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Can you temporarily lose your sense of smell but can still taste while that is going on even without a cold?
There are reasons why you might lose your sense of smell even if you don't have a cold. Taste may not be diminished fully but there might be a decrease in smell with certain medical conditions.
What happens when your sense of smell goes bad?
When you lose your sense of smell you begin to lose taste too. This happens because a large portion of your taste comes from smell.
Would you like to lose your sense of taste?
No reasonable person would like to lose their sense of taste. They would no longer be able to taste the smoked salmon they long for or the escargot they never dared to try.
What do you think happen if you lose your sense of smell and taste?
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The nose knows smell but how about taste?
If you lose your sense of smell your sense of taste generally goes with it, since the two senses are closely linked.
How does the working of your sense of smell affect your sense of taste?
Think about when you get a stuffy nose. When you lose your sense of smell it impairs your sense of taste.
'What causes you to lose your sense of taste?
Eating too must exteremly hot stuff!
What happens when you drink too much limewater?
You will have headache, and even worse, you will lose your sense of taste.
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.
Do you lose your taste buds after 80 years old?
Your sense of taste is connected to your ability to smell. If your nasal passages are blocked, lets say because of a cold or the flu, your ability to taste will be impaired. Smokers regularly report that their sense of taste is diminished, probably as a result of continual tobacco use. There is no definitive data suggesting that we lose our sense of taste as we age.
Do you need your sense of smell to taste effectivley?
yes you do. One day you should try plugging your nose while eating, you will only taste the sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
What can help 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.
