Comment on Can I break my sense of taste?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Strong mint can absolutely knock out other flavors for a time.
I also knew a guy who had cancer (thyroid? Don’t quote me on that,) that the treatment knocked out his sense of taste. Everything except flour.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I have a friend whose sense of taste and salivary glands were messed up by focused radiation treatments for a growth on his neck (not thyroid, I forget what it was exactly, but thankfully amenable to treatment). Took a year or so for both to recover…