I lost my sense of smell years ago thanks to Parkinson's disease. More life-changing than the loss of that sense was the accompanying attenuation to my sense of taste. I now only eat to ease hunger pangs and not for enjoyment. I have tried to focus on the texture of my food because there is very little taste. Even highly spiced foods such as the hottest curries are simply a sensation, not a taste. On the positive side, at least it makes it easy to avoid getting fat.
I went smell blind in '06. My brain thinks it remembers smells tho. So many things I miss smelling.... rain in the forest, fresh linens, coffee and my horses.... so many more. Also there is some danger...I can't smell anything burning. It's a strange disability.
I had this when I got covid, with the loss of taste. I was traumatised, most painful feeling but it was restored when I recovered. It’s heartbreaking to realise there’s someone who never recovered from this painful experience.
TL;DR - See if you have underlying health issues, outside of covid. I thought covid lost me my smell and taste, so lost hope after a while. Tried doing the smell therapy, which helped out a bit. However it turned out that an underlying fungal infection was causing it. Once I treated that it came back almost immediately. I’m now smelling and tasting like a newborn baby. Took me almost 3 years to uncover it, but so glad that I did.
Immune deficiency is associated with opportunistic fungal infections like candida, Aspergillosis & Cryptococcal infections. A nasal swab & blood tests can help diagnose this condition. Steroid therapy, Autoimmune disease, Viruses like Covid and HIV, Blood Disorders all can give issues with smell
Huh I wonder if that'll help me, after I got covid the ONLY thing I noticed was that coke taste like bell peppers to me. I mean its not a big deal, everything else is fine. I feel so bad for people who got covid and can't smell anything or worse, everything/certain things smell/taste like trash to them.
I once had a roommate whose cat went through a phase of peeing on stuff. Imagine not being able to smell dried cat pee on your clothes and not knowing that it doesn’t wash out all the time in the laundry and proceeding to go out in public smelling like cat pee. You’d have no idea. Makes me grateful for all five senses
I've never had a sense of smell. It's interesting to hear of people who are just realizing that there are senses people lack that aren't just sight and hearing. I think, with any loss of ability, it's harder to adapt and live with if you have lived a lot of years before loosing it. I've never had these senses so I'm not missing it.... because I didn't loose it.
My late friend had no sense of smell. She lost it in old age. It made life difficult for her. She didn't know if there was a problem with the gas, and once flooded her kitchen with it. Luckily, a friend visited and smelt it. We used to go and check food for her every few days. Strangely, her sense of taste was largely normal.
I have the opposite problem. I smell everything. I smell the slightest change in things. Its a blessing and a curse. I lost my sense of smell when I got CVOID, I also almost lost my mind. haha My smell is fine now, Thank G-d.
Speaking as someone with very little sense of smell, i'm mostly grateful i can't smell things as severely as others seem to. My Grandmother had a heightened sense of smell, and she was always complaining about some odor or another, When i do smell most things, they are pleasant. (Love that) I have been on the receiving end of horrendous odor though. THAT is a fate i wouldn't wish on most anyone.
I barely have a sense of smell and am generally much more surprised (and often quite annoyed) when there are strong smells like perfume or chemical smells around me bc it is super distracting.
Almost all my life (from childhood to adulthood) I had no sense of smell at all. I think the real cause of that was complex because I've also been a mouth breather all my life. It's never been a big problem for me. I agree with the people in the documentary that the thing that bothered me the most was that I couldn't feel when something was on fire in the kitchen. Regarding the enjoyment of food, I have come to the conclusion that I feel the taste of food better than people who have a sense of smell. Just as blind people develop better other senses. Over the years, my nose has naturally become passable, but I still breathe through my mouth, and now I only smell smells if they are intense, if they are under my nose and if I deliberately inhale through my nose. However, now I am very uncomfortable with the smells of household cleaners and the air in perfumeries that enter my mouth when I breathe. I have never had the need to seek professional help due to my lack of sense of smell. A person can enjoy life quite a bit even without a sense of smell. Trust me.🙂
I had the experience as i was affected by Covid. It was so cool in the beginning 😎 because i tried to smell petrol ⛽️, gasoline, perfume. And it was like nothing. Nothings at all. It took me more than 6 months to get the sense back. As i live in Asia, thankfully i could eat lot of spice and enjoy the numb feeling when i eat. Otherwise, i don't think i would have ever served.
