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 0782

Ever since I took an antibiotic I have no sense of smell. I am a nurse and this is a great disadvantage.

case 0783

I have memories of my very early childhood, but I don't remember ever being able to smell and I was always confused by people's reaction to scents. I have never had allergies or sinus issues, and I can breathe clearly through my nose. It is a sad state of being, in some ways, but I like to think my other senses are more finely developed, even if they are not.

case 0784

I have complete anosmia. I never recovered after a normal cold 18 years ago. I was checked by two specialists and told that it would be permanent because of neuronal damage. I lost my olfactory memories after a few years.

case 0785

I keep smelling something weird, like old dogs, and chemical smells. The smell is throughout the house, the floors, the air. I think sometimes the air smells, and I really think it is me that smells, but I never have body odor. I am really clean. Smells can make me sick, I am always cleaning and spraying. It really drives me crazy.

case 0786

I was exposed to paint fumes and dust for many years. I first noticed that I couldn't smell gasoline, paint thinner, and exhaust fumes. Now I can't smell much at all. I can still enjoy tasting food and am not really bothered. I am worried that my loss of smell is due to another medical issue.

case 0787

I have had a reduced sense of smell since I had a cold a few years ago. It wasn't gone entirely but almost. It took a long time to recover and I used to smell a metallic smell every now and then. Recently I had another bad cold and smelled first a chemical smell that wasn't real, then a dirty smell. I didn't smell any real smell for around three months. It's very frustrating.

case 0788

I lost my sense of taste and smell after a fall. The worst part is that now I always only feel one smell, which almost makes me throw up. It's always the same smell.

case 0789

At age 16 I started to lose my sense of smell. In the beginning I didn't realize it but then other people said something about a smell and I couldn't smell anything. Recently I found that I lost my sense of taste also. I've been visiting doctors for this reason many times, and they don t have any answer to my problem. Here in South America there are no specialist in this subject at all. The only thing different in my nose is that I am always congested and often I feel that my nose is burning inside.

case 0790

I fell and fractured my skull. One of several long term effects of the accident was that I lost my sense of smell.

case 0791

My sense of smell has deteriorated over the past seven months and is now very weak. Smells used to be very strong and easily perceived. These days I seem to have a strange odor (in the right nostril only) which reminds me of soft cabbage, not offensive but not fragrant either. This happens frequently throughout the day. I often smell odd odors that no one else can detect.

case 0792

While visiting Hawaii two years ago I realized that I was not appreciating floral scents nearly to the level of my previous trip a few years prior. Since then, I observed that I had an overall diminished sense of smell. I chronically have some minor sinus congestion. My doctor recommended allergy medication without any definitive testing or diagnosis.

case 0793

I have lost my sense of smell. I can still taste foods, but cannot smell even pungent odors (skunk, cigarette smoke, cologne). I have bad sinuses. I noticed this condition about six months ago and don't know what to do about it.

case 0794

Five years ago I noticed that I couldn't smell a bad smell everybody else could smell. I realized that I lost my sense of smell. Since that day I can't smell anything but I can recognize tastes.

case 0795

I recently began to smell a sweet odor, not necessarily a good sweet smell. I have gone to an ear nose throat specialist but have not noticed any changes.

case 0796

Losing your sense of smell is one of those things you do not readily notice. It was not until I could not detect overwhelmingly strong odor of gas that I knew something was wrong. I have been to every doctor and have had every test done. As of now there is no explanation as to why I lost my sense of smell. I cannot smell anything at all. I can still taste, although foods are not always as flavorful as I remember it. I do not even have mild days of smell. The only good that has come of it is that I don't crave anything based on smell.

case 0797

For a long time I have been smelling something burning. It was so strong that I have been known to go look for something burning in other people's homes. I have not smelled anything burning for the past 10 years. I frequently, however, get a strong sensation of an odor that I know I have smelled before, when it was real, but it passes too quickly for me to identify it. I had an episode just now. It is usually a sweet odor, but not perfume. I do not like to wear anything that is scented — perfumes, deodorant, hairspray, soap, shampoo, etc. Several perfumes give me migraine headaches. I used to have a very strong sense of smell, but today rarely can smell normal things, i.e. foods cooking, flowers, etc. The decrease in my sense of smell has not had a particularly deleterious effect on my sense of taste, however.

case 0798

I hit my head three months ago and lost all taste and smell. It has affected my eating and cooking witch I used to love.

case 0799

I had a head cold four months ago. It was a normal cold with four to five days of a running nose, itchy eyes, head congestion, sneezing, etc. Afterwards I noticed a complete loss of smell when I started burning things in the kitchen. It took me a few times to understand what had happened. Now I can't smell bleach, horseradish, cooking onions with butter, or anything else. My doctor was unconcerned and said it would come back. It hasn't come back yet.