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Old 04-30-2008, 11:38 AM
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That is good news.

I have a difficult time with meats. I can not tell if they are spoiled or not. But I can smell other things.

Not being able to smell a messy diaper has been beneficial because I have had a child or two in diapers non stop for over 11 years now.

Not to mention my two adult children who were in diapers themselves. I am probably a very fast diaper changer by now!

Can hormones throw your sense of smell off? I don't think I have a hormone issue but at my age you never know I guess.


LA

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Originally Posted by lady_express_44 View Post
Probably a bit of both, LA. I sometimes have a very sensitive sense of smell, and notice things far quicker then others. However, I also get the weird smells (mostly smoke and a gross boiling meat scent), but they are not real.

Here's another link on the "loss of smell with MS" symptom. The good news is:

"The nerve cells servicing the olfactory epithelium are unique to the nervous system. Unlike nerve cells anywhere else in the body, the olfactory neurons are able to recover or regenerate after injury. This means that incidences of anosmia can be temporary."

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/B..._of_smell?open

Cherie
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