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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa195.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thedailystar.net/health/news/what-causing-your-loss-smell-and-taste-2966211\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thedailystar.net/health/news/what-causing-your-loss-smell-and-taste-2966211\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/news\/what-causing-your-loss-smell-and-taste-2966211","crawl_time":1775941682,"first_indexed_time":1645298416,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"net,thedailystar!www,\/health\/news\/what-causing-your-loss-smell-and-taste-2966211 s443","src_root_hash":"13135967103042961995","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"What is causing your loss of smell and taste? | The Daily Star","meta_descriptions":["We take our sense of smell for granted. But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss:"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"19 February 2022, 18:00 PM\nUPDATED\n\t\t\t\t\t\t19 February 2022, 23:56 PM\nWe take our sense of smell for granted. But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss:\nThe smell-taste connection:\nTaste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it.\nAge:\nAs you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first.\nIllness or infection:\nAnything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste.\nObstructions:\nIf you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste.\nHead injury:\nYour olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell.\nCertain medical conditions:\nDoctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease.\nCancer and treatment:\nCertain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas.\nMedication:\nSome prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication.\nVitamin deficiencies:\nLoss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc.\nSmoking, drugs, and chemicals:\nBesides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste.\nDiagnosis:\nFollowing a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain.\nComplications:\nWhen you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food.\nSo, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly.","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=298630560628716&ev=PageView&noscript=1)\n\n[Skip to main content](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/news\/what-causing-your-loss-smell-and-taste-2966211#main-content)\n\n[![Home](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/themes\/custom\/swallow\/logo.svg)](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/ \"Home\")\n\nSunday, April 12, 2026\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/small_80x80\/public\/2026-04\/Hatirjheel%20water%20taxi.jpg?h=c673cd1c)](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/fuel-crisis-pushes-hatirjheel-water-taxi-service-brink-4147386)\n\n##### [Fuel crisis pushes Hatirjheel water taxi service to brink](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/fuel-crisis-pushes-hatirjheel-water-taxi-service-brink-4147386)\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/small_80x80\/public\/2026-04\/Pahela_Baishakh.jpg?h=c673cd1c)](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/du-fine-arts-students-gear-vibrant-pahela-baishakh-4144771)\n\n##### [DU Fine Arts students gear up for vibrant Pahela Baishakh](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/du-fine-arts-students-gear-vibrant-pahela-baishakh-4144771)\n\n[![](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/small_80x80\/public\/2026-04\/Thumbnail_TrumpLosingPower.jpg?h=52d3fcb6)](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/trump-faces-mounting-political-and-economic-pressure-amid-dwindling-support-4143991)\n\n##### [Trump faces mounting political and economic pressure amid dwindling support](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/star-multimedia\/news\/trump-faces-mounting-political-and-economic-pressure-amid-dwindling-support-4143991)\n\n[বাংলা](https:\/\/bangla.thedailystar.net\/)\n\n## Main navigation\n- [News](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/news)\n  - 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But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss:\n\n**The smell-taste connection:** Taste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it.\n\n#### [![Google News Link](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/themes\/custom\/swallow\/images\/google_news.svg)For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.](https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECW73usLivqPCSeQRsSUvRQqFAgKIhAlu97rC4r6jwknkEbElL0U)\n**Age:** As you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first.\n\n**Illness or infection:** Anything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste.\n\n**Obstructions:** If you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste.\n\n**Head injury:** Your olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell.\n\n**Certain medical conditions:** Doctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease.\n\n**Cancer and treatment:** Certain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas.\n\n**Medication:** Some prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication.\n\n**Vitamin deficiencies:** Loss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc.\n\n**Smoking, drugs, and chemicals:** Besides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste.\n\n**Diagnosis:** Following a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain.\n\n**Complications:** When you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food.\n\nSo, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly.\n\nSHARE\n\n[Click to comment]()\n\n#### Comments\n[Comments Policy](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/comment-policy)\n\n## Related News\n##### [Measles shot drive begins tomorrow in Dhaka, Barisal, Mymensingh cities](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/disease\/coronavirus\/fallouts-fightback\/vaccine\/news\/measles-shot-drive-begins-tomorrow-dhaka-barisal-mymensingh-cities-4149236)\n5 hour(s) ago    Vaccine\n\n##### [Measles Vaccination: Govt fast-tracks nationwide drive](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/disease\/news\/measles-vaccination-govt-fast-tracks-nationwide-drive-4147261)\n9 April 2026, 03:33 AM    Disease\n\n##### [10 more suspected measles deaths reported, toll rises to 138](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/news\/10-more-suspected-measles-deaths-reported-toll-rises-138-4146876)\n8 April 2026, 19:39 PM    Health\n\n##### [Scuffle between DU students, doctors at DMCH; emergency services suspended](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/news\/scuffle-between-du-students-doctors-dmch-emergency-services-suspended-4146871)\n8 April 2026, 19:31 PM    Health\n\n##### [Chickenpox overtakes measles as top health concern in Rohingya camps](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/health\/news\/chickenpox-overtakes-measles-top-health-concern-rohingya-camps-4146801)\n8 April 2026, 18:24 PM    Health\n\n[![Home](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/themes\/custom\/swallow\/logo.svg)](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/ \"Home\")\n\nJournalism without fear or favour\n\nFollow Us\n\n## Footer\n- [About Us](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/about-us)\n- [Contact Us](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/contact-us)\n- [Comment