COVID-19 and Olfactory Dysfunction

[@tiffp323]

I’ve heard altered smell as parosmia. I’m currently experiencing this side effect. I had covid in March and now have the antibodies. Initially I lost my smell and taste (anosmia) but now I’ve been experiencing parosmia for months and I hear this can last years. This has altered my smell and taste especially with coffee 😭😭😭, chocolate, peanut butter, meat, onions, garlic and many environmental smells. It’s a terrible chemical smell and many people aren’t even aware of this side effect.

[@mascot9681]

Same here

[@torilee7058]

Try omega3 capsules and zinc tablets

[@mascot9681]

Hows your condition now?

[@widadabdellaoui4641]

Same here 💔 it's been 3 months now and idk when will i get any better 😭

[@Dignified245]

Same here, it smells like shit, I can't even eat properly.

[@raidernation4696]

Never... and I mean NEVER have I ever experienced anything like this before. .....lost my sense of smell 100 percent around the18th of July but I didn't notice it until ..I bought a bag of weed (LOUD). Now normally the drive home is like being inside the dam jar ..lol..but I called my guy back and was like " WTF is this B.S you gave me?" He called me crazy .....lol....Anyways when I got home. ..I rolled up and was like HOLY SHIT.. this taste funny and could not smell shit............I literally stuck my nose in vinegar, bleach, coffee in that order and NOTHING...LONG STORY SHORT I went and got tested...2 days later I got the call POSITIVE.... it was my only symptom, no fever ,no headache ,pains, stuffy nose NOTHING . and I could breath like I was fine....very scary cause no one knows anything and playing this political bullshit....I wouldn't wish this on a racist ,and I'm a black man,.. mine started to come back after day 5 very slowly ....still not 100 percent but better than it was for sure.... This could make a person crazy...I will be praying for you to get your smell back...PEACE, stay safe.

[@fernandopinto5464]

something like that happening to me. Lastly cigarretes tasted weird and I barely can tell the difference between two different sweet flavours fx. I also turned out to be a positive. Did you recover it 100% now?

[@raidernation4696]

@@fernandopinto5464 yes yes yes!!! Thank the lord.you ok?

[@fernandopinto5464]

@@raidernation4696 ye, all my family is positive but we are ok lol. Thanks for the info

[@aikerz87]

Have you regain full recovery of your smell now?

[@raidernation4696]

100 percent YESSSS !!!!!

[@JakobG310]

Fortunately my Sense of smell returned. However since 5 months i hate the smell of garlic and deep Fried food :/

[@iyaorca]

same :((((

[@priyanshgoyal5417]

Which medicine u use

[@sachinsajeev2420]

Same here now I can't tolerate the smell of garlic, onions and red peppers .Now it's becoming worse and eating food is now becoming a challenge.

[@ferruccioh3242]

@@sachinsajeev2420 i want to kill myself because of this smell, dont know what to do..

[@sachinsajeev2420]

@@ferruccioh3242 I have already seen some Facebook communities related to Parosmia and folks in those groups have already completed up to eight months with this condition and still no change. Hence, I think it will take almost one year. But in that time we can do something like taking vitamin C and Zinc can have some positive impact and also by regularly smelling coffee, aroma oils, tea and other nice smelling things will enable your nerves to determine odour better, and it may improve the recovery. Science says Parosmia is temporary so we can hope it will go away. "If the case is extreme, then you can go towards the surgical solution of removing the nerves, but it will leave you anosmic, and there won't be any sense of smell".

