Guest guest Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 Hello all, I have a case of a male 39 year old who lost his sense of smell and taste soon after a back injury about 10 years ago. He also has phantom smells that range anyting from very foul (sewage) to pleasant (strawberries) and they occur several times a month and can last for days sometimes. All the neurological tests at the the time showed no neural damage. In general the patient appears to be in good health with generalised Qi and Yin deficiency. He had pneumonia at 6 and chicken pox ENCEPHALITIS at 13 which kept him in bed for one year and made his spine very rigid. Has anyone treated sensory related problems like this? What kind of prognosis can we expect? Salma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 , sjeevanjee@a... wrote: > Has anyone treated sensory related problems like this? What kind of prognosis can we expect? > Salma one case. no luck. in hindsight, I would have used more blood movers since it was an injury. I am thinking tong qiao huo xue tang because it goes to the head. while the injury was lower down, I can't imagine this would happen without some effect being had on the nose or brain. Any spinal injury can cause repercussions along the entire length of the cord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 I know that loss of smell and taste can often relate to a zinc deficiency in the body. I have traeted one case with success by supplementing with Zinc and giving a zinc-rich diet...Not TCM but it worked. Keep us posted. Eti >"1" > > > Re: SMELL LOSS >Thu, 04 Apr 2002 21:01:37 -0000 > >, sjeevanjee@a... wrote: > > > Has anyone treated sensory related problems like this? What >kind of prognosis can we expect? > > Salma > >one case. no luck. in hindsight, I would have used more blood >movers since it was an injury. I am thinking tong qiao huo xue >tang because it goes to the head. while the injury was lower >down, I can't imagine this would happen without some effect >being had on the nose or brain. Any spinal injury can cause >repercussions along the entire length of the cord. > >Todd > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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