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-when you get a common cold you get congested wich covers the sinuns with a mucus substance and that is what takes away some ability of smell and sometimes even taste. -The common cold is fought off by your immune system, the reason your nose is unable to smell is due to the fact that mucus is stopping the flow so that no bacterial infestations can enter through the nasal passages, and as such they are unable to smell.
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Why can not you smell?
Most likely you have a bad cold that is plugging up your nasal cavity, hindering your ability to smell properly.
What mineral helps prevent the common cold?
zinc
Why does food taste insipid when you have severe cold?
because a stuffy nose decreases your ability to smell
Home Remedies for Colds?
Unfortunately, the common cold is something that everyone experiences. It is difficult to get away from but some home remedies do exist that can lessen the chances of getting the common cold while also making it shorter. The immune system is a very powerful weapon that can be used to prevent and fight the common cold. Vitamin C is an immune system booster and can be taken daily to prevent the common cold from showing up and staying long.
What does cold blooded animals and warm blooded animals have in common?
Cold blooded animals and warm blooded animals have the ability to regulate body temperatures in common. They both have adapted to their respective environment.
Why do you have a hard time tasting things when you have a cold?
Taste is related to smell. When your nose is congested, you can't taste things aswell. For example plug your nose when your feeling better, and try to taste something. You can't taste it aswell.
Is it good for you to smell skunk odor?
deep breathing skunk can cure a common cold and other flu-like symptoms.
Why can't i smell anything when i have a cold?
Because your nasal passage is congested. That means the smell cannot travel to your brain.
What is the current cold virus?
Cold viruses are constantly mutating into different forms which is one of the reasons that there is no vaccine to prevent the common cold yet (the virus mutates before a vaccine can be developed in time to prevent that strain and a new strain takes its place.) There are currently many many cold viruses in circulation, each mutating over and over, so as soon as someone might identify the type in a specific location, it will change to different types. Colds are usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold that each can rapidly mutate into new forms, which circumvents our ability to gain immunity.
What does ice cream smell?
Because it don't smell
What did NATO do to prevent the Cold War?
NATO did nothing to prevent the Cold War. NATO was created because of the Cold War and may have helped prevent it from becoming a hot war.
How do prevent hypothermia?
you can prevent hypothermia by not getting cold