I lost my sense of smell when I was around 10-11 years old and I'm now almost 30 so I have been without it longer than I was with it. I don't miss it at all. I'm also deaf and blind in my right eye. I honestly don't miss any of my missing senses. My life is very quiet and half dark and no smells. I am able to be lost in my thoughts without any distractions at all for hours on end.
I have no sense of smell since birth. Whoever says it's a horrible life they're lying, it's regular, the only time I reminded of it is when someone farts in a group and I'm the only one not to react, (although I don't smell I can somewhat identify a smell via taste)
Same, haven’t smelled since birth so it’s not a big deal especially since I don’t know what I’m missing 🤷♂️ only regret that I can’t smell my weed lol but my eyes haven’t failed me yet
It would be very hard to deal with if i lost my sense of smell. we should be thankful for what we have. one day, you may lose it and can understand the value of it.
Dec of 2022 complete loss of smell unrelated to Covid. About 3 months later it started to return however it was distorted and now my taste was affected. My palate diminished to the point of malnutrition, a quick 50 pound weight loss. I’ve had no animal protein since. The smell dysfunction is more than food. This has left me isolated and in poor health generally. Two neurologist and three otolaryngologist and a whole constellation of symptoms going back 6 years I have Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.
My asthma and sinusitis made my sense of smell weak. I can't smell "weak" scents. I can only smell something if it's strong, then followed by irritation. This is why all of my hygiene products are unscented since I'm allergic to strong scents.
Lost taste and smell when I first got Covid. From one day to the next. Taste came back a few days later. Now 3+ years later still, I smell 'stuff i haven't thought about for years' almost every other day. It's coming back somehow. But incredibly (i mean literally "how does this happen after years") slow. And will probably never reach levels of before.
Not so sure many people take the time to smell anything anyway as there’s no time for that other than a cup of coffee and dust. If you ask people what they’ve smelled in a day it’s likely an empty list they’re indoors at work all day.
I know what you feel like when I was hit by a car and hurt very badly for years I couldn't smell anything then through the doctors advice I ate spicy food and it helped eventually but it took time. Also oddly enough strong cleaning products like the bleach cleaners using them a lot somehow brought my sense of smell back
I had a housemate who was born without a sense of smell. One time I was making cereal, and without thinking I asked him “does this milk smell ok to you?” 🤦♀️
Immune deficiency is associated with opportunistic fungal infections like candida, Aspergillosis & Cryptococcal infections. A nasal swab & blood tests can help diagnose this condition. Steroid therapy, Autoimmune disease, Viruses like Covid and HIV, Blood Disorders all can give issues with smell
It is my humble request to speak English but any India or others but speak clear . Because we don't understand when he speaks English. I think you understand what I want to tell you. He also speak best but who has not the mother tongue English rhen difficult to understand.
Yes try acupuncture- by an expert, will partly restore it, with luck maybe fully. Best 🎉 I’ve done it & it’s helped people with varying degrees of success. Sadly a few failures too
Unfortnatley, the medical community doesn't take this disability seriously. And yes, I said disability. The medical community never calls it that, but that is what it is. They only started to look into this more seriously after covid because many people ended up with this issue. I haven't smelled a thing since 2005 and it was after a virus...so this issue has existed prior to covid maybe it was another corona virus...
My sense smell of smell was basically cut in half in 2021 I got covid 2 different times. My wife never got it so she always lets me know when I can’t smell something
What happens to brains 🧠 and sensitive human organs ?!!when someone lives beneath violence reactionary moods, strictly orthodox rules, and strictly limited permissions even in eat ,drink ,social behaving , far from free private favors. Free thinking
My nose was cauterized due to frequent nose bleeds, when I was around 7. I can't smell many "bad" smells. It has come in handy with a house full of boys 😂 *although I am somewhat obsessive with cleanliness, air freshners, and perfume, as I worry I won't know if my house or self smell bad
People who have TMAU would LOVE to have a friend like you. Its difficult for them to be around people because of their metabolic disorder. You are very special in a very good way dont forget that.
