DEAR DR. GOTT: Three years ago I lost my senses of smell and taste. Most doctors don’t even know what this is, but I have found that over 2 million people in the US suffer from this horrific disorder of the olfactory bulb or nerve. I wasn’t diagnosed by my primary care physician (he didn’t even know what to call it) but research on the internet finally gave me information and a name, anosmia. I had numerous chronic sinus infections prior to my loss of smell and taste and was treated with several different antibiotics.

I finally asked my primary care physician to refer me to an ENT. After an examination by the specialist, he said I had a deviated septum and polyps and suggested that I have surgery to correct this and that I would probably get my sense of smell and taste back.
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