Here is the link to his website: http://www.scottearnosethroat.com/ I have not had the procedure done. I have a screening appointment June 5th. I am wondering...
Hi all - I have been suffering from phantosmia now for around 5 years. I first recall the problem when I walked to a pub in the next village at around the time...
Hi Derek I do not and never have suffered from your particular problem but I do recall a long time back on this forum's earlier incarnation, one member saying...
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Hi Mick, "olfactory receptors had stuck in the 'on' position" - that's exactly what it is like. A strange one this. Derek ... do recall a long time back on...
I have experienced that. I was at a theatre-in-the-round watching a play where "smoke" was used on stage and it rolled into the audience. The smell of the...
I have the same exact issue as you. Either I smell something that stays w/ me for weeks on end or a strange smell pops out of know where to linger on. Derek...
Subject: Zicam Petition I want to draw your attention to this important petition "ZICAM REMOVAL FROM SHELVES" _http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/zicam_ ...
I have used Zicam nasal gel on numerous occasions throughout last year (during my bout of parasmia) so I wouldn't get sick again. It has never affected me in...
When I had phantosmia, I used Simply Saline in the head down forward position. I didn't find that saline rinses (I tried NeilMed) really helped me. ac ... ...
Yes, you are wrong. For starters, the turbinates are not in the sinuses, they are in the nasal cavity. If they are greatly enlarged then scented air cannot...
It has been well established that if the zinc salt reaches your olfactory mucosa then anosmia will result (apparently due to the caustic effect of the zinc...
Karl, has anyone indicated that it was sucessful? If what you say is true would a deviate septum interfear with the turbinate? I misteriously have developed a...
DUH, Karl................Does this mean I should not be taking a zinc supplement along with my salt nasel rinses? Tks again, Harry ... reaches ... the ... ...
I have been taking 50mg's of zinc orally too for about 4 months, along with the saline spray. Maybe zinc salt is just a problem when inhaled in the nasal...
Karl, here is an email I received from Matrixx Initiatives Blue Ribbon Panelist Jack M. Gwaltney, Jr., M.D. His web site is _http://www.commoncold.org_...
Zinc lozenges for a cold: useless as lips on a chicken By SooToday.com Staff SooToday.com Friday, August 03, 2007NEWS RELEASE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF...
Even though i have been diagnosed by the people at the UC San Diego Nasal Dysfunction clinic as anosmic. I do not believe it. Here are some things that clear...
Julie, When I was diagnosed 3 years ago, the dr. put me on prednisone and explained that if the steroids help, then the anosmia is due to inflammation caused...
I'll have to double check but I think I tried Prednisone right from the start w/ no clear up. Here is a strange question, since this happened to me, a year...
I am unable to withstand the emotional effects of prednisone and have never completed more than the 1st day on 2 tries, the so called burst just makes me so...
It sounds like you just had an allergy to dairy. You are lucky. I have been trying to find out the cause of my inflammation for 2 years. I know it is probably...
Hi Holly: When I went to UCSD, I actually saw 2 doctors. The first was in a clinic a mile or two from the UCSD medical center. He was awesome. He really cared...