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Originally Posted by mikeod
It's important to note that the study does not deal with an overall loss of smell sensitivity, but a difference between left and right nostril sensitivity. And it right now only confirms a diagnosis. Further study is needed to determine if it is diagnostic. Also, the population studied was very small.
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I understand that. I'm just saying that "at the time" it was my mom's only symptom and it presented itself when she was younger......years before she was actually diagnosed.......decades before, as a matter of fact.
She would always mention it to me , so she must have been concerned.
My brother would tell her she was zinc deficient.
She would say that if she had a gas leak she wouldn't be able to smell it.
I told her that she no longer had gas......in N.J., yes. In Vermont, no.
I probably just dismissed it at the time. Lack of a sense of smell seems a trivial concern.
However, many moons later, when I began to read about it as a "possible sign or precursor of Alzheimers" I always remembered her talking about it.
She also lost a lot of weight over the years and having always been a thin person anyway........lack of sense of smell hinders any enjoyment of food.
But, in my mind.........it was an early symptom. She was diagnosed in her early 80's and died at 91.........and it truly was "The Long Goodbye".