[@hallepeloquin2228]

I tested positive the end of August and I haven’t had my taste or smell back yet. Just when I thought it was getting better, I woke up the other day and everything taste and smells horrible. I smell a burning chemical smell in my nose and it doesn’t go away. Hope things get better soon:(

[@youcantguessit]

In July I lost my taste and smell totally. But I got it back after 10 to 14 days. Everything became perfect. But in start of August I got weird issue. My taste and smell became totally wrecked. Almost everything gives a taste of chemicals, rotten, weird chlorine or sulphur type taste. White Eggs, onions, and some other things are totally unbearable. I cant smell perfumes properly. Every perfume is giving a same weird smell. My toothpaste giving an awful taste. I can enjoy tea, food, anything. Specially fried meals are unbearable. Cocacola and other soda bottles are giving a chemical taste. Like syrup. My own sweat smells like its full of rotten and chlorine type thing. Only sweet things are little fine. But they also not totally okay. I am having issues of smell and taste both. I have been in this condition for more than 2 months. And now I am losing patience. I dont know what to do. When I will get it back. It is causing farustation and mood swings now.

[@misaelelnorteno8014]

@@youcantguessit i feel the same way rn

[@dorar3941]

@@youcantguessit I have the same thing and I'm about to cry. I can't take it anymore.. So frustrating. Did yours go away?

[@youcantguessit]

@@dorar3941 No. Still the same. Its 4th month started. I am totally depressed now 💔

[@zainabchougle4653]

@@youcantguessit I am facing exactly everything you mentioned above! It's very depressing😓 no one is talking about it's treatment I fear I am going to be like this forever! May God return our senses back to normal and help us keep patience during these difficult times🤲

[@TheLeadSled]

Thank you for the info, just been diagnosed with COVID-19. Thank God no fever but body aches, pounding headache, stomach discomfort, and Dysosmia, I have been smelling strong cigarette smoke since near day one, that's hard for me because I cannot handle cigarette smoke on a normal day and now every breath it smells as if someone is holding a cigarette right below my nose, UGGGGH!!!

[@Deerky23]

Lost my smell/taste in april, taste came back but smell did not. Up until 5 weeks ago i now get foul smell/taste when eating certain foods and drinking some fluids. Really hoping that it shifts soon...

[@dominionwargaming8638]

I've been the same for about 3 months now. Good luck

[@Deerky23]

C Castillo thanks, hope it comes back for you.

[@fuzzyconch]

You probably got parosmia now

[@dominionwargaming8638]

@@fuzzyconch Yeah that's what it is now I've seen a few others have had the same now. I don't know how much longer I can put up with it. Doctors don't want to help.

[@EducatedWalrus]

Same here my sense of smel came back 3 months after and now I smell certain good bad

[@Flyingsidekickr]

Can the virus go into the olfactory bulb and invade the rhinencephalon? Could this be an explanation for fogginess? The rhinencephalon and the temperal medial lobe areas affect recognition and shorter term memory and understanding without explicit recognition, I think, which might affect the priming of other cognitive processes, so someone would probably be foggy mentally, right?

[@edwardcrux4775]

I have been without smell and taste for more than a month. Starting to smell and taste very little like a 10 percent on both. It’s very stressful but you need to know it will come back very slowly. No other symptoms other than those two.

[@allsource214]

How are you now ?

[@edwardcrux4775]

@@allsource214 I’m 100 percent back, both on taste and smell. It took awhile but it came back suddenly and fast everyday I started to smell and taste better. Have faith and remember it will come back when you least expect it..thank you

[@allsource214]

@@edwardcrux4775 how long did it take for you to fully recover ? Congrats man !

[@edwardcrux4775]

I fully recovered in a month but there were times that I did get frustrated with not having taste or smell but it does take time. It will come back just take good take care of yourself.

[@deadpool-bk6ex]

@@edwardcrux4775 how are you doing right now

[@MrTudian]

Very informative, thank you for sharing. I am a registered nurse in a Covid19 unit, many pts are experiencing anosmia.

[@126cardinal]

Yes its ruining my life

[@niyasanp]

i am also feel anosmia around 45 days...i had covid ...how can i get back my smell

[@Hasanmobile_]

I feel parosmia

[@Neha-wn9om]

@@niyasanp I don't have smell and taste for last 2 month did you regain??

