Anyone lose smell and/or taste due to COVID?

[XanaDUer2]

How long were they lost? A day, week?

Did these senses come back?

How are you dealing with any odd-taste issues, if you have them?

My taste seems to be coming back. But I'm worried it's not back to where it was. It's hard to gage.

TIA for sharing experiences

[SheltieLover]

1. Thankfully, no experience to share, but here is a hug

[XanaDUer2]

2. Ty!

[SheltieLover]

6. Yw!

I have read that most get sense of smell & taste back pretty quickly & that the newest variants tend not to cause loss of these senses.

Keep masking! No natural immunity! My daughter had it twice in July!

[GPV]

3. From allergies. Mine won't be back. Some days are better than others. Hope

yours returns full force!

[XanaDUer2]

7. Thank you!

I'm so sorry!

[GPV]

10. Thank you too!

[alwaysinasnit]

4. I lost my sense of taste for about 2-3 weeks. No permanent loss.

[XanaDUer2]

9. Good to know

Mine seems to be a few days. This is awful

[redstatebluegirl]

5. I just got over a bad case of Covid.

My sense of smell is still gone. My taste buds seem to be a little wacky too. I had a glass of wine last night and it tasted odd. Husband said it tasted fine to him.

[XanaDUer2]

11. Glad you recovered

Sorry about your taste. Hope it clears up

[redstatebluegirl]

13. Thank goodness for the vaccine and booster.

My oxygen level got pretty low, any lower and I would have been in hospital. I took the anti viral meds.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. I lost smell for a couple days during my initial infection

Then for about a week during my Pax rebound. Taste was messed up from the Paxlovid, but I never lost it. Considering the aftertaste from the Pax I wish I had.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Nick is back on Paxlovid

Second treatment. I'm worried, of course.

Glad you're feeling better

[PA_jen]

14. My taste buds got messed up my first round of covid. Some things I can't taste. Some

things don't taste right. I've been like this for months. My Aunt got covid in 2020 and she lost her taste and smell. neither hasn't come back.

[XanaDUer2]

16. Terrible

Terrible side effect.

[EYESORE 9001]

15. Several years ago, I had a horrific cold that turned off my sense of taste and smell

It persisted for around two years. I have no proof, but I believe it was in the same family as COVID-19.

[cyclonefence]

17. No loss of taste or smell, but hair loss

[mvd]

18. As far as I know, I haven't had COVID but..

I lose taste and smell with most every normal cold. And I was prone to colds before masking.

[Doc Sportello]

19. Took about three weeks for mine to return

It wasn't great before so probably up to where it is now. Googling I found there are things you can do to restore at least some of your senses of taste and smell. One involved using four essential oils to basically "train" your brain to recognize scents. Haven't tried them yet.

[The King of Prussia]

20. Rather oddly

I lost smell and taste worsened more after my wife had covid than when I did a few months earlier.