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COVID-19 can dull your sense of smell for years after you have it

Loss of smell due to COVID-19 may linger for years, warns a new study. People who suspect that their sense of smell has been dulled following a bout of the COVID-19 virus are likely correct, according ...
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COVID Can Take Your Sense of Smell, and It Doesn't Always Give It Back

Tracy Messina knew something was wrong the day she couldn't smell her tea. She asked her husband, Marcus, to make a cup of apple cinnamon, but when he brought it over, she couldn't pick up any of the ...
Yahoo

Loss of taste, smell resolves within 3 years of COVID-19 infection, study shows

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many patients who went through a bout of COVID-19 did complain of deadened senses of taste and smell, the new study finds ...
clinicaladvisor.com

Loss of Smell May Linger After COVID-19

These findings suggest that occult hyposmia following COVID-19 is common and health care providers should consider testing for loss of smell as a routine part of post-COVID care. HealthDay News — Self ...
UPI

Study finds COVID-19 damage to sense of smell can last years

A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person's sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, a new study says. In all, 4 out of 5 people who reported that COVID-19 had ...
Medical Xpress

While it may go unnoticed, loss of smell may linger for years after COVID-19

People who suspect that their sense of smell has been dulled after a bout of COVID-19 are likely correct, a new study using an objective, 40-odor test shows. Even those who do not notice any olfactory ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Covid Loss of Smell Takes Up to Three Years to Return, Study Finds

The loss of taste and smell — hallmarks of a coronavirus infection early in the pandemic — became a stubborn blight for many long Covid sufferers, but new research shows that the sensory problems ...
Forbes

Loss Of Smell Might Persist Even One Year After A Covid-19 Infection

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Study confirms loss of smell and taste as a symptom of COVID-19

Back when COVID-19 testing was in its early stages, Kai Halsey-Mendez had to wait a week before he was officially diagnosed. He was diagnosed on April 1, but started experiencing symptoms of the ...
Scientific American

New Pill Helps COVID Smell and Taste Loss Fade Quickly

New clinical-trial data suggest that an antiviral pill called ensitrelvir shortens the duration of two unpleasant symptoms of COVID-19: loss of smell and taste. The medication is among the first to ...
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Chewing gum restores doctor’s taste and smell lost to COVID-19

Dr. Paul Wicks lost his taste and smell after catching COVID-19 in August 2022 — and it never came back. The post Chewing gum ...
Gizmodo

There May Be a Treatment for Covid Loss of Smell

A team of researchers may have found an effective treatment for one of the more common symptoms of long covid: a chronically changed sense of smell. In a small study, the team found that many patients ...