Smell and taste distorted for two years after COVID, now completely normal after a cold
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 2 years
- Last post
- Oct 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got COVID in 2020 and lost my sense of smell and taste for a week.
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
Update 4 years later, greetings! ... Everything smells and tastes completely normal!
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got COVID in 2020 and lost my sense of smell and taste for a week.
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Summary
Lake 41390 caught COVID in 2020 and lost smell and taste for a week; afterwards many things smelled like body odour or tasted different, such as vegetables tasting like chemicals, for about two years. In May 2022 a cold seemed to reset the sense of smell, and by July 2022 things were improving daily. An update four years later said everything smelled and tasted completely normal.
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What they tried
What they credit
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped a lot
I guess time and smelling the same things daily helps?
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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 | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | COVID; lost smell and taste for a week, then lasting distortionI got COVID in 2020 and lost my sense of smell and taste for a week.In context ↗ | Not stated |
| May 2022 | after a cold, sense of smell came backI can smell again!In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2022-07-03 | smell and taste still improving dailyThings are smelling and tasting better still and it seems like it’s getting better everyday!In context ↗ | Not stated |
| 2026-10-06 | smell and taste completely normalEverything smells and tastes completely normal!In context ↗ | Recovered |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
everything either smells really bad like body odor or tastes completely different
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