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The senses of smell and taste are closely interrelated, and one definitely does affect the other to some extent.Although they are extremely closely related you will not loose your sense of taste if you lose your sense of smell it will just be extremely mild. You dont reallz lose your sense of taste physiologically instead psychologically you would find food less tast, not because your sense of taste is affected but because 80% of what we consider to be tasty food comes from how they smell.(1) On April 29, 2008 at 3:07 am User:Patty_Robb[0] said:I have lost my sense of smell since about ten years ago. It has gotten progressively worse. At first I would have phantom smells or if someone suggested a smell I would smell it for hours. I now do not even have a memory of smells and have lost my sense of taste as well.
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Sense of taste is largely affected by the sense of smell. So outside odors will positively or negatively affect the sense of taste.
Yes , it is another word for taste.
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When you lose your sense of smell you begin to lose taste too. This happens because a large portion of your taste comes from smell.
No reasonable person would like to lose their sense of taste. They would no longer be able to taste the smoked salmon they long for or the escargot they never dared to try.
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If you blow any smoke out of your nose it will damage it. You can and will lose your sense of smell and a lot of your sense of taste.
You may be able to intentionally lose your sense of taste temporarily by plugging your nose while eating. The nose plays a large part in how food tastes.
If you lose your sense of smell your sense of taste generally goes with it, since the two senses are closely linked.
Think about when you get a stuffy nose. When you lose your sense of smell it impairs your sense of taste.
It is that your taste buds are less sensitive
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You will have headache, and even worse, you will lose your sense of taste.
There are reasons why you might lose your sense of smell even if you don't have a cold. Taste may not be diminished fully but there might be a decrease in smell with certain medical conditions.
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