everything smell taste awful

[arismurray]

i got cold n cough on saturday,massive headache and fever but then on sunday i start vomiting non stop day and night till monday thn its just stop on tues but i still cough n my nose still bocked,now part frm light cough and runny nose i cant smell properly everything just smell weird i can taste sweet fruits but savory stuff just doesnt taste right been days now,never been this long before btw just get info tht i was get norovirus too thts wht make me vomit non stop,whn i'll get my taste bud back?

[friggy]

That is a good sign that you can smell strong odors.  Go ahead and finish with the antibiotics.  If the nasal spray is a steroid, that's okay to use. But note that a recent study suggests that one powerful antibiotic, Amoxicillin, was "not likely" to be effective against sinusitis.  But it is possible, and could keep the infection from spreading.

If the prescribed treatment doesn't work, I'd suggest this:

http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/2322

The Flip-Turn Sinus Flush is mildly risky, because you have to bend over to do it, preferably in a shower, but you can also do it outside on soft ground, or you can kneel down and lean over a bathtub with the shower running.

If you tryi it, make sure you look straight up at the end of the flush, to drain the saline from the area where your olfactory nerves are.

Lastly, I use a jar of cinnamon to mark progress in smell recovery.

Good luck, friggy

[arismurray]

i went to doctor few days ago,but i wasnt happy about it,i dont feel tht she was listen to me,and take wht i said seriously..
anyway she just gave me antibiotic to take fr a week and another nasal spray??!! i thought it was the problem at the first place,btw i didnt use the nasal spray,let see how the antibiotic doing,my nose still doesnt work normally tho,i can smell very strong odor (if i stick my nose into perfume thn ya i can) but food n stuff nop nop nop :(

[arismurray]

i stop using the nasal spray fr 4 days now,i wonder if my smell will ever comeback (its not gone permanently) i have appointment to see the doctor this week,so finger cross

[arismurray]

its call sudafed its contain xylometazoline n hydrochloride

[friggy]

Oh yeah, nasal spray.  I don't know which one you are using, but some of them can mess up your sense of smell.

For allergies I recommend nettle leaf capsules, which has magnesium, which reduces allergic reaction in many users.  Try them for 2 weeks, no side effects so nothing to lose.

Good luck, losing smell is awwwful.

[arismurray]

thanks friggy,my husband say it might because the nasal spray tht i use everyday (i got dust alergy) i just got sudafed frm chemist cause its work so i never went to doctor for it,tht its now affect my scent of smell too.
i knw ishould not not use the sudafed everyday but my nose blocked everyday so i been using it over this last 6 months,u think it might have something to do with it too?

[friggy]

Most likely you have a sinus infection in your upper sinuses, which is affecting the olfactory nerves.  It usually takes 2 or 3 weeks for sinus infections to go away.