I lost my sense of smell years ago thanks to Parkinson's disease. More life-changing than the loss of that sense was the accompanying attenuation to my sense of taste. I now only eat to ease hunger pangs and not for enjoyment. I have tried to focus on the texture of my food because there is very little taste. Even highly spiced foods such as the hottest curries are simply a sensation, not a taste.
On the positive side, at least it makes it easy to avoid getting fat.
I went smell blind in '06.
My brain thinks it remembers smells tho.
So many things I miss smelling.... rain in the forest, fresh linens, coffee and my horses.... so many more.
Also there is some danger...I can't smell anything burning.
It's a strange disability.
I had this when I got covid, with the loss of taste. I was traumatised, most painful feeling but it was restored when I recovered. It’s heartbreaking to realise there’s someone who never recovered from this painful experience.
TL;DR - See if you have underlying health issues, outside of covid.
I thought covid lost me my smell and taste, so lost hope after a while. Tried doing the smell therapy, which helped out a bit. However it turned out that an underlying fungal infection was causing it. Once I treated that it came back almost immediately. I’m now smelling and tasting like a newborn baby.
Took me almost 3 years to uncover it, but so glad that I did.
Immune deficiency is associated with opportunistic fungal infections like candida, Aspergillosis & Cryptococcal infections. A nasal swab & blood tests can help diagnose this condition. Steroid therapy, Autoimmune disease, Viruses like Covid and HIV, Blood Disorders all can give issues with smell
Huh I wonder if that'll help me, after I got covid the ONLY thing I noticed was that coke taste like bell peppers to me. I mean its not a big deal, everything else is fine. I feel so bad for people who got covid and can't smell anything or worse, everything/certain things smell/taste like trash to them.
I once had a roommate whose cat went through a phase of peeing on stuff. Imagine not being able to smell dried cat pee on your clothes and not knowing that it doesn’t wash out all the time in the laundry and proceeding to go out in public smelling like cat pee. You’d have no idea. Makes me grateful for all five senses
Those people normally do not have peeing cats. That makes it easier.
I've never had a sense of smell. It's interesting to hear of people who are just realizing that there are senses people lack that aren't just sight and hearing. I think, with any loss of ability, it's harder to adapt and live with if you have lived a lot of years before loosing it. I've never had these senses so I'm not missing it.... because I didn't loose it.
Have you see the series “See”? Odds are there are people with an extra sense most don’t have
My late friend had no sense of smell. She lost it in old age. It made life difficult for her. She didn't know if there was a problem with the gas, and once flooded her kitchen with it. Luckily, a friend visited and smelt it. We used to go and check food for her every few days. Strangely, her sense of taste was largely normal.
I have the opposite problem. I smell everything. I smell the slightest change in things. Its a blessing and a curse. I lost my sense of smell when I got CVOID, I also almost lost my mind. haha My smell is fine now, Thank G-d.
Y censor god surely that’s not an issue
Speaking as someone with very little sense of smell, i'm mostly grateful i can't smell things as severely as others seem to.
My Grandmother had a heightened sense of smell, and she was always complaining about some odor or another,
When i do smell most things, they are pleasant. (Love that)
I have been on the receiving end of horrendous odor though.
THAT is a fate i wouldn't wish on most anyone.
I barely have a sense of smell and am generally much more surprised (and often quite annoyed) when there are strong smells like perfume or chemical smells around me bc it is super distracting.
Most Important & Interesting ❤ ! Smell is the essence of life that sustains us in several ways ! Thanks for your video ❤️
Almost all my life (from childhood to adulthood) I had no sense of smell at all. I think the real cause of that was complex because I've also been a mouth breather all my life. It's never been a big problem for me. I agree with the people in the documentary that the thing that bothered me the most was that I couldn't feel when something was on fire in the kitchen. Regarding the enjoyment of food, I have come to the conclusion that I feel the taste of food better than people who have a sense of smell. Just as blind people develop better other senses. Over the years, my nose has naturally become passable, but I still breathe through my mouth, and now I only smell smells if they are intense, if they are under my nose and if I deliberately inhale through my nose. However, now I am very uncomfortable with the smells of household cleaners and the air in perfumeries that enter my mouth when I breathe. I have never had the need to seek professional help due to my lack of sense of smell. A person can enjoy life quite a bit even without a sense of smell. Trust me.🙂
you really helping me to understand the world in different way , thank you so much
I lost it with Covid a year ago. It’s traumatic. It just started coming back now, not as strong and some stuff just smells different and odd now.
