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Taste and smell disorders
Taste and smell disorders can be due to anatomic, neural, or functional causes.
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A member asked:
Iv suddenly developed a dislike to smoking I can't stand the smell or taste but I'm s smoker?
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A 52-year old male asked:
i cant taste or smell all of a sudden?
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A 36-year old female asked:
why do I smell and taste blood?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can you taste or smell your own sinus drainage?
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A 40-year old asked:
Could a cold cause me to lose sense of taste and smell?
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A 85-year old male asked:
Is there any cure for long term loss of taste and smell?
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A 45-year old asked:
What causes you to lose your sense of taste and smell when you're ill?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Can stress reduce smell sense to the degree one cant smell or taste anymore? Thanks.
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A member asked:
What does it mean when your burps taste & smell like rotten eggs no more info than the question I just asked?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have been having this problems where I'm hungry but smell and taste food makes me what to thow up what wrong?
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A 46-year old asked:
I bumped my head this morning and a few hours later I realized I can`t smell or taste anything--are the events related?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Everything tastes and smells of salt. I live in a hot climate and this has only happened in the last 2 months or so. What can I do to help myself?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have a cold and I try to smell and can't smell anything or taste anything. Is this possible or normal to happen this never happened to me before so I'm a lil worried.?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is it true that vaginas smell AND taste of fish?
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A 34-year old male asked about a 21-year old male:
I have been burping and it tasted and smells like i a fart?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I have been burping and it tasted and smells like I a fart?
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A member asked:
I have been burping and it tasted and smells like i a fart?
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A member asked:
What does it mean when everything smells and taste the samen?
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A 53-year old asked:
Can allergies cause foul smell and taste?
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A 45-year old asked:
Vagina started having metallic taste/smell..what could it be?
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A 49-year old asked:
How do I get rid of this bad smell and taste after root canal?
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A 44-year old asked:
How harmful for your health is dry socket supposed to smell and taste?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I can taste and smell amonia! i am a type 1 diabetic , what could be causing it ?
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A female asked:
I have had a cold and cough for several days. I cannot taste or smell. How long will this last?
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A 40-year old asked:
How can you cover up both the bad smell and taste of vinegar when it's used in salad dressings?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I have a cold my nose isn't stuffed I can breathe just fine but I can't smell or taste anything, why is that??
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A 46-year old female asked:
Can't smell-three months-now bad taste when trying to eat. Is smell coming back. Went to doctor-meds didnt help. What to do?
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A 41-year old male asked:
I have had cold symtoms for just over a year.99% of the time i can not taste or smell.nose runs a lot.also blocks up.i have tried most things?
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A 59-year old asked:
Since one year I have been having perverted sense of smell and taste. Some foods taste horrible so I cant even eat. Is this because of insomnia?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Past few days I've had the taste and smell of metal I'm 31 year old diabetic for over 10 yrs now and have had pancreatitis twice does this mean?
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