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KarenAnn (Illinois & Florida) on 03/04/2025:
If you have lost your sense of smell DUE TO A VIRUS you should look up Dr. Bryan Ardis.
Go buy a low-dose nicotine gum. Chew it for a few seconds to break it down and let it rest in between your cheek and gums for about 10 minutes. Do this 2-3 times a day.
This happened to me in 2021ish and it took 6 months to begin to smell again! Fast forward to end of 2024 (same VIRUS) using Nicotine Gum and my sense of smell returned in days. Same thing happened in early 2025. I was slammed and got pretty sick; middle ear infection and minor loss of hearing! In one ear; will retest that in 1 month AND lost my sense of smell. Back to the Nicotine Gum and I was good within days. I love herbs and good food. Losing my sense of smell (or taste, but that didn't happen to me) would be devistating.
A virus took out my smell and along with it my taste a year and a half ago. I've seen MANY doctors but I'm working now with a medical doctor who is also a homeopathic Dr. I've had slight improvement from smelling nothing to some things. Get a smell kit to smell every day. Do sinus washes with sea salt. I would appreciate talking to anyone who has had some success with other remedies.
Fellow Suffering Anosmiac (California) on 04/25/2014:
I too have been suffering with not being able to smell or taste the things that I used to taste, but it has gone so much further that things that are supposed to smell good actually smell worse than awful and all the things that I used to love to eat I don't anymore. I have been to neurologists, EENT docs and had all kinds of tests done and medications prescribed and nothing has worked. It has now been a year and a half and the EENT finally said that it was probably a virus that destroyed the olfactory nerve endings that "sense and taste" the sent molecules. Unfortunately when nerve fibers die there is no regenerating, however I stumbled upon this medical study about the heavy metal Cadmium and the signs & symptoms of toxicity. Now I won't list all the symptoms beside taste and smell and taste, but it might be a good idea to discuss it with your doctor especially if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, or other kidney issues.
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