How to listen to lung sounds. As he places the stethoscope on your back, the doctor says, Take a deep breath.. As an RT who has listened to the lung sounds of over 10,000 patients, I will tell you that having a patient take in a deep breath is not the ideal way to listen to lung sounds. Ideally, you want the patient to breath normal. The reason is you want to hear what a patent's lungs sound like when he is breathing normal.
A gradual loss of smell and taste may be due to a cold/flu or sinus infection. If after the cold or sinus infection has cleared up, your sense of smell and taste has not returned, it is important that you visit your GP so that he/she can identify any underlying cause for your loss of smell or taste.
SYMPTOMS: There are two major types of problems related to taste and smell: (1) loss of function and (2) distortion of function. Loss of function means that you cannot taste or smell as well as you could before your loss.