[@michaelmitchell8566]

DOCTOR IYHERE ON KZbin CURED ME FROM ANOSMIA

[@tdubblz]

Trying to figure out why I can only smell industrial chemicals every where I go

[@allmovies1791]

Dr iyhere on youtube cured me from loss of taste and smell fully

[@sharoonaftab8894]

Same lol

[@michaelmitchell8566]

DOCTOR IYHERE ON KZbin CURED ME FROM ANOSMIA

[@modtomodern]

I am doing scent therapy, or smell training for Dysgeusia or taste alteration. Only on my 3 day and it is important to think positively and direct the smells to the third eye., I read that... I have black pepper, lemon oil, peppermint leaves, cloves, and Tiger Balm and a favorite perfume. Gently smell each scent for 20 seconds 2X daily with gentle inhalations. There are lots of video's here on this topic. I hope this therapy works. Good luck all.

[@aminetahraoui208]

So, how you're doing?

[@johnr.6023]

HOW ARE YOU DOING NOW!?

[@modtomodern]

@@johnr.6023 Not much recovery . I can smell and taste most things but I have a persistent metallic, grassy, weird taste in my mouth at all times. Some things taste very strange. I had a weird cold last February. Also I had recurring pink eye and my hair has been falling out. Try the scent therapy, it may work.

[@johnr.6023]

@@modtomodern Yeah me too with the strange taste, it's like everything tastes alike. Also takes weeks for the olfactory receptors to heal themselves to their original state. Also your taste is 80% smell. Week by week I am regaining my smell and taste. Also I have been using smell therapy and helped me recover a bit quickly.

[@modtomodern]

@@johnr.6023 I like the taste of plain potato chips, not the healthiest option but I can recognize the taste. I hate plain water when I gargle at night and in the morning and the flavor is like bile. Also I had burning mouth syndrome so maybe the nerves were/seem altered. I was sick twice so who knows what I had? My doctor put me on B12 (Methylcobalamin type) as well. I stopped the smell training but I do try to smell everything around me, like my cosmetics, flowers, whatever I encounter that is not too harsh or full of chemicals. Anyways good luck to all.

[@amanishatty965]

Thank you so much for this explanation… i have been lost my sense of smell and taste for 8 months or more now… If you have anything about a cure for this illness please help I tried a-lot of things nothing works.

[@Neha-wn9om]

@amani shatty I don't have it for 2 months 😭

[@allmovies1791]

Dr iyhere on youtube cured me from loss of taste and smell fully

[@Flyingsidekickr]

I have talked to two covid survivors who lost their sense of taste though and it had lasted at least weeks, and I think that they varied even in which flavors they could not taste, but I know that one of them could not taste sweet, so how does that work?

[@hodansaciid8706]

Wheatbix and Giorgio Armani Sì perfume have the same smell to me. Weird

[@keeponhoping8947]

Oh God I can't live with this Can't eat Very horrible taste in my mouth I don't know what i have to do

[@raidernation4696]

It's a mental game you MUST STAY STRONG !!! no matter your religion background or who you vote for i wish you well.

[@raidernation4696]

Before you go to bed relax and let your memory help you ,I watch the thunder and rain videos and imagine What it smells like outside during a nice thunderstorm

[@malena7362]

How are you doing?

[@himanshugupta8106]

You good now ??

[@himanshugupta8106]

@@malena7362 hey you are also suffering from this ??

[@christinarodriguesmusic]

To anyone experiencing this. First of all the senses do come back. To make sure it comes back faster make sure to do a smell therapy by sniffing on the different things for a few seconds several types a day: tiger balm, eucalyptus, scented beauty product, lemon, Vix, clove. I’ve experienced it, senses are back at 80%. Let me know if you got any further questions

[@126cardinal]

ur one of the lucky ones... after 130 days of suffering my smell and taste came back all fucked up.. alot of my foods taste rotten and smell like a nasty chemical, my toothpastes taste like a nasty stench and i also developed hypersensitive smell i can smell a nasty chemical outside from the grass its insane and this is happening to alot of people that i talked to so just pray to god that this doesn't happen to u...

