CORONA Covid 19 recovery of the sense of smell and taste.

[Troke]

Younger COVID-19 patients more likely to recover smell, taste, study finds - UPI.com

People under age 40 who lose their sense of smell and taste due to COVID-19 are more likely to recover them than older adults, a study published Tuesday by the American Journal of Otolaryngology found.

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- People under age 40 who lose their sense of smell and taste due to COVID-19 are more likely to recover them than older adults, a study published Tuesday by the American Journal of Otolaryngology found.

In all, four out of five survivors of the disease recover these senses within six months, the data showed.

"We did see about an 80% recovery rate in a six-month period or longer," study co-author Dr. Evan Reiter said in a press release.

"However, 20% is still a lot of people, given the millions that have been afflicted with COVID-19," said Reiter, professor and vice chair of otolaryngology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond.

Loss of sense of smell and taste is considered a hallmark symptom of the virus, according to researchers.

People who experience these sensory declines for longer periods also may be at increased risk for severe illness, studies have found.

For this study, which is part of the ongoing COVID-19 smell and taste loss survey project at VCU, Reiter and his colleagues questioned 798 adults age 18 years and older who tested positive for the virus and reported sensory declines as a result.

Sense of taste may predict COVID-19 severity, study finds

Based on their findings regarding lingering loss of sense of smell and taste, given that there have been more than 230 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, more than 20 million people could be without these senses for longer than six months, according to the researchers.

In previous survey results, published in April, 43% of participants reported feeling depressed and 56% reported decreased enjoyment of life while experiencing loss of smell or taste, the researchers said.

The most common quality-of-life concern was reduced enjoyment of food, with 87% of respondents indicating it was an issue, according to the researchers.

I have maybe 10% of my sense of smell/taste courtesy of Johns Hopkins. I was never food oriented but it still removes some of the enjoyment of life particularly when I can't taste a favorite dish..

For a person food oriented, it has to be a living Hell.

 

[Broken Arrow]

Yeah, it sucks

 

[psychgirl]

A good friend of ours was vaxxed early last spring, I think?
He still has no taste or smell. That’s bad enough but yes a restaurant mgr and a wine guy for them. Kinda hard to do your job when you can’t taste or smell.

 

[Dozdoats]

Old people who get COVID die.

Mostly - that's the point of it.

 

[EMICT]

At least for us old farts who survived the 'vid'... our 'sh!t doesn't stink' anymore.

 

[BenIan]

I'm mid-40s, got mine back in about a week.

 

[Babs]

I'm in my mid to late 50's. I'm getting my sense of smell and taste back after about 2 weeks.

 

[Millwright]

Upper fifties, took about a week.

Shocked my taste buds back into operation.

Lotsa spices.

 

[Troke]

Upper fifties, took about a week.

Shocked my taste buds back into operation.

Lotsa spices.

Somebody is running a program that does just that. They start with whatever can be tasted and carefully work from there. I have been told they got pretty good results.

 

[Millwright]

Tom's hot pork skins.

Grits with plenty of Slap Ya' Mamma seasoning.

Tabasco green on other things.

 

[#1 oldskool]

Wife saw a technique on FB........take a whole orange, char til black on the grill. Cut orange in half and sprinkle a teaspoon of brown sugar on each half. Dig the pulp out with a spoon and eat. Smell and taste back within 2 hours !!!!

 

[Thinwater]

It took almost a month for full recovery for me, a buddy still has about a 50% loss after a year. I think he is as good as he will get.

 

[Esto Perpetua]

I have heard tart things-like lemonade will wake up tastebuds. I've also heard zinc will help. I have oral cancer and my tastebuds died when I was in radiation treatment. I doubled down on my zinc supps for a while and most of my taste is back. My last treatment day was mid-July.

 

[Firebird]

I'm 60, my sense of smell has mostly returned, but some foods definitely no longer taste the same. It has taken a year and a half to recover this level of taste/smell to this point

 

[ktrapper]

Mid 50s. Mine was diminished for about a day as was my daughters. She’s decided that was a good day to muck out the barn.

 

[Firedave]

So if you lose your sense of smell that means you can't smell your own farts. So to me that means no one else can, right ?

 

[Firebird]

What's really strange now, is the fact that new car smell now smells like rotten food to me

 

[Troke]

What's really strange now, is the fact that new car smell now smells like rotten food to me

Yeah, Lily of the Valley, one of my favorite flowers smells like a POS to me.

