Posted on 03/23/2017 5:00:34 AM PDT by simpson96
mother lost hers around 70 after a bout with flu- died at 91.
If one is already dead one would be unlikely to be able to detect any odors
I lost my sense of smell and taste after I accidently drank some acetone. I passed out and I rose to the ceiling where I could see my body on the floor. I went into a dark tunnel and saw my dead brother and my dead German Grandmother. I then woke up, having voided my kidneys and they took me to the hospital where they found nothing wrong except the loss of smell and taste. I recently graduated summa cum laude from the university (at age 70) and passed an IQ test with 160 IQ.
I lost my sense of smell and taste after I accidently drank some acetone. I passed out and I rose to the ceiling where I could see my body on the floor. I went into a dark tunnel and saw my dead brother and my dead German Grandmother. I then woke up, having voided my kidneys and they took me to the hospital where they found nothing wrong except the loss of smell and taste. I recently graduated summa cum laude from the university (at age 70) and passed an IQ test with 160 IQ.
Well that stinks.
If one is already dead one would be unlikely to be able to detect any odors
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If dead one might even provide an odor.
You might have to revert to the 18th century habit of carrying around a lightly perfumed handkerchief to cover your nose!
Being on a plane is horrible and I fly quite frequently. You would be surprised at how many people fart on planes thinking they will get away with it.
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I KNEW there was an official fart inspector someplace in the world!
So while this maybe true in the general there have to be a bunch of exceptions to the rule.
I have sinus allergies, so I never had the greatest sense of smell to begin with, but what I had disappeared about 5 years ago.
It’s a little bit of a pain to not be able to smell. I often miss it, especially come spring. OTOH, the world is a stinky place most of the time so it’s a mixed bag.
About two years ago, I had a steroid shot that suddenly restored it overnight and that lasted about a week before it left again. But taking steroid pills doesn’t do anything similar. I got a little bit back while taking some antibiotics for a cold, but nothing like the shot did. Docs at the clinic I work for can’t explain the cause and effect and the medical community seems to give loss of smell a collective shrug in terms of trying to figure out what’s going on.
LOL!
This is especially true if one can’t smell the odor of food with botulism or the odor of natural gas. The good thing about this worthless research is that it wasn’t paid for by U.S. taxpayers for a change.
Your sense of smell is tied the only part of your brain exposed, I have no problem believing that in the general case if you lose your sense of smell, you likely will die earlier... especially if no specific onset even can be tied to the smell lose.
Like all things in statistics, there are always cases outside the average, but given losing your sense of smell is the result of damage to the brain, even if it is just 1 part of it, a generally higher likelihood of death is not difficult to believe.
Note to self. Keep the paint supplies away from the still area.
I heard that loosing your ability to “cut the mustard” is another sign.
Not true... Dead people really smell.... really bad.
I’m reminded of the story of the hypochondriac who died at the old age of 101. The words “I Told You I Couldn’t Smell” were written on his tombstone. Or some such epitaph.
What is Zycam taken for?
Thank you (this is a relief).
If you were a smoker it could be from damage to the nasal passages and have nothing to do with the brain. Of course, smoking is also a cause of early death.
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