Long COVID
Outcome unclearIll for 18 months
Severe parosmia and dysgeusia with long COVID, still one small meal most days
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jul 2023
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I've had covid 3 times, the last being 10/21. 3 months later I developed a severe case of parosmia and dysgeusia
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I've had covid 3 times, the last being 10/21. 3 months later I developed a severe case of parosmia and dysgeusia
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Summary
A Reddit user who had COVID three times, the last in October 2021, developed severe parosmia and dysgeusia three months afterwards. For three months they survived on chocolate milk alone, and most foods smelled of rot and burning wires for nearly 18 months. Around 17 months in they began to tolerate some vegetables, though they still managed only one small meal most days.
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What they tried
Also tried
Heavily salting foods to mask tastes· Not said
Their words about each treatment
- Heavily salting foods to mask tastes · Not said
I heavily salt some foods to mask tastes.
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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 |
|---|---|
| 10/21 | third COVID infectionI've had covid 3 times, the last being 10/21.In context ↗ |
| about 3 months after the last infection (early 2022) | severe parosmia and dysgeusia; surviving on chocolate milkAbout 3 months in is when it got really bad and stayed that way until about a month ago.In context ↗ |
| about a month before the comment (mid 2023) | began tolerating some vegetables; still only one small meal most daysSlowly I'm gaining some vegetables now.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
I developed a severe case of parosmia and dysgeusia
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