[@modtomodern]

@@126cardinal I hope it gets better.

[@aikerz87]

126cardinal have you tried getting a check up by an ENT doctor? Perhaps they can help and give some medication for your nose to smell better.

[@126cardinal]

@@aikerz87 I saw 2 ent specialists and they couldn't do anything.. I can smell better now but I cant taste

[@aikerz87]

126cardinal what they say about your condition? Hope you recover soon. I didn’t know that you can’t taste even when you recover your sense of smell.

[@xynthia8987]

I'm able to smell and taste things as I would normally it's just that whenever I'm not actively sniffing or eating something, there's this awful scent and taste every time I breathe. It's driving me insane and it's only been a couple weeks. It's so hard to describe as well.

[@meftaurrahmanmarfi4202]

i am getting a constant Soap / bleaching powder smell in all food / perfume ..and also not getting the actual fragrance of my perfume .. also its driving me mad

[@slowly707]

Hey Guys...I went through anosmia as well recently where I could not smell anything for about 8 days....the smell gradually starts to return and by a couple weeks the majoirty of you will be able to smell just fine...do not believe the people who are saying they lost their smell permanently or that it will take months and months..that is a bunch of bologne...the people who are taking months to regain their smells are either smokers or people who have shitty immune systems because they eat like garbage and dont exercise...if you are a person who eats healthy and moves their body you will heal completely in no more than 2 weeks...I got sick of reading peoples comments saying its been 5 to 8 months and they cant smell..newsflash for you thats not covid thats a shitty immune system and underlying conditions...no need to scare people.

[@CoolMexicanboy100]

I eat healthy and exercise and it’s been almost 3 months since I’ve had COVID and still have no fully regained my sense of smell.

[@Rain_dear]

In that case....I'm super fucked!

[@wryvern7593]

@@CoolMexicanboy100 now?

[@MK-cf1rm]

I've caught covid in November. My smell was gone for about a month, then it returned for a few weeks. Since friday I have parosmia. Almost everything smells and tastes bad. Not sure how long this will last as it is driving me crazy. I've read somewhere that it could last for months or even years. I can't deal with that. I'm now taking zinc and vit a supplements as that is recommended, and i'm starting smell therapy next week. Please comment for tips on how to deal with this shit. I'll keep you guys updated.

[@anet638]

Same here-caught it in November and now everything smells and tastes awful... I’m so exhausted of it. How are you now? Is it better?

[@MK-cf1rm]

@@anet638 it's a little bit better i can eat a lot of things again like chicken and spaghetti how about you?

[@anet638]

@@MK-cf1rm Unfortunately it's almost the same. I feel that weird taste a little less, but I think it’s getting little bit better.

[@johncj6068]

The perfect solution is to start eating green veggies for fast recovery and eat the foods which is very tasty and spicy so you can get some sense of smell back And don't forget to smell the coffy beans or coffe powder at morning after waking up it helps a lot

[@Neha-wn9om]

I don't have smell and taste from 1.5 months is this permanent??

[@arpitk.bhardwaj7562]

Do anyone having unreal sense of smoke smell (dysosmia) after covid recovery or vaccination ?😥

[@arpitk.bhardwaj7562]

@Irkham Jendela Ambisi yeah i have recovered completely.... I was frightened... I were doing smell therapy sniffing my 2-3 deos scents and itrs for 2 days.... But eventually i recovered ... Just recovered i dont think because of sniffing ... Dont be worried ❤️

[@Neha-wn9om]

I don't have smell and taste from 1.5 months is this permanent??

