Long COVID taste and smell loss with parosmia, now somewhat better
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 4 months
- Last post
- Apr 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I had covid end of December... lost taste and smell for about 2 weeks
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
it was horrible in the beginning, but things are becoming more tolerable as time goes on
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
things are becoming more tolerable as time goes on. I can eat more foods now than I could at the start.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I had covid end of December
Summary
Sparrow 44273 caught COVID at the end of December 2020 and lost taste and smell for about two weeks; taste returned while smell stayed muted. In February 2021 phantosmia and parosmia set in, which they called horrible at first. By April 2021 they said things were becoming more tolerable and they could chew and swallow more foods, though eating was still not enjoyable.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- time · Helped
things are becoming more tolerable as time goes on
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 | After |
|---|---|---|
| end of December 2020 | COVID-19; lost taste and smellI had covid end of December... lost taste and smell for about 2 weeksIn context ↗ | |
| February 2021 | developed phantosmia and parosmiathen in February I developed both the phantosmia and parosmiaIn context ↗ | |
| 2021-04-09 | parosmia becoming more tolerable, able to eat more foodsthings are becoming more tolerable as time goes on. I can eat more foods now than I could at the startIn context ↗ | Time and spontaneous remission |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Loss of smell or taste
lost taste and smell for about 2 weeks... taste came back and smell was muted but somewhat there at times... then in February I developed both the phantosmia and parosmia
In context ↗ - Gut problems
I can can physically chew and swallow them now without barfing
In context ↗
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