I lost my sense of smell?
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I think you just lost it for a well but you will get it back sooner or later I think.
Are you still on the anti-biotics? some anti biotics have that as a side effect. It usually goes away after a while when you stop taking the med your smell comes back.
There are numerous medications, diseases, hormonal disturbances and chemicals that can disrupt the sense of smell, sometimes permanently. People are less sensitive to smells the older they get, and women tend to have a more acute sense of smell than men.
Factors that disrupt the sense of smell
Anosmia means loss of the sense of smell, while hyposmia means reduced smell sensitivity. Measuring the degree of 'smell loss' is difficult, since the experience of smell is subjective. Unlike other senses, there is no diagnostic test that can judge smell sensitivity with objective accuracy. However, different factors that are known to interfere with the smell sense include:
* Chemicals - a wide range of industrial chemicals, including heavy metals, inorganic and organic compounds, acids and pollutants.
* Diseases of the hormonal system - such as diabetes, Cushing's syndrome and hypothyroidism.
* Diseases of the nervous system - such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, migraine, Korsakoff syndrome, brain tumours, brain lesions and epilepsy.
* Drugs - stimulants (such as amphetamines and cocaine), depressants (such as morphine), some antibiotics and other drugs, including the vasoconstrictors in nasal sprays.
* General diseases - such as bronchial asthma, leprosy and cystic fibrosis.
* Trauma - including blows to the head or injuries to the nose.
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