Loss of Taste and Smell After Virus

Posted By Edward Stern (Escondido, California) on 11/01/2008

I lost my sense of taste and smell. I had a cat scan done and I was told that a virus got into my nose and permantly destroyed my taste buds. CAN anyone help me?
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Replied by Jeff (Shawnee, Ks/usa) on 11/23/2009

any luck with the loss of taste/smell? my mom lost hers about 5 yrs. ago after a virus.
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Replied by Shreela (Houston, Tx) on 09/14/2011

My former FIL had a friend that lost his sense of taste supposedly from a zinc defiency. According to my former FIL, his friend's sense of taste took over 6 months to return. This friend was very overweight and the loss of taste "helped" the friend lose a lot of weight. I don't remember why the friend's zinc became so low.
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