I lost my sense of smell when I was hit by a car for years the doctor told me to eat spicy food it worked eventually my sense of smell came back
Apparently there's a fungus infection that often goes hand in hand with COVID, that has exactly that effect. Might want to check, you never know 🤷♂
I lost my sense of smell after covid after 4 years I can smell only bad odour. Not perfume or fruits etc. I wish someone help
I had the experience as i was affected by Covid. It was so cool in the beginning 😎 because i tried to smell petrol ⛽️, gasoline, perfume. And it was like nothing. Nothings at all. It took me more than 6 months to get the sense back. As i live in Asia, thankfully i could eat lot of spice and enjoy the numb feeling when i eat. Otherwise, i don't think i would have ever served.
I lost my sense of smell when I was around 10-11 years old and I'm now almost 30 so I have been without it longer than I was with it. I don't miss it at all. I'm also deaf and blind in my right eye. I honestly don't miss any of my missing senses. My life is very quiet and half dark and no smells. I am able to be lost in my thoughts without any distractions at all for hours on end.
These people can be very valuable workers in pathoanatomical units !!!
It was a great health scientific documentary shared by an excellent ( DW) documentary channel.
I have no sense of smell since birth. Whoever says it's a horrible life they're lying, it's regular, the only time I reminded of it is when someone farts in a group and I'm the only one not to react, (although I don't smell I can somewhat identify a smell via taste)
Same, haven’t smelled since birth so it’s not a big deal especially since I don’t know what I’m missing 🤷♂️ only regret that I can’t smell my weed lol but my eyes haven’t failed me yet
@@mondo3802 bro, same.
We already know males don't care if they stanky
Stop cappin boo boo.
I suppose you can't miss what you never knew.
I can only smell smells when something is very close to me or my nose. I'm almost insensitive
THANKS DW I TOO RECENTLY LOSS SMELL I ASSUME IT MAY BE AFTER COVID THIS IS ENLIGHTENING
It would be very hard to deal with if i lost my sense of smell. we should be thankful for what we have. one day, you may lose it and can understand the value of it.
Oh yes I know it all too well I was horrified devastated and overcome with grief but thanks God I got it back
Amazing 👏
Dec of 2022 complete loss of smell unrelated to Covid. About 3 months later it started to return however it was distorted and now my taste was affected. My palate diminished to the point of malnutrition, a quick 50 pound weight loss. I’ve had no animal protein since. The smell dysfunction is more than food. This has left me isolated and in poor health generally. Two neurologist and three otolaryngologist and a whole constellation of symptoms going back 6 years I have Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.
My asthma and sinusitis made my sense of smell weak. I can't smell "weak" scents. I can only smell something if it's strong, then followed by irritation. This is why all of my hygiene products are unscented since I'm allergic to strong scents.
As Lynyrd Skynyrd would say, “Ooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell. Ooh that smell. The smell of death surrounds you.”
Lost taste and smell when I first got Covid. From one day to the next.
Taste came back a few days later.
Now 3+ years later still, I smell 'stuff i haven't thought about for years' almost every other day.
It's coming back somehow. But incredibly (i mean literally "how does this happen after years") slow.
And will probably never reach levels of before.
Not so sure many people take the time to smell anything anyway as there’s no time for that other than a cup of coffee and dust. If you ask people what they’ve smelled in a day it’s likely an empty list they’re indoors at work all day.
Uniquely suited to work in sewage and waste treatment or in rendering plants(were sick and dead animals not fit for human consumption are disposed of)
thiss is my situation for the last 6 months
I know what you feel like when I was hit by a car and hurt very badly for years I couldn't smell anything then through the doctors advice I ate spicy food and it helped eventually but it took time. Also oddly enough strong cleaning products like the bleach cleaners using them a lot somehow brought my sense of smell back
Which is more important? Smell or Sound
Was born without it. Don't know what I am missing, therefore it's not a loss. It would be nice to have it but not a big deal for me.
