Is it possible to not be able to smell, but still be able to taste?
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Yes, my friend was born without the ability to smell, but she can still taste.  She says her sense of taste is probably muted because taste is augmented by smell.  But she can tell the difference between eating chocolate and eggs.  But she could not smell the difference if it wasn't in her mouth.  She told a story that when she was little she saw people smelling flowers and she would make the same gesture-pretend to smell flowers- but of course didn't understand until much later that they were getting a sensation she didn't get.
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Anosmia could be from a sinus infection. I developed it slowly, and until I had endoscopic sinus surgery I had forgotten how good (and horrible) some things smelled! There is a link below for congenital anosmia. I recommend a ENT to start. Then maybe a neurologist.
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I would give up the sense of taste.  It seems the least important to my everyday life.  I certainly couldn't get through the day normally without my sight, hearing or sense of touch and I wouldn't be able to smell potentially harmful substances without my sense of smell.
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Are you a smoker?  Smoking can affect your senses of smell and taste because those two senses are related.  If you quit, your sense of smell should recover over time, therefore your sense of taste (beyond just salty, sour, sweet, and bitter) will return as well.\n\nIf you don't smoke, go see your primary care physician, and ask for a referral to an ENT
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yup she's serious.  drinking, smoking and a lot of dairy food can give you a funky taste.  If you have plans to let someone visit down there, drink lots of water and eat lots of veggies to make it as pleaseant as possible for your partner!
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Anosmia (loss of sense of smell) and dysgeusia (loss of sense of taste) often occur together, since much of what we "taste" is actually smell.\n\nTemporary loss of the sense of smell is common with colds and nasal allergies, such as hay fever (allergic rhinitis). It may occur following a viral illness.
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touch,smell,taste,see,and hear
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The senses are connected.  When I inhale through my nose I can smell but can't taste.  When I exhale through my nose I can taste but can't smell.  Try it and see if it works the same for you.  Maybe I'm just weird.
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I really don't have a sense of smell. I'm 15 and it kind of sucks. Yeah there are the bad things i.e. skunks (never smelled a skunk), but there are a lot of good things too and it'd be nice to be able to smell them. Btw, I didn't know there was a term for it, thanks.
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If I absolutely had to chose one then I guess I wouldn't miss my sense of taste as much as the rest, alternativly, my voice as I could speak in sign and as long as everybody around me could understand it would be ok. \n\nSight, hearing and smell mean so much to me, but if I had to lose one then hearing would be it, even though I would sososos miss music.
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One way of improving you sense of smell is by blinding folding your eyes and using your other senses to know who or what may be there. Doing it this way please have someone help you. You can also improve your hearing, and touch. this was something we did in school back  afew years ago.
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HMMMM: taste and smell corelate as roughly 80% of taste is scent...but I'd rather loose those than hearing, sight or touch.\n\nI can live without tasting: I may loose a pound or so if not everything taste great\n\nI can live without smelling: not all things with odor are pleasant\n\nI can't live without touching, seeing and hearing my kids...\n\nK
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Honestly you never really get over it, you just get use to it. BUT REMEMBER as gross as it may seem ALWAYS breath through your mouth. Block off air flow through your nose and breath through your mouth. You cant taste it and you cant smell it Ive been doing this for a while now and you just get use to it.
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One sign of some brain injuries is that the person can't smell anymore because of damage to the nose when the head is struck\n\nYou only have a limited number of taste sensations-salt, sweet, bitter, etc. Most of the flavor is from the nose, not the mouth. If you eat an apple and smell a pear at the same time you think you are eating a pear.\n\nCompared to the nose of a dog a human nose is very poor. \n\nYou catch colds through your nose. If a virus enters the eyes, it goes down to the nose.
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In smell yes ortherwise ?
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you can not taste food because you can't smell it...and don't worry your nose will recover...I had a sinus infection and once I recovered I couldn't taste anything for about 3 months...I hated eating...just be patient your nose will come back
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Mmmm....another gorgeous question.\n\nLet me think...\n\nNope, it still smelled good enough to eat.  Wanna try?