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Why your sense of smell does not work well when you have a cold?
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∙ 11y ago
Your body is reacting to the virus particles that are attaching to the mucus tissue in your nose and it is trying to rinse the particles out by flooding the nasal cavity. When the runny nose stops, sometimes loss of fluids can thicken the mucus and then it stops things up.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoWhen you get a cold what basically happens is that, that person's entire nostril gets covered with mucous. The mucous takes over the area in your nose and due to that one cant sense the smell through the nose. But, when a person's cold reduces, the mucous content also reduces hence that person can start smelling things automatically.
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∙ 12y agoBecause mucous fills up the nose, or cause stuffiness.
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∙ 15y agobecause your nose gets blocked
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∙ 11y agosense a boy ,
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How do you get your taste back if you have a cold?
Technically, we only "taste" sweet, sour, salt and bitter. The tongue can only sense those 4 tastes. The rest of what we often call "taste buds" is actually the smell of food. If you have a sinus infection you can often lose the sense of smell. As soon as your cold passes, you are decongested and you start feeling better, your sense of taste should come right back! If you can't taste anything at all, even after you are well, You may need some medical assistance in recovering your sense of smell. Unfortunately there are some who lose their sense of smell and never get it back. Only a doctor can assist you on this one.
How does the nose and mouth work together?
Well both are, or at least can be, passages for both food and air. Also our sense of smell greatly refines our sense of taste beyond bitter, salty, sweet, and sour.
How does the sense of smell work?
Noise receptors recognize the shape of over 40 individual particle each perceived as a smell.
How your sense of hearing smell taste work?
They are all the senses you use when you eat something.
Why does water taste strange when you have a cold?
You can't taste because your nose is stuffed and your sense of smell greatly contributes to your sense of taste
Should dogs be trained to work in law enforsment?
yes, because their sense of smell can be very helpful in the future.
The answer did not work.i tried it but it did not work. and then my ear was bleeding. what can i do?
well if it does not work you have a cold
What helps the raccoon get it food?
The raccoon primarily uses its sense of smell, along with its sense of hearing to find food. It uses its sense of touch to locate food in water.
How do clams eyes work?
They don't have eyes. You can examine one to see if there is any clam eyes. They sense from smell and touch.
Why does a person lose sense of smell after suffering a traumatic brain injury?
It depends on which part of the brain was injured - not all people lose their sense of smell. If the part of the brain that controls that sense is injured, then you will lose the ability because the brain cells are damaged and don't work to report smells like they used to.
Why can't you taste without a sense of smell?
The senses of smell and taste are closely interrelated, and one definitely does affect the other to some extent.Although they are extremely closely related you will not loose your sense of taste if you lose your sense of smell it will just be extremely mild. You dont reallz lose your sense of taste physiologically instead psychologically you would find food less tast, not because your sense of taste is affected but because 80% of what we consider to be tasty food comes from how they smell.(1) On April 29, 2008 at 3:07 am User:Patty_Robb[0] said:I have lost my sense of smell since about ten years ago. It has gotten progressively worse. At first I would have phantom smells or if someone suggested a smell I would smell it for hours. I now do not even have a memory of smells and have lost my sense of taste as well.
How do creatures without brain work?
The creatures without a brain work using other senses which they have. The sense of touch, sight and smell are commonly used to trigger various responses.
