Author Topic: I can't smell anything ( Gib cures for intennse exposure to fumes )  (Read 518 times)

As the title says I can't smell anything now. I was told to help get rid of some garbage that had been collecting and we had 5 trash buckets with 2-3 bags each in them, well we didn't have enough lids to cover them so raccoons got into the bags. I wasn't there to load the trash, thank god, so we took off to the trash disposal place. This dump has a large hangar where you just dump trash in so we got out and started to drag these buckets to empty them, one step out of the truck and there is half an inch of "Slime" on the floor and this place usually smells bad but today was HORRIBLE. I can't name whatever was combining to make the smell but if there was a reason to wear a gas mask in public it was in this place where you would wear it. I had to run outside to vomit for a minute and when I got back they had nailed 2 buckets, the buckets had stagnant water along with the trash in them so I was practically choking. We finally emptied everything so we came home but the smell followed us. After dumping everything I had to wash out the buckets and when I was washing them the smell just shot out of those trash cans. I finally got done with everything but I couldn't smell anything, the freshly cut grass or the usual smell of wet clay. After stepping inside my sister was baking "Hot chocolate cookies", whatever the hell those are  couldn't smell the chocolate or anything.


Anyone have any cures for this?

edit: is it bad to feel dizzy and light headed from this?
« Last Edit: July 11, 2015, 04:58:17 PM by ThatRandomGuy »

spill small amounts of water in your nostrils

sniff some ground coffee

it's the best stuff ever

if you can't smell it, wait a day or so and see if it comes back. i suppose it's like you have to regain your sight in the dark back once you turn on your phone or something like that.

Idk I never heard of a "cure" for loss in sense of smell... It is bad if you feel dizzy but it's probably just your mind playing tricks.

Wait a day or two and it will probably go away, if not then see a doctor obviously

Get some lightly diluted muriatic or hydrochloric acid (the stuff smells strong) and see if you can smell it.  If you can your smelling's just weakened not gone.
Humidifier.  Probably not what you want to hear in the middle of Summer, but it may help.
Wait a couple days and see a doc if it's still going on.

Get some lightly diluted muriatic or hydrochloric acid (the stuff smells strong) and see if you can smell it.  If you can your smelling's just weakened not gone.
Humidifier.  Probably not what you want to hear in the middle of Summer, but it may help.
Wait a couple days and see a doc if it's still going on.
I just got some Rubbing alcohol and sniffed that. Oh yeah, it's back.

don't feel light headed or dizzy anymore. I think I just needed to get to a clean area