I lost my sense of smell four years ago. The doctors told me that it is natural and that it is not a sickness

case 0252:

After a fall and concussion I totally lost my sense of smell. Today I cannot smell anything at all.

case 0253:

I never have had a sense of smell. I used to pretend in class at school when people farted that I could smell it, too. It was only much later that I actually realized I was missing something and started saying I couldn't actually smell anything.

case 0254

I came down with a bad cold that seemed to work its way into the side of my face near the ear. Today I noticed that when I used vinegar to disinfect the counter I could not smell it.

case 0255

I had a bicycle accident and two months later realized that I had a taste and smell disorder.

case 0256

Recently I have been smelling chocolate. I love chocolate, so it's not an offensive odor. It happens anywhere, at any time...several times a day. This has only gone on for a week.

case 0257

Earlier this year I felt that something about my smell and taste has changed. It just happened without any previous signs. Currently, my sense of smell and taste is very weak in the morning, but increases somewhat in the afternoon.

case 0258

Last year I had acute nausea with extreme vomiting for 24 hours including a short episode of lost consciousness. One week after this episode I experienced the sudden loss of my sense of smell. I can still not smell anything. Since then I had two episodes during which I suddenly could smell something for a very short time (seconds) and then the sense of smell was gone again.

case 0259

In my late 30s I had episodes where a single dominating smell would overwhelm me for days. No one else could smell it. Sometimes it was indistinct, even though powerful, and smelled like nothing in particular. Once, it smelled like detergent. When I was 40 I noticed that I really couldn't smell anymore. I had always had a very acute sense of smell and so I now miss it very much. I can, sometimes, pick up vague traces of very strong smells... like curry when it's cooking. I can't smell a skunk or a gas leak.

case 0260

I was exposed to strong spices in my workplace for two years. Afterwards I had lost all sense of smell and to this day I cannot smell a thing. I did see a doctor about the condition when I started smelling odors that no one else could smell (because they did not exist). The doctor could not find a physical cause and the treatment with nasal sprays didn't work. I cannot even smell perfume if it is sprayed directly in front of me. I cannot smell skunks or liver cooking or coffee but I still once in a while experience a phantom smell and it is usually very unpleasant to the point that it makes me sick to my stomach.... I would so love to smell a rose again.

case 0261

I noticed an awful gas-like smell last year. It comes and goes. I continue to have the smell. Right now, it has been with me for three full days.

case 0262

I always had nose blockage and smell problems. My doctor discounted my smell problem with a "you need to just live with it"- approach. Since then, I had a septoplasty operation on my nose and this has cleared my nose, however, my sense of smell did not return and there seems to be a general medical approach in the UK of "tough luck". It's very annoying to be stuck with no taste of food other than the tongues ability to detect the basic tastes.

case 0263

I smell the odor of wood burning or an electrical fire. In addition, my eyes burn all the time.

case 0264

I had a head injury last year. For seven months I had no sense of smell. I have been using a corticosteroid nasal spray for about a month and have just now started regaining some of my sense of smell. Right now the only scent I can smell is some type of chemical smell. Maybe it is the smell of soap, because I first could discern the smell when handling soap. My sense of taste was not impacted by my head injury.

case 0265

I lost my sense of smell when I had a really bad cold and used nasal spray. The thing that does bother me more than anything is that if I was in a fire I couldn't smell it.

case 0266

I was exposed to paint fumes. When my sinuses finally cleared, I couldn't smell very well. Now I almost can't smell anything. Sometimes I think I can smell strong garlic or caramel-flavored coffee creamer. But that's the only smells I can smell. I still have my sense of taste.

case 0267

I started noticing my loss of smell after I had the flu a few years ago. Over the years I didn't understand why I couldn't smell. On one occasion I asked my doctor and she didn't have an answer and wasn't too worried about it. It has worried me because I worry about fires or a gas leaks in my house at night? About a year ago I hit a skunk with my car and everyone couldn't stand being around my car. I couldn't smell it! There are times I can smell some things but most things I can't smell at all. After reading about an unapproved homeopathic nose spray that had been implicated in smell loss, I remembered using it and it burned so bad that I never used it again.

case 0268

I lost my sense of smell after a heavy cold eight months ago. I realize if something is smelling, but cannot detect the actual odor.

case 0269

I was walking dogs in the country when they were sprayed by a skunk. I thought the skunk was defective as they didn't stink. Weeks later I noticed a dead raccoon. He was there for weeks but no odor. Hmmm.... Then I noticed that onions and peanuts and boiled eggs tasted like crap — literally. My father had same thing about the same age. We assumed it was from working 16 years in a plating plant. I have no problems breathing through my nose. My ear nose throat doctor says they have hearing aids but no smelling aids; too bad.