Odd Smells And Tastes After Coughing Posted: 07-22-04 13:55pm
For about a year and a half or so, I have
been having a problem. When I wake up,
everything smells and tastes normal.
Almost everyday, however, out of the blue,
I may cough, laugh speak loudly, inhale
strongly, or sneeze, etc. And then
everything smells very strange. It is
almost as if my sense of smell is stronger
but distorted.
Also, my sense of taste becomes strange in
that it too seems stronger but very much
distorted. When this happens, it seems
as if I always have a weird taste in my
mouth. Beer tastes almost soapy and this
change in taste can bother my stomach.
Spicy foods seems spicyer and with a
strange aftertaste. In fact, all foods
have an aftertaste. Though I rarely
smoke, if I smell smoke after this
condition comes out, it smells very odd-
kind of like a burnt chocolate smell.
The strange thing is this may not happen
one day or the next, but then it will
every day for weeks. I never know when
it will happen and I always make it a
point not to sneeze or cough or clear my
throat if I can help it. I've tried to
find a pattern of when it occurs but can
happen at anytime, in any environment.
And when it does happen, i'm stuck with it
all day until I go to sleep. When I wake
up the next da, everything is back to
normal again until I cough of sneeze or
whatever. Sometimes I can cough really
hard or sneeze a ton of times, or laugh
out loud for minutes without anything
happening and then a simple inhale or
throat clearing will bring on this strange
condition.
Hope i'm not boring you. I have not gone
to the doctor yet, but just wanted to know
if anybody had any idea what this could
be.
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ratobranco
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Potbelly, Do You Have Gerd (acid Reflux) Problems? Posted: 12-30-07 19:57pm
I ask because I developed GERD in the
middle of this year, and since then, I
have had almost the exact same problems as
you. A tentative explanation for the
taste and smell effects would be that the
taste of reflux in the mouth causes taste,
aftertaste, and smell changes. Remember
that the senses of taste and smell are
deeply connected to each other. Coughing
and sneezing would make the problem worse
because these actions can provoke more
reflux.
