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lost of taste

11 years ago

How do you get your taste buds back?I can only taste sweets.

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cookie8
11 years ago
Have you tried a cleanse diet for a month to re-balance your body?
enjoyingspring
11 years ago
I have had the same problem for the past 2 years. I had a bad virus and it killed the nerves for the sense of taste and smell. It is called ANOSMIS. It is very rare that these senses come back.
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goldy
Original Author
11 years ago
I went on line and looked up'anosmis" and they mention smell but said nothing about taste.Do you think I still have hope? Ihad a stroke two months ago and I have been tasteless since.All I can taste is sweet and sourer
enjoyingspring
11 years ago
Ususally when you can't smell you can't taste either. I can only taste sweet and sour too.

Do you still have your sense of "smell"???
goldy
Original Author
11 years ago
I still have smell but no taste.
enjoyingspring
11 years ago
Has your doctor said anything about it coming back, since you had a stroke maybe it is just a matter of time and it will come back.
enjoyingspring
11 years ago
Has your doctor said anything about it coming back, since you had a stroke maybe it is just a matter of time and it will come back.
d0ug
11 years ago
Do you have silver fillings in your teeth. If so they will release mercury and mercury will destroy nerve cells.
goldy
Original Author
11 years ago
no d0ug I have false upper and lower.I had a stroke .In just a few hours my life completely changed.I can walk good but real slow.The only great change was lost of taste.Only sweet and sour.
enjoyingspring
11 years ago
Here is a link that may be helpful to you.

Since I have lost my sense of smell and taste I only eat foods that I remember the taste of, that seems to help me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Loss of Taste
goldy
Original Author
11 years ago
enjoysring Ithankyou for your website.It will be most helpful
lorlynmonti
11 years ago
This might help also http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/pages/taste.aspx . I wish I could help you. I haven't experience loss of taste and I'm curious how hard it is.

Here is a link that might be useful: internal medicine
vieja_gw
11 years ago
lost my very acute sense of smell after fall to back of skull/concussion (oddly, 'taste' ok!). Dr. had me try zinc & vit. B injections. For whatever reason, I now most of it has come back but not nearly as good as before. I believe 'taste' is the term for sweet,sour, bitter (& another that escapes me ... ? salty) on our tongue & I never lost that but yes, flavor which I think is a combination of taste & smell was lost for me during that time. Can you smell things ok yet though? We don't realize how precious these things are until we lose them!

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