Long COVID loss of taste and smell with parosmia, now nearly back to normal
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 9 months
- Last post
- Jun 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I almost feel I don’t belong in this community since I am otherwise healthy and recovered well from COVID when I had it in October 2021.
In context ↗ - Now: Near normal
For the most part I’m recovered, but here’s a couple that still get me
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had it in October 2021.
Read from 12 of their posts and comments; links to the 8 this page draws on
Summary
Canyon 81520 caught COVID in October 2021 and was hit hard, losing taste and smell for about a month along with cognitive symptoms. Hair shed for five or six months before regrowing. Parosmia and phantom smells lingered, with fragrances, eggs and onions smelling wrong. The distortions improved slowly over about nine months but were still not fully right by mid-2023, resolving incrementally.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped
It’s been improving for me just at a slow pace. Your body needs to relearn what was lost all over again.
In context ↗
Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were | After |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | COVID infection, lost taste and smellI had it in October 2021. Presumably it was delta because it was *rough*. I completely lost taste and smellIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| February 2022 | parosmia worsening, fragrances smell like gasthis seems to be not improving at all over the past 4 weeks, and in some way is even more noticeable than it ever was beforeIn context ↗ | Mild | |
| July 2022 | smell distortions slowly improvingFor the most part I’m 70% back to normalIn context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| August 2022 | mostly recovered, some distorted smells remainIt’s been 9 months for me. For the most part I’m recovered, but here’s a couple that still get meIn context ↗ | Near normal | Time and spontaneous remission |
| June 2023 | smell still not fully right, resolving slowlyI still don’t smell certain things totally right to this day, but that has been resolving incrementally over timeIn context ↗ | Near normal |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Hair loss
It was bad for 3 months, then started slowing down before it finally stopped around 5 or 6 months.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
I still don’t smell certain things totally right to this day
In context ↗ - Brain fog
The cognitive symptoms are no fun.
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