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Alzheimer's and the smell of peanut butter

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Tippy22 Tue 06-Jun-17 19:11:31

Random heading I know but I listened to Steve Wright on Radio 2 who had a doctor on his show talking about Alzheimer's. He maintained that one of the early signs was someone not being able to smell peanut butter. Now having had a TIA about 12 years ago I have more or less lost my sense of smell. Should I be worried. Has anybody else heard of this. I'm off to buy some peanut butter.

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Ilovecheese Tue 06-Jun-17 20:10:56

If he meant that all people with Alzheimer's can't smell peanut butter (which I've never heard of) then it might be like:
"all robins are birds but not all birds are robins"
i.e
All of those with Alzheimer's can't smell peanut butter, but not all people who can't smell have Alzheimer's.

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annsixty Tue 06-Jun-17 21:35:04

My H who has Alzheimer's has no sense of smell at all. We were told this is one of the symptoms.

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Willow500 Wed 07-Jun-17 12:31:31

My parents both had AZ and I suspect my dad had lost his sense of smell as I went round one day and the house was full of gas which he couldn't smell. I have heard that it can be an early sign of AZ. I subsequently lost my sense of smell (anosmia) 6 years ago due to a viral infection so won't be able to use it as a sign for me! I would think that after 12 years its not an indication you're going down that route so I wouldn't worry too much.

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