lost of smell

[Suresh Karrunan]

I have been using ResMed CPAP machine for the past 4 years, lately I can't seem to smell my food, can't taste my food

[avi123]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43630&p=568022&hili ... ll#p568022

[DreamDiver]

I'm not familiar with CPAP causing lack of smell or taste. However, about a year ago, I totally lost my sense of smell and taste for about three months due, I suspect to some supplements I was taking. After that it came back slightly better than before.

[BlackSpinner]

I have been using ResMed CPAP machine for the past 4 years, lately I can't seem to smell my food, can't taste my food

After all this time it won't be due to cpap. Go and get checked out it could be a symptom of deeper problems.

[Slartybartfast]

I've been told I'm tasteless, too.
And that's by people whom I count among my friends. And as for not smelling, well, I think that's a matter of personal hygiene.

Seriously, if you've lost your taste/smell, get checked out by an eye/ear/nose/throat doc. It's likely a sinus problem. Most of your sense of taste actually is olfactory. And if you can't olfacate, you'll be without your sense of taste. However it could be a symptom of something that you need to take care of.

[chunkyfrog]

Have you ever used zinc nasal swabs? Unhappily, zinc, taken nasally instead of orally, has been linked to loss of the sense of smell.
I would not leap to blame CPAP use. Many other factors are far more likely.

[valallan]

I had a severe Flu/Virus/Sinus problem a few years back & had an op to remove polyps from my nose/sinus. I totally lost all sense of smell & it was suggested to try using the herb 'Basil".......Well Sir Basil accompanied me everywhere for a few months & yes my nose & smell now works perfectly. Used Basil on & in everything, try herbal basil tea. Hubby became quite jealous of Sir Basil Good Luck, but check it out medically as others are suggesting.

[DreamDiver]

I noticed textures more when my sense of taste and smell was gone. I began to lose weight because nothing compelled me to eat. (Thankfully, I could afford lose weight.) I also noticed that peppers, both the 'Piper' and 'Capsicum', horse radish and wasabi were not affected. As taste and smell came back, bitter stuff tasted mutely like lawn clippings smell. I could eat lemons like oranges. I couldn't tell whether something was too salty, too sweet, etc.

The english language has words for blind, deaf and dumb. (Also mute). We have no traditional five-or-four-letter words for someone with no sense of smell or taste, nor is there a word to distinguish between the two.

There is a modern medical term 'anosmia' for lack of sense of smell. For lack of sense of taste: 'ageusia'.
http://www.masseyeandear.org/for-patien ... disorders/