Posted on 12/28/2020 11:14:32 AM PST by SJackson
Some COVID-19 survivors claim the virus has wreaked havoc on their sense of scent — leaving them smelling “disgusting” odors such as fish and burnt toast.
Dr. Nirmal Kumar, an ear, nose and throat surgeon in the UK, said the “very strange” phenomenon among recovered virus patients is known as parosmia, Sky News reported.
“This morning I saw two patients with parosmia. One said they could smell fish in place of any other scent, and the other can smell burning when there is no smoke around,” Kumar said.
Kumar said he’s observed strange symptom at an “increased incidence in young people and also in healthcare workers because of exposure to the virus in hospitals.”
“The virus is affecting the nerves in the roof of the nose — it’s like a shock to your nervous system, and the nerves aren’t functioning,” he said.
Daniel Saveski, a 24-year-old banker from London, said he began experiencing the peculiar symptom after losing his sense of smell and taste while battling the virus.
He said strong-smelling things such as trash bins now reek of sulfur or “like toast.”
“It’s lessened my enjoyment of food, and it’s a bit depressing not being able to smell certain foods,” he said.
Lynn Corbett, who works for a real estate agent in Sussex, England, said she too had lost her sense of smell during her battle with the virus.
When it returned three months later, “nothing smelled like it should,” she said.
“Most things smelled disgusting, this sickly sweet smell which is hard to describe as I’ve never come across it before,” the 52-year-old said.
She said that though she’d previously been a coffee addict, she now finds the smell “unbearable.”
Gas and beer also have intolerable stenches, she said.
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Can’t smell fresh brewed coffee is another diagnosis of CV~19.
That coupled with inability to smell anything, loss of food taste combined with mild fever is probably more accurate that most of the PCR tests.
About a year after I quick smoking, I was tempted to start smoking again because I could not stand the smell of dirty people.
Luckily Covid arrived now I can work from home, it is so peaceful now, no stinking democrats around me.
Their give it up Trump editorial today for example.
Does it smell like Chinese fish? Just curious.
Id be interested in knowing the number of things that can cause the distorted sense of smell and taste as well.
Are they chronic and lifelong? Does the body have the ability to repair and regain these senses when they have been damaged due to conditions and disease?
I had 3 sinus surgeries in 2008.
Lost my sense of smell for about a year.
Could not smell a thing!
Still not 100%, because some things smell ‘different’..............
We had a woman in the office back in the 80’s that must have been a covid survivor.
Well, at least we thought it was her for the longest. Turns out she was dumping half eaten food in the trash can and it wasn’t getting emptied.
Smell of rotting Chinese bats...
loss of smell also associated with Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons
one article said it might be a sign of brain losing it’s ability to self repair.
would be interesting to see how it correlates with what happens with covid
some research is showing that covid can pass through the blood/brain barrier
My accident last year affected me in a number of ways, the most enduring has been the complete loss of my sense of smell. The neurologist mentioned that if any of it does come back, it may come back in weird ways. Lately, I am aware of a faint odor of what I can best call as sweet burned plastic.
Give me a break.
Cancer survivors, Leukemia survivors, Ebola survivors, sure, but "I survived a disease with a 99.94% survival rate!" It's like saying, "I survived a hangover."
Get over yourselves.
Had covid back in September. My smell and taste buds are all out of whack. However, I now like foods I didn’t before. I had fish the other day and didn’t notice it being smelly.
Here’s lutefisk up yur nose!! SKol!!
Here’s lutefisk up yur nose!! SKol!!
Reduced sense of smell is a flu symptom also.
How common? Hasn’t happened to any survivor that I know.
Maybe they were actually pregnant and didn’t know it. Pregnancy changes how everything smells. /sarc
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