Post illness loss of smell

Tessyo, so pleased your sense of smell has returned.
I didn’t want to reply earlier as it would have sounded so negative. Since covid in October 2020 I have lost my sense of smell and taste, but also suffer from parosmia and phantosmia. Parosmia means that although I can’t smell most of the time, every now and again something will trigger a really bad smell. Coffee, wine, peppers, chemical cleaners, artificial flavours all smell disgusting.
Phantosmia means that I smell cigarette smoke or diesel when it’s not present, to the point that it gives me a sore throat and headaches.
The loss of smell is trivialised but the distress it causes shouldn’t be underestimated.

A new study from Stanford has found that people who lose their sense of smell with Covid, develop a much higher immunity to the virus than those who don't. Always a silver lining.

I had the cold virus going around certainly not covid and I could not taste a thing

Thanks for all the messages - it has returned & I am very grateful! Good luck to all who may still be without x

Sorry, I had covid at Christmas 2019, I still can't smell or taste much. I have a bland diet due to IBS. I hope you recover your sense of smell soon. hugs

Lost my sense of taste and smell after a bronchial infection, still haven’t got it back. This was 1980.

I had Covid in August. My sense of smell has been haywire ever since. I can smell things that nobody else can - good and bad🤭

Hi, following the COVID-19 infection, some people have hyposmia (a diminished sense of smell).The good news is that, for the most part, it's just temporary. Thanks

Seems like it might be rather luck of the draw and not much I can do. I already miss it incredibly - for e.g. the lovely soft, musky smell of my dog’s fur 😢 And as for the lovely St Eval candles I bought for Christmas time!

I lost taste and smell in December 2019 with a virus that nobody had put a name to 😉
I haven’t got them back, yet but I’m on a course of Acupuncture.
Having some very informative conversations with the Chinese Dr.

When I had Covid in February I lost my sense of smell and taste for around 6 weeks

I went through loss of taste , but not smell .

But the sense of taste came back .
Don't despair .

Yes I also lost my sense of smell and taste (although not completely).

It came back.

I lost my a mar of taste and smell after asymptomatic
covid March 20 ,I looked at everything on the internet for many months and did smell train ( sniffing various scents numerous times a day)I have regained my sense of smell but sadly not my full sense of taste .
I think most people have recovered but if not
Abscent which you can look.at on line maybe of help to you.

That sounds more hopeful than my Google research at least! Thanks for letting me know & I wish you a full recovery of senses very soon

I've recently had covid and have still not fully got my sense of smell and taste back over two weeks on but is slowly getting better