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Q: Complete Loss of Smell.why?how Long?

asked by: Dom on November 11th, 2003

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I've just recovered from severe fungal meningitus(2mths hospit.W/severe
brain pressure) once released, I noticed I lost all sense of smell but not
taste.Can anyone tell me why(nerval damage??) and if it's permanent.
Sad

40 yr old male.Dom

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zbelleveau

replied on December 11th, 2003

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Lost Sense of Smell

This is by no means expert testimony, but I once lost my sense of smell. Noticed it one morning in the shower. Couldn't smell the shampoo. No apparent cause for its disappearance. And no apparent cause for its return a few weeks later.

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