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Symptom Checker

Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.

Smell and Taste Loss

The first questions are aimed at the possibility of a serious or dangerous cause of your symptoms.

Did your smell or taste problems begin after a head injury?

Or, did your symptoms start along with any of the following?

- A severe headache

- Weakness on one side of the body

- Slurred speech

- Inability to walk

Yes, I had a head injury and/or have those other symptoms.

No, I've had no head injury and don't have those symptoms.

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