I lost my sense of smell and taste for a year after sneezing like ten times in a row😅actually got used to it. Then it came back. Cause unknown
I had a housemate who was born without a sense of smell. One time I was making cereal, and without thinking I asked him “does this milk smell ok to you?” 🤦♀️
Immune deficiency is associated with opportunistic fungal infections like candida, Aspergillosis & Cryptococcal infections. A nasal swab & blood tests can help diagnose this condition. Steroid therapy, Autoimmune disease, Viruses like Covid and HIV, Blood Disorders all can give issues with smell
No smell,no taste....I had in Covid.
Same here. The smell and taste is now distorted. Tasted metal for almost 2 years. Can smell sweat and ammonia
Me too!
When I told my husband I smelled ammonia, he looked at me like I was crazy 😜
It is my humble request to speak English but any India or others but speak clear . Because we don't understand when he speaks English. I think you understand what I want to tell you. He also speak best but who has not the mother tongue English rhen difficult to understand.
Two years ago i got Covid for the second time. I lost the sense for about 8 weeks. It was weird. like living in a sterile atmosphere.
My smell was affected during covid.
70-80% of taste is smell… try tasting food when having a cold….
i think my smell has changed since covid. Is there any way to have it back fully?
Yes try acupuncture- by an expert, will partly restore it, with luck maybe fully. Best 🎉
I’ve done it & it’s helped people with varying degrees of success. Sadly a few failures too
@@SeanAbbey thanks, you meant full body acupuncture?
Try Zinc tablets on alternate days- which improves taste, which is related to smell. Zn chelates Cu & Fe. … hence not to be taken daily
Worse than smelling nothing is smelling everything.
WHAT IS THE CURE????
Nowadays there is no smell anywhere,everything is artificial. No flower smell,no soil smell,it was good when we get touch with mother nature.
how can we fix this..
Who is smell of sweat lover and smell of flower lover😊
My father lets me know on an hourly basis what it's like to have no sense of smell.
I have experienced no sense of smell a week by the time when i have covis for the first time.
Unfortnatley, the medical community doesn't take this disability seriously. And yes, I said disability. The medical community never calls it that, but that is what it is. They only started to look into this more seriously after covid because many people ended up with this issue. I haven't smelled a thing since 2005 and it was after a virus...so this issue has existed prior to covid maybe it was another corona virus...
My sense smell of smell was basically cut in half in 2021 I got covid 2 different times. My wife never got it so she always lets me know when I can’t smell something
What happens to brains 🧠 and sensitive human organs ?!!when someone lives beneath violence reactionary moods, strictly orthodox rules, and strictly limited permissions even in eat ,drink ,social behaving , far from free private favors. Free thinking
For the love of God! Trimming that mustache would allow you to smell better!😂
i lost my sense of smell 5 years from now, i used to love parfums, i feel like shit now
nowadays we all lost our smell,since the covid 19 occoured most of the people lost their smell power.
My nose was cauterized due to frequent nose bleeds, when I was around 7. I can't smell many "bad" smells. It has come in handy with a house full of boys 😂 *although I am somewhat obsessive with cleanliness, air freshners, and perfume, as I worry I won't know if my house or self smell bad
*i stink.* And I don't know it.
I lost my sense of smell after covid after 4 years i can smell only bad odours no perfume or flowers fruits i wish somebody can help
Same situation for me. It's crazy and I realy hope they will find a solution for us...
I didn’t have no sense of smell for six months, may be postCorona effect 😢
Lost smell & taste after hitting head.
COVID is the reason I can smell and if I smell anything is something off
What is the smell of a baby ?
From covid19 my smell very weak. I need to sniff it very hard to get the sense.
cool I'm congential anosmic!
we all be skinny
Damn this thing if it's real i don't a single person who has this
Well if you can’t smell it then you can taste it.
Correct, what I deal with.
It's only smellz
37:02 pepa
Its horrible life becomes not worth living
Bruh
try never experiencing silence , fck you tinnitus
Duh
You still have 4 senses.
People who have TMAU would LOVE to have a friend like you. Its difficult for them to be around people because of their metabolic disorder. You are very special in a very good way dont forget that.
I have phantosmia, and I can smell burned rubber when it attacks. Imagine smelling something that is not really there 🥲