Mags Robinson is joined by Neurologist Dr Lucia Li from Imperial College London and St Mary’s hospital in Paddington who has a special interest is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Consultant ENT Surgeon Miss Lisha McClelland, who runs the Smell and Taste Clinic at Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, and Expert Patient Shardlow.
Ed shares his personal story of smell and taste changes following a head injury in 2005, when he was 27. Dr Li explains how the brain is affected by a TBI and the consequences for patients. Miss Lisha McClelland talks about how patients who present to her Smell and Taste Clinic are diagnosed and managed, including self-hep. The presentations are followed by a Q&A with the speakers.
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