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Lost Smell and Taste after COVID

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 10 9:10am | Replies (48)
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@elayne

I am 8 months out from having lost my sense of smell and taste since having had Covid. I can smell if I put something right under my nose, but not smell in the environment and still cant taste food. I've done the oil smelling but wonder if anyone has tried Vitamin A through a nasal inhaler or other strategies I am reading about. My ENT checked that there is nothing physically wrong (CT scan) and tried steroids.
Now just says, time will heal or not. Any strategies? Thanks.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | May 8 6:13pm

Hi @elayne, I moved your post to the Post-COVID Recovery support group where many members are talking about loss of smell and taste.

See these related discussions: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/post-covid-recovery-covid-19/?search=smell&index=discussions

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celia16 | @celia16 | May 9 6:33am

I can relate, as I was diagnosed with smell/taste disorder, though mine is a little different from most. I also have a constant bitter taste. How were you diagnosed? Did you take smell test on booklets with various fragrances? Had your ENT seen this kind of thing before?

How severe was your covid? Do you have other LC symptoms? Were you taking any meds when smell/taste was disrupted?

I haven’t heard of Vitamin A suggestion, but will try it. Any risks that you read in your research?

People don’t realize how terrible this is. I actually have pretty good smell ability now, I think…..taste improving, but bitter taste going strong 7 months post covid.

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