Long COVID
Outcome unclear
Long COVID phantom smoke smell every breath and all night, stopped house cleaning
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Mar 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had the same thing happen
In context ↗ - Began after: mould or toxic exposure
I discovered it was from all the house cleaning chemicals
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Summary
A 73-year-old reported a constant phantom smoke smell, present every time they breathed and all night while sleeping, which they called horrible. They attributed it to the house-cleaning chemicals they had used over 55 years of cleaning other people's homes. After they stopped cleaning, the smoke smell went away.
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What they tried
Also tried
stopping house-cleaning chemicals· Helped a lot
Their words about each treatment
- stopping house-cleaning chemicals · Helped a lot
I stopped. I have no more smoking smells every time I breathe
In context ↗
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| — | constant phantom smoke smell while working with cleaning chemicalsI would smell it all night long when I was sleeping it was horribleIn context ↗ |
| 2023-03-11 | stopped using cleaning chemicals; smoke smell went awayI am now 73 I stopped. I have no more smoking smellsIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
every time I breathe then I would smell it all night long when I was sleeping it was horrible
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