Sorry, I don't know; my own anosmia was noticable before I was
diagnosed.
Cheers,
Joe


J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694
3527 Cody Road
Sherman Oaks CA 91403


On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Paul & Kathy Sedler wrote:

> Joe,
> Apologies for jumping in here, but I am curious.  Is this loss of smell due
> to the common medications used by those with PD, inherent in the disease
> process,  or what?  Since loss of smell seems to go hand in hand with taste,
> have you noticed that also?  I reference the medications, since some have
> that side effect.(not necessarily for PD)
> Anosmia (loss of smell) has been discussed on another listserv I am on, and
> someone mentioned that zinc deficiency is associated with this.  They also
> mentioned the Monell Institute in Pennsylvania, or Dr. Alan Hirsch of the
> Chicago Smell and Taste Treatment & Research Center, Chicago 312-938-1047.
> Perhaps they know something in regards to the incidence of loss of smell in
> the general public vs. those with Parkinson's.
> Kathy
> friend of John 75/2
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> At 08:36 PM 11/2/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >A number of listmembers have recently mentioned loss or impairment of
> >smell (me too). When I told my neuro he brushed it off as trivial. I
> >worked on autos for many years, and noticed that gasoline fumes
> >temporarily deaden tne sense of smell.
> >The problem with any symptom for diagnosis is that it is subjective
> >and not quantitative. Researchers would like to find an unambiguous
> >positive marker that does not require judgement by the patient. It's
> >most important for clinical trials where inclusion of subjects who
> >don't really have PD can cause misleading results. Presently we don't
> >even know if the various forms of PD are all the same disease, or not.
> >Cheers,
> >Joe
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> >
> >J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694
> >3527 Cody Road
> >Sherman Oaks CA 91403
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> >On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Dick Swindler wrote:
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> >> I have been told that smell is an accurate diagnosis for PD.  In fact, the
> >> administration of a smell test is some 80% accurate in predicting PD.  Also,
> >> if you combine this test with one on hand-eye coordination it jumps the rate
> >> up to 90%.  Has anybody heard of this .
> >>
> >
> Kathy McQuade-Sedler
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