Taste and smell lost with long COVID, now fully back after HIIT
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 18 months
- Last post
- Jul 2022
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I got Covid in the fall of 2020 and suffered complete loss of taste and smell
In context ↗ - Now: Recovered
my smell/taste is like fully restored now
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I got Covid in the fall of 2020
Summary
After COVID in autumn 2020, Swan 49921 lost taste and smell completely for a few weeks, then recovered to about 75% of normal, where it stayed for roughly a year. Smell training and intermittent fasting did not seem to help, but after two to three months of HIIT for one or two minutes twice a week taste and smell came back fully. They had long exercised moderately, about 15 minutes of vigorous walking twice a day, and no other lasting limits were described.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- HITT (High-Intensity Interval Training) · Helped a lot
Well after 2 - 3 months of this my smell/taste is like fully restored now. Is HITT what helped me - I think so.
In context ↗ - smell training · No change
Previously I had tried smell training and intermittent fasting but they didn't seem to help.
In context ↗
Approaches: Exercise and activity
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fall 2020 | COVID-19, then complete loss of taste and smellI got Covid in the fall of 2020 and suffered complete loss of taste and smell for a few weeks.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| late 2020 / 2021 | smell and taste came back to about 75% and held there for a yearIt seemed to recover to 75% or so and held there for like a year or so.In context ↗ | Near normal | |
| July 2022 | smell and taste fully restored after two to three months of HIITWell after 2 - 3 months of this my smell/taste is like fully restored now.In context ↗ | Recovered | Everyday exercise and activity |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
suffered complete loss of taste and smell for a few weeks
In context ↗ - Anxiety & low mood
It almost brought me to depression
In context ↗
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