I've never posted my story. I was reading Andy's and I notice a lot of similarities. I fell and hit my head on ice...
Reading everybody's posts, I'm beginning to think that I perhaps I don't have complete anosmia. Maybe it's just really reduced? This is mainly because many...
Kirche, you're exactly right about being congenital and not knowing what you're missing out on. I think almost all the anosmics who think that their taste is...
Oh yes, the more mature the cheese the better.  It's richer, thicker somehow. A nice old blue cheese is my favorite. And honey also has a unique...
Thanks Jan! Since I really don't know too much about any of this, I'll take that as another possibility. And hey, if my neurosurgeon is in the mood to answer...
Because the receptors are in the brain (and the spleen)and the ingredient in chocolate that activates them is cannabinoids? Cheers, Karl W. ... From:...
When people find out I can't smell, I usually get two distinct responses. Women usually say, "You mean you can't smell a rose? You mean you can't smell my...
Hi Tanya, A lot of that does sound familiar! They way you describe smell seems to be almost exactly where i'm at right now. I can't smell chemicals either -...
I guess I've been lucky - the most extreme responses are incredulity but mostly it's absent minded comments like "smell this" from close friends and family or...
How is this for absurd? I've only had this for two months and my mother in law is visiting. Her reaction is that I should be able to only eat super healthy...
Hello all, I am new to this group and I'm also a congenital anosmic. I've never explored the reason for my anosmia in any of my 32 years on this planet until...
The good news is, I'm off to the ENT consultant soon,I've managed to badger my GP into getting me a referral, maybe I'll finaly find out "why" I can't smell. ...
Hi Andi, You'd need some confirmation from medical and scientific professionals, but I would imagine that solvents could damage your olfactory receptors. If...
Hi Andi, Have a look in the links section, Jan's Links, both in the folder about chemical exposure and also in the more general items lower down. You'll find...
I was just wondering if you have heard this story: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKLN9D3sAF3VSxCbZzBBSgU7eoYAD975V1I80 And also what you...
Hi Andy What I think is that if you can sense the aroma of the food you eat, you must have some sense of smell. Is it possible that your sense of smell is...
You may be interested to read the exchange I have just had with my neurologist: I wrote: I just have a quick question that doesn't really warrant booking a ...
Thanks Martine. This is certainly interesting to me :) My neurosurgeon said that "Over time, your tongue will learn to take over some of the functions your...
me too congential anosmic as i think as i too cant smell from birth......i am 25 years old....i came to know only few days before that there is a name for...
I've been a member of the group for a few months but this is the first chance I've had to post. I lost my sense of smell back in October of 2008. After...
Thanks for the feedback. No breathing apparatus was given untill after years working there, and then was not enforced or training given. It definately started...
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