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Subject: Vanishing sense of smell
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 16:57:37 EST
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     For several years my sense of smell has been erratic, sometimes
very faint, sometimes distorted. Recently there have been periods of
several days when I couldn't smell much of anything.
     Is this a symptom of anything, a condition of itself, a usual
consequence of getting older (sort of older, I'm 42)?
     Can the deterioration be stopped/reversed?  What kind of doctor
would it be worth consulting - an ENT specialist, an internist, an
allergist?
     I hope someone can offer useful advice, a world in which I can't
find honeysuckle by its fragrance  or savor cinnamon rolls in the oven
is a pretty bleak place.
     
                                         --Carolyn J. Clark
     
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