Category: Taste and smell loss

When supporting major trauma clients after their discharge into the community, how often do you request funding for private dietetic input? How often are these requests approved? Many clients after a major trauma require physiotherapy, occupational therapy and psychology as standard.  This means that solicitors and insurance companies are used to seeing these types of […]

    Imagine a life without being able to smell your favourite food or “taste” the delicious flavours in your favourite dish.  How would that affect the quality of your life? Sadly, smell loss (and to a lesser extent, taste loss) is quite common after any type of brain injury.  The more serious the brain […]

  When people lose their sense of smell, whether it’s from a brain injury, COVID-19 or another cause, there are several safety precautions which need to be put in place to keep that person safe.  Smoke and natural gas in particular, often rely on a functioning sense of smell to alert someone that there is […]