[@arpitk.bhardwaj7562]

@@Neha-wn9om i read somewhere that it can take upto 6 months to get normal senses again ... although many recovered after 2 months and me myself recovered in nearly 2.5 months.... So dont be worried 😀

[@Neha-wn9om]

@@arpitk.bhardwaj7562 suddenly your smell. Came or slowly improving ?? Please reply I am worried

[@arpitk.bhardwaj7562]

@@Neha-wn9om i was worried like hell...always thinking about that ... Than i got busy in my studies and forget about the dysosmia and eventually got cured 😀 ...you will be too.... And covid smell or tastr related problems aint permanent.... Virus is not affecting receptors but surrounding medium...no damage is permanent...you will be okay soon❤️

[@davidleo5766]

I suffered from Anosmia since Covid and it Sucks, until I got some Herbs supplement from Dr Eromon KZbin channel, I've Literally gotten back my sense of taste and smell. I'm Greatful and I advise you help your self too

[@mirchshake50]

How soon does the sense of smell return?

[@joselara4392]

Everything I've read and seen it could be a matter of days to months. Sometimes even years and I'm extreme cases it's permanent.

[@Neha-wn9om]

@@joselara4392 I don't have smell and taste from 1.5 months is this permanent??

[@alien-hs1zn]

@@Neha-wn9om no it’s not covid doesn’t cause permanent damage so your ok

[@lindaalice891]

Dr Madida anosmia remedies is on the safer side and it works 100% in treating Anosmia.

[@sais3203]

I have altered sense of smell since aug 2020 with post nasal drip could you find me solution for it My pns ct shows maxilalary sinus inflammation and brain plain MRI shows normal and also have sore throat due to chronic post nasal drips and i took possible medication from ent doctor but no response to medication and this parosmia affects my quality of life

[@marcialjerichorainielsesa2025]

Me, I lost it for already I think 4-5 months, I’m also looking for solutions but it seems to me that everything is skeptical, just try some certain essential oil smell training, it may not cure but help you to recover more quickly

[@Neha-wn9om]

@@marcialjerichorainielsesa2025 I don't have smell and taste from 1.5 months is this permanent??

[@allmovies1791]

Dr iyhere on youtube cured me from loss of taste and smell fully

[@darkmaniac7493]

I had covid 19 at mars and then lost my sense of taste and smell, i didn't care about it alot because i didnt pay that much attention to it. But when school started somewhere in august my sense of taste and smell just randomly became horrible. The smell of onions, meat, etc just made me want to vomit. I just want to get treatment since it's sucking the soul out of me, i can barely focus on school and it's just making me think of ending it all. I'm a 13 year old and i'm having eating disorders because of this. I just wanna enjoy eating meat bro is it so hard to ask for?? does anyone know anything that will help against the terrible taste and smell? Is it permanent? If it is can anyone like tell me because i've had enough of this shit.

[@fernandopinto5464]

chill bro, just eat regularly even if it sucks, and ask a professional, not the youtube comment section. it will get better with time as most of stuff

[@torilee7058]

Try omega3 capsules and zinc tablets

[@13Wolfie13]

Hey, kiddo! I just saw this comment and wanted to check on you. Did everything sort itself out? Are you ok now?

[@AshaVinayPoojary]

Any improvements?

[@Blue0000FF]

@@fernandopinto5464 Fuck! You! You chill. Lose your smell completely and then chill.

[@Sahbay]

It's been about 10 months for me and still nothing.

[@allmovies1791]

Dr iyhere on youtube cured me from loss of taste and smell fully

[@faisaltasiu5421]

It is very frustrating having distorted smell or taste I had mine for almost a year but thanks to *dr nafuar* herbal medicine I got on KZbin I’m now better👇👇👇👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqvOan-ca89lprM

[@fadisaadi6945]

R u better now

[@Sahbay]

No, I am not.@@fadisaadi6945

[@dannyssecondchannel7232]

I lost my sense of smell 24 day ago and it’s only coming back to one nostril and it’s very weak my other nostril still nothing, is anybody else experiencing the same ?

[@aryehgrossnass1597]

I have only recovered about 50% of smell two months later. I hope it returns but who knows?

[@126cardinal]

i just lost my smell and taste 3 days ago i'm still waiting for my test results

[@johnpestano22]

for me i can smell anything close to my nose i never lost it completely. i can detect strong scents but the taste is not there. i can only detect sweets and salts it has not improved since APR 4th.

