Posted on 11/28/2023 8:07:39 PM PST by ConservativeMind
My wife’s sense of smell has been gone for a couple years. It’s killing her. Every once in a while she gets a whiff of something.
But frankly our trust in doctors has been destroyed so I’m sure she won’t consider this.
Try Zinc. Loss of smell and taste is a symptom of a zinc deficiency. Your body scarfs up its supply to fight viruses.
Thank you for sharing this.
“so I’m sure she won’t consider this.”
Yeah, i read the protocol and contraindications. For over two years, i have lost (estimated) 95% of smells, perhaps 2/3 taste. This to the point where a skunked daughter’s dog , and months later my own skunked dog, caused no problems for me personally, while others hurled and vomited.
It’s not a harmless procedure, with significant risk if done by an inexperienced physician.
Hard pass for this old man. I can live without things smelling good or bad.
“so I’m sure she won’t consider this.”
Yeah, i read the protocol and contraindications. For over two years, i have lost (estimated) 95% of smells, perhaps 2/3 taste. This to the point where a skunked daughter’s dog , and months later my own skunked dog, caused no problems for me personally, while others hurled and vomited.
It’s not a harmless procedure, with significant risk if done by an inexperienced physician.
Hard pass for this old man. I can live without things smelling good or bad.
Oops. Fat thumbs on an ipad.
Would it work for a TBI anosmia?
Traumatic injury.
I would not expect it would help that.
It would seem to depend on whether it’s just inflammation or actual complete damage. I can say that some studies have noted TBI can create chronic inflammation, however.
I would guess that if your smell was not lost immediately from the TBI, there could be some hope.
It was immediate.
Massive damage to frontal lobe where the olfactory bulb resides.
I was supposed to die but I’m contrary like that.
After 42 years I keep holy for a miracle.
Anosmia causes a lot of anxiety and phobias.
It’s a wretched way to live.
Did anyone ever get Short Covid ???
Did anyone ever get Short Covid ???
Zinc deficiency isn’t relevant to this type of sense of smell loss.
Do 5 and 3 day bouts with COVID count as short? That’s all I’ve had and never any loss of smell or taste. Tested positive both times. I took horse paste, vitamin C and zinc for the first and nothing for the 2nd.
I am keeping an eye on this. I have suffered from anosmia following a cold I had in 2017.
Get her this smell kit off of amazon. I know two people who did this and got it back.
She just smell each scent several times a day according to the instructions and hopefully in a couple of weeks, there will be a difference.
I know nurse anesthetists who have been doing these blocks to treat COVID-related loss of smell for two years now. They’ve had great success.
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