Any one have a loss of smell? I can not smell natural gas or my kids messy diapers.

My MS doctor said she would generally send someone with a loss of smell for an MRI to see if there was a tumor that was causing the problem but I had an MRI.

I told her I thought it was from my chronic allergies and sinus problems. She said sinus problems can cause loss of smell.

We didn't talk about if it could be related to MS but I do wonder. Anyone else have this problem? I am dx'd with MS so I am especially curious about those with a dx of MS.

You can't smell a loaded diaper?!? Most people would consider that good fortune ..I've never heard that MS can cause that, but who "nose"..Seems like everyday I'm learning something new about it. It will be interesting to see what you find out. I imagine that affects your sense of taste, too?

I haven't noticed a loss of smell with MS, persay, but, I do notice it when my sinuses are acting up.... nerves are everywhere, though, so, as Polar says, who "nose".

I am pretty sure it has to do with allergies or sinus trouble. My nose is almost always plugged on one side or the other.

Not smelling a yucky diaper is nice because I can change the diapers without too much trauma!

But not being able to tell the kids are messy does have its problems.

Not being able to smell the gas it a really big problem and dangerous.

We bought a gas detector.

LA

I've heard about a few people on the forums who have lost their sense of smell (not sure if it was permanent, or temporary), and have read about that as well ...

"Other less common causes of smell loss include chronic alcoholism (Shear et al., 1992), epilepsy Kohler et al., 2001), Kallmann's syndrome (Hudson et al., 1994), Korsakoff's psychosis (Mair et al., , pseudohypoparathyroidism (Doty et al., 1997a) and a number of common neurological disorders, including multiple sclerosis (Doty et al., 1997b, 1999"

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics/smell.asp

More commonly (although not much more), I've heard of PwMS who smell things that aren't there, like smoke, raw sewage, chemicals, boiling meat, etc.

Cherie

I've had just the opposite - I can smell anything and everything. Sometimes things that aren't even there!!