[Black Agnes]

Random thought.

When I had kidney failure (c section gone bad), my appetite disappeared and so did my sense of taste/smell. Everything tasted metallic. Or tasted like nothing. Textbook symptom of kidney failure.

Our friend who had this and ALSO has ongoing kidney insufficiency still has no sense of taste/smell.

Maybe that symptom is related to kidney involvement?

[PA Engineer]

Maybe that symptom is related to kidney involvement?

Could be, however patients said it was the first symptom they had. That may indicate early onset symptoms prior to further systemic infection. Some have speculated these patients were infected via the nasal route crossing the BBB.

I think there is going to be a lot of neurology over the coming decades.

[RummyChick]

the kidney involvement may be part of what is messing around with the vitamin D issue since it is responsible for dealing with it....

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

From what I understand, the lining of the nose is rich in ACE2 receptors, allowing the virus to dine on those cells, thus ruining your sense of smell, at least temporarily.