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Lost Smell and Taste after COVID

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: May 10, 2024 | Replies (48)

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@jej

I lost both my sense of taste and smell in August with Covid. Neither have returned. I have had maybe 5 instances where I caught a ..hint. of something smell wise,and it gone like snapping your fingers. Taste wise, I never ate hot or spicy food before covid of any type. Now I do. I have vaguely felt like I tasted something hot,and some super sour things. It is very frustrating. I was seeing a few Dr's for other issues they were trying to diagnose before covid hit. Now I deal with this also,and bow Dr's want to blame it all on covid when I was sick before I even got covid

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I can usually taste
ketchup, dill pickles tart dressings on a salad. Once in a while I get a few seconds taste of a bite of food, then it's gone. I know if sweet or salty. This has been 3yrs!
I can smell VicksVapoRub, so I take a whiff every few hrs trying to relearn& stimulate my senses.
Mayo therapist has me using steroid
( Budesonide) in Netipot sinus rinse twice day. No recovery so far 3months.