 

[flame]

fresh ground coffee smells like a sewer to me...can't even taste the coffee

 

[aznurse]

Wife in her 60s took 2 weeks.

 

[bev]

I‘m in my late 60’s. I think it was close to a month before my sense of taste and smell started to come back.

Covid sure has some weird symptoms.

 

[Grumphau]

I like good coffee, but unfortunately for me I have lost the ability to taste much of the flavor. I think it's the tannins that I can't taste. Also whiskey seems to have lost a dimension of flavor I think for the same reason. Other than that my sense of taste still seems normalish. I'm still getting over Covid after getting infected around Sept 19.

 

[Old Gray Mare]

My last bout with Covid? Could not smell one particular spice for a few days. That was all. Afterward the sense of smell came back, no problems, no worries. This was the only symptom and the only reason I knew I had it. Weird.

Wonder how many with similar symptoms are clueless they even have it at all?

 

[psychgirl]

Can it cause a weird taste in the mouth or just loss of taste totally?

 

[Troke]

Can it cause a weird taste in the mouth or just loss of taste totally?

Any odor is made up of a group of esters (?). Your sense of smell picks up only a few of them and you will get a different experience in taste.

 

[Hogwrench]

Early 40s here. Going on 10 months and still can not sense the heat of hot peppers or seasoning. Lost all taste for about a month when I got the China virus. Everything else is normal.

 

[Knighttemplar]

60's here and have lost all smell and most taste. I can taste sweet and sour and hot. When i do get a whiff of something the only thing I smell is first start of a heater, that after sitting all summer burnt lint smell. It has been a year so not much hope it will come back.

 

[Old Gray Mare]

Fair use
Warning: This trick didn't work for Emmy. It is running around on the internet so I thought I'd post it. This is not medical advice!

Will The Burnt Orange Trick Bring Back My Lost Senses of Taste & Smell?​

Jan 12, 2023
I've heard eating a burnt orange will bring back my senses of taste and smell. Let's do this!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUSyEVkfKM

run time 15:43

 

[rhughe13]

I used Boneset and Cinchona Bark tincture to reset both taste and smell. It worked in about 3 days and lasted about 4 months in which I got new odd smells. I started back a couple days ago and and it is working again as it should that quickly. I’m still playing around with doses and such.

 

[Knighttemplar]

Are these homebrew tintures? If not brand names and suppliers please. Please post doses and such even if not nailed down. TIA

 

[TammyinWI]

EMF and radiation fields also do cause loss of taste and smell. I read this a long time ago, more than once, and they are trying to censor this!

 

[auxman]

I'm 58. Just recovered from my 3rd bout of Covid three weeks ago... smell and taste are still at 75%.

 

[Babs]

I used something called Olba's Oil. It's very strong, and I would sniff it several times a day. I believe it helped.

 

[homecanner1]

Cinchona bark is basis for Quinine, tonic water etc.

has side effect risks but has helped me in recovery of my sense of smell

Cinchona: Health Benefits, Side Effects, Uses, Dose & Precautions

Learn more about Cinchona health benefits, uses, side effects, effectiveness, safety, precautions, and warnings

www.rxlist.com

 

[Kewpie]

Early 40s. And I think it took a week/week and a half to come back? My sniffer has been off for over a year, though. I have to ask my husband to test sniff things for me. It’s not always fun for him.

 

[rhughe13]

I have an abundance of boneset grown here at my house. The tincture I made is a 1:2 fresh boneset to everclear 180 proof. Cinchona Bark I got from Amazon. Same tincture ratio and I started after two weeks of making. I used one dropper of each first day to check reaction, and notice some minor changes after first day. Two droppers 2nd and 3rd day.

 

[ainitfunny]

I'm 78, lost my sense of taste and smell last September got some few things back but mostly gone.
When you can't smell fresh strawberries or oranges you ain't got much left.
I am relying on my MEMORY OF TASTES, TO EAT.

I think I smell hot cooked rice or mashed potatoes. A little. Go figger.

 

[flame]

well, a year and a half has gone by since I had covid..

still waiting for taste and smell to come back...to be honest, I don't expect it will.

 

[ktrapper]

So if you lose your sense of smell that means you can't smell your own farts. So to me that means no one else can, right ?

Crowded elevator always smell different to midget.

 

[lisa]

Took several months for my hubby to get his sense of taste back. He's 62.