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What Causes An Altered Sense Of Smell And Taste?
for a long while it tastes toxic when i breathe in from myy mouth or nose. my saliva is thick and tastes funny. i grunt so hard after i eat or when i go out for a long walk i get weak and dizzy for a while. when i grunt up or snort to clear my sinuses it tastes like it does when you have a bad chest infection. my doctor said i have a hernia where my assofagus joins my stomach.also it is very bad when i drink milk. my doctor retired without solving my proble and my new one is more interested in my coverage than my problem. i am always tired and i have no energy at all. i dont sleep very well. i feel like i am in a daze all the time and slightly unballanced. i have taken sleeping pills . i sleep good but it has not made me feel any better. please help
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per your query, you have symptoms of altered sense of smell and taste which could be due to sinusitis that is inflammation of sinuses and could be due to nerve dysfunction like glossopharyngeal. Sometimes poor oral hygiene could be the cause.
Need not to worry. I would suggest you to maintain proper oral hygiene and use oral corticosteroids as well because if it's due to any allergy, it will help resume taste. You should visit neurologist once as well and take medicines which lower down autoimmune or nervous system disorder if it is due to nerve dysfunction.
Take diet rich in zinc supplements as that will recover taste. You should take proper antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory medicine course to suppress sinus infection.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
As per your query, you have symptoms of altered sense of smell and taste which could be due to sinusitis that is inflammation of sinuses and could be due to nerve dysfunction like glossopharyngeal. Sometimes poor oral hygiene could be the cause.
Need not to worry. I would suggest you to maintain proper oral hygiene and use oral corticosteroids as well because if it's due to any allergy, it will help resume taste. You should visit neurologist once as well and take medicines which lower down autoimmune or nervous system disorder if it is due to nerve dysfunction.
Take diet rich in zinc supplements as that will recover taste. You should take proper antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory medicine course to suppress sinus infection.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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