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Long COVID: week of lost taste and smell, then a year of persistent smell, now near normal

Condition
Long COVID
At worst
Not stated
Ill before improving or writing
1 year
Last post
Nov 2022
In their words
  • Condition: Long COVIDIt began with CV19 a year ago and hasn’t stopped. In context ↗
  • Now: Near normalThis additional symptom lingers, everything else went back to normal. In context ↗
  • Began after: COVIDIt began with CV19 a year ago In context ↗
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Summary

Canyon 99486 caught COVID-19 in late 2021. They lost taste and smell for about a week, then both returned, but a persistent smell began and continued for a year. They said everything else went back to normal while the extra symptom lingered, and no other lingering symptoms were reported.

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Their path

Very severeSevereModerateMildNear normalRecovered3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo

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. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.

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WhenWhat happenedWhere they were
about November 2021COVID-19 infection; lost taste and smellIt began with CV19 a year ago In context ↗Not stated
about a week latertaste and smell returned; phantom smell begansmell/taste came back in about a week In context ↗Near normal
2022-11-16persistent phantom smell, otherwise normalThis additional symptom lingers, everything else went back to normal. In context ↗Near normal

Symptoms mentioned

Their words about their symptoms
  • Loss of smell or tasteI’ve literally been smelling this for a year nonstop. In context ↗

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