Wouldn't that be an example of a disability as referred to in question 18x?
COVID-19 and medicals
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Is not being able to taste something a disability?
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Well maybe not as dramatic as other forms of disability, but it does suck to have everything taste like nothing. I've noted a general loss of appetite. I'm hopeful that this is temporary, but it's going on 3 weeks now.
If you were employed as a chef it would be.
He said he lost his sense of smell too, and I think someone already pointed out that not being able to smell smoke in the cockpit could be a problem.
I learned a long time ago that I don't have the ability to predict what medical conditions the FAA will consider to be a problem.
I'll honestly answer anything that MedXPress or my AME wants to know, but I have never had either the FAA or the AME ask me about sense of taste or sense of smell, and like many other things, I'm not going to volunteer it.
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Stick your nose in a jar of cinnamon. Anything?
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I went through the same thing. The loss of smell was a godsend (or a curse) when my dog protested his lost mid-day walk by pooping on the floor next to the bed I was recovering from. I think I lost 15 lbs due to loss of appetite and the loss of anything tasting good. My smell & taste came back after about two weeks, but YMMV.
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Nothing! Same for lemon, pepper, garlic even Windex cleaner!