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Severe recurrent blocked nose after Covid
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jul 23 4:19am | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
I don’t have any advice for you, but a question. Did you loose your taste and smell with that much inflammation in your sinuses? I’m asking because I contracted Covid back in December of 2022 and as of yet not gotten it back. I also had a very mild case and only had stuffed up sinuses and for that the on-call doctor at my doctor’s office prescribed only steroids for 10 days. I’ve had 4 Stellate Ganglion Block Injections that are suppose to help you get your taste and smell back and so far only a slight improvement in my smell, my taste is basically at 0 accept for the coffee grounds I can smell when I make my coffee in the morning. I find it odd that some people lost their taste and smell and got it back pretty quickly, then there’s me…1 year and 7 months! Needless to say, it’s pretty awful!
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Sorry to hear your SGBs aren't helping like they have for others! I find my recovery with the help of SGB has to be in concert with other modalities to reduce anxiety and esp to help with good sleep. How do you sleep? Getting consistent good sleep is one of my challenges which can undermine the great effects I've gained from just my first Stellate Ganglion Block 2 months back. After three years of always getting tremors, brain fog and migraines the SGB has started to break up the "dying sensation" cascade effect that C19 left my nervouse system habitually over-reacting too. I'm going to ask my doc for a CPAP to help me sleep better.
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Yes I lost taste & smell at the time, but it has come and gone a bit since. If I'm choked up in my nose it's bad, if my nose is ok my taste & smell are ok. I wouldn't say great, but somewhat there. My GP has prescribed a 3 day course of steroid and then a steroid nasal spray to use after that. Hoping that settles the inflammation and helps! Very sorry for your predicament.. and I really trust it comes back for you.