Strange question

[ronroush7]

Does anyone get a strange smell associated with Crohn's?

 

[DJW]

Do you mean your smell is off or you smell something strange?

Smell is a pretty powerful sense. I still get a bit of a panic attack as soon as the hospital smell hits me when i get off the elevator.

 

[ronroush7]

I smell something strange.

 

[smt]

Does anyone get a strange smell associated with Crohn's?

I think this is an important question to me. Right from my childhood, when I have/am going to have a stomach disorder (need not be dairrhoea), I have experienced ordinary smells in a distorted manner. It seems that a normal odor is coming through a 'filter" that is altering it. For instance, the smell of books, that gets "altered". I discussed this with a physician many years ago, when I did not hear of Crohn's and he could not say much. This sense of smell tells me that trouble might be around the corner. Please note that I have not been diagnosed as yet.

 

[ronroush7]

Thanks

 

[Ally1234]

Not smell but ever since I was diagnosed and started steroids I seem to have a constant bad taste in my mouth. Food tastes like normal but within minutes of finishing eating I go back to a strange taste in my mouth

 

[ronroush7]

Is it like a metallic taste?

 

[Ally1234]

I guess it could be. What does it mean?

 

[Armani]

Hello. If you're meaning a strange smell being bad breath then yes, I have had this since I was young and I know how bad it can be, I am very anxious about the smell and I tend to avoid talking to people or if necessary I'd talk to them at a far distance. My only way to help you is by suggesting you chew chewing gum on a regular basis ( when you start to notice the smell ) or you could try mouth wash, today my mother bought a very expensive mouth wash ( 15 pounds/20 dollars and it's rather small bottle ) this mouth wash is apparently very good at preventing bad breath but I am unsure to wheter it helps with crohns but I will let you know if it works.

 

[JaimeM]

It could be medications.. Steroids and Flagyl are known for creating a metallic taste and a smell disturbance.. I know I get it every time.. The bad breath thing that armani talks about could probably be related to dehydration.. Bad breath is from not drinking enough usually. And we tend to get dehydrated easily. Also if you drink sugary stuff that can cause bad breath

 

[ronroush7]

I guess it could be. What does it mean?

When it was on prednisone, right after taking it, I would get a metallic taste in my mouth.