[@johnpestano22]

i also did a antibody test it came back positive so that proves i had it.

[@mirchshake50]

I have completely lost the sense of smell. It’s been 7 days

[@betacam22]

I Lost my sense of smell 90 days ago. How long can during this asnomia?

[@sohelsiddiqui8801]

I have lost of smell 12days ago

[@womby17]

I lost mine 6 months ago

[@dorotamakarzec5491]

it's been over 4 months for me but asnomia turned into a redused sense of smell and parosmia - coffee smells like sewage, I can't stand smell of garlic and onion ( which I normally love) but now it reeks like a smelly bin. I'm miserable.

[@sumithsudheer2469]

@@dorotamakarzec5491 did you regain yours smell senses

[@dorotamakarzec5491]

@@sumithsudheer2469 Nope, not yet. From what I found out it can take up to 2-3 years and sometimes it's never back to normal. I can't accept that scenario though.

[@gershon32]

Hey guys help me! I'm can't smell from 5 months (Updated) now I feel like 15% I got smell sense

[@aikerz87]

You’ll gain it back in 2 weeks

[@gershon32]

@@aikerz87 it's been 3 and half months...

[@aikerz87]

@@gershon32 last time I have a check up with my ENT doctor and he said the Nasonex Nasal Spray can cure a Temporary anosmia or loss of smell

[@gershon32]

@@aikerz87 thank you so much.. I'll try it.. Thanks a lot ❤️

[@anzorisly]

Did your smell return?

[@crystalblessing5608]

Who have heard of Dr IYHERE on KZbin? Dammn that man is Godsent

[@runsthroughmyveins8]

i still can't smell my poop, fart and urine. i need to put the plate close to my nose to smell food, even freshly brewed coffe. my brain cannot register the smell right away

[@michaelmitchell8566]

DOCTOR IYHERE ON KZbin CURED ME FROM ANOSMIA

[@Kazim_Adil]

Lost smell and taste completely 5th day please make video on treatment and remedies

[@126cardinal]

lost mine 20 days ago and i can smell things when i put them close to my nose now but its very faint, in the morning i can't smell much cuz my nose is really dry... i noticed when the nose is dry the smell is very weak

[@sohelsiddiqui8801]

M also facing same prblm

[@hossainrakib6489]

@@126cardinal did you back Your sense of smell

[@johnr.6023]

@@126cardinal DID YOU GET YOUR SMELL BACK!?

[@aikerz87]

Steam breathing . Water,lemon,ginger and salt. I recover mine right after but not that much yet.

[@charlottestallion7513]

#Drisibor Herbal Home, cured my cousin from Anosmia no side effects.

[@raidernation4696]

Never... and I mean NEVER have I ever experienced anything like this before. .....lost my sense of smell 100 percent around the18th of July but I didn't notice it until ..I bought a bag of weed (LOUD). Now normally the drive home is like being inside the dam jar ..lol..but I called my guy back and was like " WTF is this B.S you gave me?" He called me crazy .....lol....Anyways when I got home. ..I rolled up and was like HOLY SHIT.. this taste funny and could not smell shit............I literally stuck my nose in vinegar, bleach, coffee in that order and NOTHING...LONG STORY SHORT I went and got tested...2 days later I got the call POSITIVE.....very scary cause no one know anything and playing this political bullshit....I wouldn't wish this on a racist ,and I'm a black man,.. mine started to come back after day 5 very slowly ....still not 100 percent but better than it was for sure.... This could make a person crazy...I will be praying for you to get your smell back...PEACE, stay safe.

[@modtomodern]

You too, do the scent therapy. Different gentle scents 2x daily. Nothing too heavy though.

[@davidleo5766]

Thank God for Dr Eromon on KZbin, he cured me from Anosmia...now I've gotten back my sense of taste and smell

[@hey_in_hey]

Thank the doctors who are able to identify you as grifter.