policy](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/comment-policy)\n- [Apps](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/apps)\n- [Archive](https:\/\/archive.thedailystar.net\/)\n\n© 2026 thedailystar.net \\| Powered by: RSI Lab\n\nCopyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes   \n is strictly prohibited and constitutes copyright infringement liable to legal action.","attrs_readable_markdown":"19 February 2022, 18:00 PM\n\nUPDATED 19 February 2022, 23:56 PM\n\n![smell-and-taste.jpg](https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/big_1\/public\/images\/2022\/02\/19\/smell-and-taste.jpg)\n\nWe take our sense of smell for granted. But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss: **The smell-taste connection:** Taste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it. **Age:** As you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first. **Illness or infection:** Anything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste. **Obstructions:** If you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste. **Head injury:** Your olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell. **Certain medical conditions:** Doctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. **Cancer and treatment:** Certain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas. **Medication:** Some prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication. **Vitamin deficiencies:** Loss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc. **Smoking, drugs, and chemicals:** Besides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste. **Diagnosis:** Following a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain. **Complications:** When you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food. So, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	19 February 2022, 18:00 PM UPDATED 19 February 2022, 23:56 PM We take our sense of smell for granted. But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss: The smell-taste connection: Taste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it. Age: As you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first. Illness or infection: Anything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste. Obstructions: If you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste. Head injury: Your olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell. Certain medical conditions: Doctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. Cancer and treatment: Certain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas. Medication: Some prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication. Vitamin deficiencies: Loss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc. Smoking, drugs, and chemicals: Besides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste. Diagnosis: Following a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain. Complications: When you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food. So, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly.
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But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss: The smell-taste connection: Taste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it. #### [![Google News Link](https://www.thedailystar.net/themes/custom/swallow/images/google_news.svg)For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel.](https://news.google.com/publications/CAAiECW73usLivqPCSeQRsSUvRQqFAgKIhAlu97rC4r6jwknkEbElL0U) Age: As you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first. Illness or infection: Anything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste. Obstructions: If you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste. Head injury: Your olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell. Certain medical conditions: Doctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. Cancer and treatment: Certain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas. Medication: Some prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication. Vitamin deficiencies: Loss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc. Smoking, drugs, and chemicals: Besides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste. Diagnosis: Following a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain. Complications: When you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food. So, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly. 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Readable Markdown	19 February 2022, 18:00 PM UPDATED 19 February 2022, 23:56 PM ![smell-and-taste.jpg](https://www.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_1/public/images/2022/02/19/smell-and-taste.jpg) We take our sense of smell for granted. But have you ever imagined losing your sense of smell? Food tastes different without your sense of smell, you cannot smell a flower, and you could be in a dangerous situation without realising it! Find out the following causes of smell loss: The smell-taste connection: Taste usually follows the smell. Because your nose's olfactory area controls both. Your nose determines whether that sweet taste is from a grape or an apple. Food does not taste the same when you cannot smell it. Age: As you age, you lose some of the olfactory nerve fibres in your nose. This often affects your ability to notice salty or sweet tastes first. Illness or infection: Anything that irritates and inflames the inner lining of your nose, such as cold, allergies, COVID-19, and makes it feel stuffy, runny, itchy, or drippy can affect your senses of smell and taste. Obstructions: If you cannot get enough air through your nose, your sense of smell suffers, and smell affects taste. Head injury: Your olfactory nerve carries scent information from your nose to your brain. Trauma to the head, neck, or brain can damage that nerve, as well as the lining of your nose, nasal passages, or the parts of your brain that process smell. Certain medical conditions: Doctors do not understand why, but the loss of smell can be an early warning sign of dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. Cancer and treatment: Certain kinds of cancer and treatment can change the messages between your nose, mouth, and brain, such as tumours in head or neck and radiation to those areas. Medication: Some prescription and over-the-counter medications can shift your senses, especially antibiotics and blood pressure medications. Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any medication. Vitamin deficiencies: Loss of taste and smell could be your body's way of telling you of having low vitamins. Certain conditions and medications can cause you to be low in vitamins associated with smell and taste, like A, B6, B12, and zinc. Smoking, drugs, and chemicals: Besides its ability to cause cancer, tobacco smoke can injure or kill the cells that help your brain classify smells and taste. Diagnosis: Following a physical, your doctor will assess your ability to taste and smell. You will name scents in small capsules or scratch-and-sniff labels for the smell test. Your doctor may use an endoscope (a camera on a flexible tube) or a CT scan to examine your sinuses, nose nerves, and brain. Complications: When you lose your senses of smell and taste, it affects your life in many ways. This condition is a safety risk since you can't smell smoke, poison, gas, or taste spoiled food. So, be aware of your conditions when you cannot smell or taste anything and treat them accordingly.
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