Managing personal hygiene How to keep yourself feeling fresh when you can’t smell your own body Not being able to smell the world around you can be isolating, but not being able to smell yourself can really knock your confidence. […]
A Common Pattern of Covid-19 Smell Loss Covid-19 patients: do you recognise this pattern? Does this sound like your experience? You get Covid-19 and your sense of smell disappears like a switch has been flicked. You taste and smell nothing. Then […]
Future treatments for smell disorders Prof Hummel and team reviews potential for new therapies Professor Thomas Hummel has dedicated his career to investigating treatments for smell disorders. Working with colleagues in Germany and Switzerland, his paper published in May 2021 […]
The Patient’s Guide to CRS EPOS 4 Patients In our webinar on 18 May 2021, Professor Claire Hopkins explained how best practice for the treatment of CRS is reviewed and shared among clinicians and, for the first time, how patients […]
When water seems ‘off’ Parosmia can affect the smell and taste of water It’s not uncommon for water to be a parosmia trigger. Dr Duika Burges Watson, visiting scholar at Northumbria University and who has an interest in altered taste, […]
Exploring the tests commonly used to accurately measure the sense of smell. There are several ways to test the sense of smell, and understanding how smell tests work can help you make sense of your diagnosis or recovery. Smell is […]
TBI research The latest research into brain function and smell Robert Pellegrino of the Monell Center and Maria Veldhuizen of the University of Mersin have been investigating how smell loss shows up in the brain in TBI patients, and they […]
Smell, Taste, Flavour The eating experience is a surprising combination of senses People will often say they can’t taste anything, but understanding how the senses work together can help you on the road to improving your enjoyment of food. Smell […]