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 0643

About five years ago I lost my sense of smell so I went to an ear nose throat doctor and he told me I needed surgery because one of my nostrils was blocked and I had polyps. After the surgery he said it may take a while for the sense of smell to come back. It still has not come back.

case 0644

I had a septoplasty four months ago. Since then, I smell nasty stale smoke odor.

case 0645

I had atrophic rhinitis since I was a teenager. Despite that, I had a normal sense of smell. I lost my sense of smell after a heavy cold two years ago when I was 45. Since then I lost my sense of smell completely. I am very sad about it and God knows what I will not do to get my sense back.

case 0646

I knocked myself unconscious after falling. After leaving the hospital many hours later I noticed I couldn't smell anything. The next day I mentioned the lack of smell to the doctors at the hospital at a follow up, and they said it's common. This has been three months ago and I still haven't been able to smell a single thing.

case 0647

When I was younger, whenever I cooked a meal I always smelled the aroma of the food and was able to tell if it was good, or delicious, or burning. But as I grew older my sense of smell changed. Now I can't tell anymore if food is burning or if I put on too much perfume.

case 0648

As far back as I can remember, I have never had a sense of smell. I have never had a medical examination to determine the cause. I figure, I was born this way and I've survived this long!

case 0649

Following a bout of sinusitis three months ago I have been left with a reduced sense of smell. What is worse are the phantom smells, consisting of acrid smells of acetic acid and also bad drain smells. This condition is driving me to depression.

case 0650

I believe I lost a great deal of my sense of smell due to using an unapproved homeopathic product. I noticed this when I was in the car with my family and we came across the smell of a skunk, which I could not smell.

case 0651

Gradually I noticed that I constantly could smell only bad smells. I felt like I had to constantly clean everything and be sure that I was very clean about myself because I felt everything smelled bad. It started to make me very nervous. Then I realized that when I walked into a restaurant, I didn't smell the aromas anymore. I realized that I couldn't smell cleaning products. Although my eyes and body will react if I smell something harsh, I can't smell it. I have to be extra careful about keeping everything clean because I can't smell body odors or home odors. I can't smell perfume. I can taste food, but cannot smell it. It's kind of sad because I can no longer enjoy the smells of flowers or of a baby, fresh clean clothes, the ocean. I can sense the smell of cold before a snowstorm or rain storm, but I can't smell it anymore. I miss the smells of a bakery and good food. Nobody in my family has this as far as I know. I have never had a doctor ever ask me about it. I never think to even mention it to a doctor, because it sometimes seems so normal.

case 0652

I used to have an amazing sense of smell. I could tell who was coming around the corner before I saw them since I could smell their odor. But then I realized that I couldn't smell after on several occasions people commented on smells that I couldn't perceive. It may have been caused by head trauma since I have been in several accidents. I have not been able to smell for over two years and I miss it so much...

case 0653

I can hardly smell anything, only very intense smells. I cannot smell gas leakage, burning smell, rotten and stale food, breath smell, body odor, etc. I believe it has been like this since my childhood.

case 0654

I started to perceive a smell six months ago. It came on rapidly, in a few days. I first thought that my computer was burning up, because the smell came when I was sitting in front of it. As the days went on, the smell continued and started to appear in other places, down stairs in my house, outside, in my truck and everywhere else I went. After an aneurysm has been removed the smell seemed to go away for some time. However, it did come back and is still with me today.

case 0655

I noticed that my libido was way down and then I realized I had also been having problems smelling things. I can smell things if I place it next to my nose but I have not been smelling much lately unless it is a very strong odor. I felt there was a connection between the libido and the change in olfactory sensation... so I looked it up and there is.

case 0656

I started using an unapproved homeopathic nasal swab nine years ago. Around seven years ago I started smelling what I perceived to be mild cigarette smoke at work, home and sometimes in different stores. That dissipated after a couple of years. Two years ago I found out that I had an infection in my lower sinuses so I had nasal surgery to make the sinuses drain better. Infections have still plagued me. My sense of smell has slowly been going away for about a year and a half. Last spring I remember being able to taste strawberries and to taste the vanilla in cake icing. Slowly over this past winter and now into spring I can't smell anything. Hence I only perceive the taste of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. I can't identify the particular foods that I might be eating. I can't smell garlic or onions. I can't identify any fruit juices, etc.

case 0657

Twelve years ago I was in an accident after which I lost my sense of smell. Only sometimes I'm able to smell a strong odor like that of dry fish.

case 0658

I realized that my sense of smell was diminishing when friends said they could smell something burning and I couldn't smell anything. Now I can't even smell solvent or diesel. Last year I have had blocked sinuses and had to take nasal spray. If only I could smell the roses again.