Answers to Self Assessment of Loss of Smell

How did you answer the questions?

 

If you answered Yes to questions 1 and/or 2, then your true "taste" is probably healthy. Remember that your sense of taste is influenced by smell to give your enjoyment of food and drink. If you answered No, then you should be evaluated for a taste disorder. 

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Question 3 asks about the changed smell and that suggests parosmia if you answered Yes

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Question 4 may indicate phantosmia if you answered Yes. 

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Question 5 If you answered Yes, then you have Hyposmia, diminished sense of smell