Where has my sense of taste gone?

[Pinkkahori]

I've been really ill with the flu this week. I've eaten very little other than toast and tea and the occasional bowl of cereal since Sunday.
I'm starting to feel a bit better and Yvonne appetite has improved.
I've noticed though that I really can't taste anything.
It's strange because although I've been sneezing A LOT I haven't had classic head cold symptoms or a bunged up nose.
Has anyone had this?

Sorry - no idea where that Yvonne came from.

I had flu last month and lost my senses of taste and smell for 4 or 5 days. Had a cough but no sore throat/stuffy nose. Was very odd!

90% of what we think of as a sense of taste is actually smell. I've had the current five-week fucking variably awful cold, and I've just today started to be able to taste things again properly - it was quite a surprise, I'd started to forget what tasty food was! It was just sausages and roast veg, but I could distinguish every morsel. Bloody good thing they were nice sausages and nice veg :)

So yeah, even though you can breathe okay, your sense of smell may still be knocked out by inflammation.

Poss zinc deficiency - it’s used in immune function and sense of smell - eat pumpkin seeds

Have a shin cup! Will clear the airways.

Yup had this - 2 weeks in and I'm not 100% on tastebuds.

Thanks for the replies.
I really need to start eating a bit more but my appetite is low and nothing tastes good.
I did the ultimate test with cheese and onion crisps that I usually love and ... nothing.