Fairly sure

People normall lose their sense of smell with age

They don't to any great extent, unless they're developing something
like Alzheimers:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/75986.php

Some other causes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anosmia

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On Jan 5, 7:18*pm, wrote:
Sherry wrote:

* That happened to me after heart surgery. I have no idea why. I
* didn't really realize it until a dog that had been rolling in a
* dead armadillo came up to me and I was petting it. DH said "How
* can you stand that?" And I said, "WHAT??!" I had no idea what he
* was talking about. I think it's come back over the last 10 years
* some. I still ask people if they can smell the litterbox(es) when
* they walk in the house because I'm always afraid I just can't
* tell. People normall lose their sense of smell with age, but it
* wouldn't be a sudden thing. With all the trauma you've had to
* your body lately plus the fact you've had a cold, I bet it's a
* temporary thing. Hope so.

I was thinking something along the same lines. I didn't have anything
to back that idea up, though, so I didn't say it. But it makes sense to
me. Trauma to the body (and you - Tweed - have had a lot of it over the
past year) can do some weird things.

I didn't realize it was normal to lose some sense of smell as you age.
It makes sense - after all, vision usually gets a little worse, as well
as hearing, so why not smell? I have a pretty strong sense of smell, so
it will probably outlast me. Sometimes that's a nice thing - if I'm
someplace that smells good, I have a strong reaction. Unfortunately, I
have an equally strong reaction when something smells bad, so I have
less tolerance for that than a lot of people.

--
Joyce

I probably should backtrack about that one -- all I have is anecdotal
evidence
that people lose their sense of smell with age. It happened to both my
grandparents, Dh's parents and grandmother. Two of the telltale signs
were, they would leave skillets heating on the stove & forget about
them.
They couldn't smell the smoke. My grandmothers both drowned
themselves in enough perfume to choke a horse. I think it makes sense,
though -- many of us lose our hearing, our eyesight, so why not the
other senses too. My father was very fortunate...he had ears like a
bat
until the day he died, and 20/20 eyesight, he used to get very annoyed
when the doctors and nurses yelled at him, assuming that just because
he was old, he could't' hear.

Sherry

On Jan 5, 8:00*pm, Jack Campin wrote:
People normall lose their sense of smell with age

They don't to any great extent, unless they're developing something
like Alzheimers:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/75986.php

Some other causes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anosmia

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I read both, but didn't think either was entirely convincing. One is
the preliminary findings of
a US study -- That *suggests* that losing one's sense of smell in old
age could be a predictor of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) *which is
often* a precursor of Alzheimer's disease.

Second was, well, Wikipedia.

There are tons of articles on the subject, I found. Pick your google
link, I suppose--if you look long enough you'll find one to say what
you want it to. But yes, many of them say
that the cause of the loss is just...aging.

Sherry

5.1.2012 2:16, Christina Websell kirjoitti:
It's not too much to worry about but I lost my
sense of taste and smell in August. It can be a sign of brain tumour and
it's possible with my history of ovarian ca and the "washings of my
peritineum fluid" showed abnormal cells which could land anywhere in the
future.
I'm going to the ear, nose, and throat dept at the hospital tomorrow to have
it investigated.
I'm fairly sure it's from a big bad cold I had, but I'd appreciate any purrs
and prayers that it is nothing worse.

The problem of previously having Ca is that anything can come from it. I
was pretty lucky to survive what I had.
The docs told me I wouldn't.

Tweed


As I'm going through a cold myself at the moment, purrs that that's all
you have too and nothing more serious!

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

On Jan 6, 5:01*am, Christine BA wrote:
5.1.2012 2:16, Christina Websell kirjoitti:









It's not too much to worry about but I lost my
* sense of taste and smell in August. *It can be a sign of brain tumour and
it's possible with my history of ovarian ca and the "washings of my
peritineum fluid" showed abnormal cells which could land anywhere in the
future.
I'm going to the ear, nose, and throat dept at the hospital tomorrow to have
it investigated.
I'm fairly sure it's from a big bad cold I had, but I'd appreciate any purrs
and prayers that it is nothing worse.

The problem of previously having Ca is that anything can come from it. *I
was pretty lucky to survive what I had.
The docs told me I wouldn't.

