How many Covid patients permanently lost their sense of smell or taste? (Page 1/1)
TheDigitalAlchemist JUN 25, 11:54 AM
Anyone know?
Jake_Dragon JUN 25, 01:33 PM
I have had the urge to watch Star Wars 4, 5 and 6 again.
D3M6B JUN 25, 03:49 PM
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Rickady88GT JUN 25, 08:57 PM
Many of my work partners tested positive for the vid. Some of them actually had symptoms and very few of them required treatment. That being said, more people who have gotten the shot, complained about symptoms than people who tested positive. Many people who have had symptoms described a lack of taste. The length of loss varies, but most are over it in weeks. A few have complained of lingering lack of taste,....or a change of taste. They don't enjoy the same foods like they used to, months after symptoms have ended.
So to answer your question, everybody is affected differently and like everything else in life, there are extremes.

I have talked to at least 100 people who have tested positive and dozens and dozens of symptomatic people over the course of this "pandemic". (Those are very conservative estimates) I have yet to hear anyone complain about a lasting loss of smell.

I forgot, that people have also complained about lasting "brain fog" also. But I can only think of 2 people off the top of my head with that issue.

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randye JUN 25, 09:16 PM
We had the need to go to a Walmart today and I was immediately reminded of this topic.

Judging by the foul odor exuding from many of the people in Walmart and the clownish way they were dressed, I'd say probably a large percentage of people who contracted the virus have lost their sense of smell and "taste".
Notorio JUN 25, 09:59 PM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:

Anyone know?



I probably knew for a short time after reading several articles on the subject, but no longer. Yes, it really happened to some smallish fraction of symptomatic people and there are studies with brain scans showing that the region linked to olfaction actually shrank in those who had lost some of their ability to smell. Whether that will reverse over much longer times is an open question. A few years ago when I was traveling to Europe a lot I had three sinus infections in a period of a few months, the worst I had ever had in my life. I noticed after the smoke cleared that I had lost a good deal of my ability to taste, and years later it has not returned.
ls3mach JUN 27, 06:51 PM
I got it twice. I don't know webcast the flu is like. 1st time no big deal. 2nd was lime a hangover I didn't deserve. Taste is still off. I was commenting on it today.
FieroTony JUN 28, 12:02 PM
Officially, I haven't a clue.

Personally, I had COVID January 21, 2021. Not too bad as the body is concerned. However, still taste and smell is pretty much zilch. Every once and a while, I get a VERY faint smell of those Yankee candles that my wife burns. For things like coffee, beef, some chicken dishes, it's the dreaded COVID smell. Pretty much everything else is no smell at all. Includes gas, garage chemicals, etc. Some do burn the nose/throat, but no smell. As far as taste, same thing, COVID taste, (hard to explain - metallic/chemical maybe). Beef, tomato dishes, coffee, some pastas..........

Went to all you can eat crabs Memorial Day weekend. Might as well have been eating cardboard. June 6th, was in Chincoteague, had a $40 plate with soft crabs topped with crab imperial......nothing.

Couldn't/can't smell the spring/summer flowers

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ls3mach JUN 28, 12:37 PM

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Originally posted by FieroTony:

Officially, I haven't a clue.

Personally, I had COVID January 21, 2021. Not too bad as the body is concerned. However, still taste and smell is pretty much zilch. Every once and a while, I get a VERY faint smell of those Yankee candles that my wife burns. For things like coffee, beef, some chicken dishes, it's the dreaded COVID smell. Pretty much everything else is no smell at all. Includes gas, garage chemicals, etc. Some do burn the nose/throat, but no smell. As far as taste, same thing, COVID taste, (hard to explain - metallic/chemical maybe). Beef, tomato dishes, coffee, some pastas..........

Went to all you can eat crabs Memorial Day weekend. Might as well have been eating cardboard. June 6th, was in Chincoteague, had a $40 plate with soft crabs topped with crab imperial......nothing.

Couldn't/can't smell the spring/summer flowers




I had sone random ass tea I made the other day and mixed it when sone ice. Delicious. One of the few things I've been able to taste. I have a taste, but it seems altered I used to have a very strong smaller, I think it is declined.

I'm going to start trying new things that I was tuned from as a child. One extremely picky parent that really effed my pallet by me never trying anything.