DH has lost his sense of smell. It's nothing sinister, but any ideas to help him?

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DH has had no sense of smell for 3 or 4 years now. When he first lost it, he went to the dr and had a brain scan etc. It was decided that there was no sinister cause and that it may or may not return. He is pretty fed up about it and I was wondering if anyone could suggest anything he can try. I read somewhere that zinc supplements were good, so he has been taking those for a few months. Other than that and my suggestion that he tries the Chinese medicine clinic, I'm a bit stuck.

Any ideas? Thanks!

My DP has no smell his is because of a very bad dust mite allergy and hay fever. I hoover the house daily and the bed I also bought anti allergy bedding, leather sofas, wooden floors and it stops the sneezing and means he can breathe through his nose and gives slight sence of smell back.

But that probably doesnt help you I guess the only advice I can give is make sure you smile when he buys perfume DP insists on trying to buy me some

I have a friend who has no sense of smell and it is the psychological effect she struggles with. She says that the worst thing is not to be able to taste food and has taken some of the enjoyment from her life. She compensates by enjoying other people enjoying her food and so she cooks a lot and she also says that food colour, the way food is arranged and the feel of it in her mouth is very important to her. Even the sound of the crack as he digs into a creme brule is nice for her.

It might seem a small thing, perhaps even a bit silly, but thinking about how he can enjoy his food more in those sort of ways might help him psychologically. Does he cook himself? Would he enjoy going on say a cookery or cake making course so he could enjoy the pleasure of cooking like my friend?

MoreBeta I think that's exactly what gets him down - the lack of enjoyment of food and other nice smells. I like your suggestion of looking for other ways to enjoy food.

Thank you Crawling but I don't think he has any allergies as he had a load of tests when it initially went although I probably should hoover the house more frequently anyway.