Tweed

As I'm going through a cold myself at the moment, purrs that that's all
you have too and nothing more serious!

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

Same here -- Winnie

wrote in message
...
Sherry wrote:

That happened to me after heart surgery. I have no idea why. I
didn't really realize it until a dog that had been rolling in a
dead armadillo came up to me and I was petting it. DH said "How
can you stand that?" And I said, "WHAT??!" I had no idea what he
was talking about. I think it's come back over the last 10 years
some. I still ask people if they can smell the litterbox(es) when
they walk in the house because I'm always afraid I just can't
tell. People normall lose their sense of smell with age, but it
wouldn't be a sudden thing. With all the trauma you've had to
your body lately plus the fact you've had a cold, I bet it's a
temporary thing. Hope so.

I was thinking something along the same lines. I didn't have anything
to back that idea up, though, so I didn't say it. But it makes sense to
me. Trauma to the body (and you - Tweed - have had a lot of it over the
past year) can do some weird things.

I didn't realize it was normal to lose some sense of smell as you age.
It makes sense - after all, vision usually gets a little worse, as well
as hearing, so why not smell? I have a pretty strong sense of smell, so
it will probably outlast me. Sometimes that's a nice thing - if I'm
someplace that smells good, I have a strong reaction. Unfortunately, I
have an equally strong reaction when something smells bad, so I have
less tolerance for that than a lot of people.

--
Joyce

I know about losing sense of taste, and smell is a large part of that. When
I first got here my mom couldn't get my dad to eat. So I'd make mini
pizzas, lasagna, things like that. Highly seasoned foods were more
appealing because he could taste them.

I don't know about age and eyesight; I've been wearing glasses since I was
12.

Jill

"Winnie" wrote in message
...
On Jan 6, 5:01 am, Christine BA wrote:
5.1.2012 2:16, Christina Websell kirjoitti:



It's not too much to worry about but I lost my
sense of taste and smell in August. It can be a sign of brain tumour and
it's possible with my history of ovarian ca and the "washings of my
peritineum fluid" showed abnormal cells which could land anywhere in the
future.
I'm going to the ear, nose, and throat dept at the hospital tomorrow to
have
it investigated.
I'm fairly sure it's from a big bad cold I had, but I'd appreciate any
purrs
and prayers that it is nothing worse.

The problem of previously having Ca is that anything can come from it. I
was pretty lucky to survive what I had.
The docs told me I wouldn't.

Tweed

As I'm going through a cold myself at the moment, purrs that that's all
you have too and nothing more serious!

--
Christine in Finland
christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com

Same here -- Winnie

--------
I don't have a cold, this is being investigated at the hospital because it's
been going on for 5 months since I *did* have a cold early August 2011.

Tweed

"Joy" wrote in message
Purrs and prayers are on the way. It sounds very unpleasant even if it
turns out to be something innocuous.

Thanks, Joy. It's actually risky for someone who lives alone. I couldn't
tell if any food was spoilt or if I had a gas leak for example.

Tweed

"jmcquown" wrote in message
...



Mega purrs on the way. Have you been taking some over the counter cold
medications? There are some in the U.S. which allegedly having side
affects such as not being able to taste anything. Be sure to tell them
everything you've taken for your cold.

No, I didn't take anything when I did have a cold last year.

Tweed

wrote in message
...
Sherry wrote:

That happened to me after heart surgery. I have no idea why. I
didn't really realize it until a dog that had been rolling in a
dead armadillo came up to me and I was petting it. DH said "How
can you stand that?" And I said, "WHAT??!" I had no idea what he
was talking about. I think it's come back over the last 10 years
some. I still ask people if they can smell the litterbox(es) when
they walk in the house because I'm always afraid I just can't
tell. People normall lose their sense of smell with age, but it
wouldn't be a sudden thing. With all the trauma you've had to
your body lately plus the fact you've had a cold, I bet it's a
temporary thing. Hope so.

I was thinking something along the same lines. I didn't have anything
to back that idea up, though, so I didn't say it. But it makes sense to
me. Trauma to the body (and you - Tweed - have had a lot of it over the
past year) can do some weird things.

My own feeling is that it stemmed from the very nasty cold-type thingie I
had last year. It was more of a viral illness, I had a very high
temperature and 5 days later smell & taste disappeared.

Tweed