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Motherhood
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 8:56 am
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It’s already 3 weeks by me and I’m going insane! I was just gonna open a thread “tried and true methods to help gain back my sense of taste and smell”. Please please anybody know what works? (Besides vit c and zinc)
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ra_mom
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:26 am
| amother [ Honeydew ] wrote: | Three weeks by me too, and not only don't I smell real smells, but I am smelling phantom ones. Terrible ones. I am constantly low-grade smelling ash and feces. It's super fun.
Sorry, no solution other than kvetching, which is not working too great for me. |
The distorted sense of smell and taste is called parosmia. Read this article in its entirety, it's very informative.
https://www.businessinsider.co.....020-6
The horrible smell/taste is referenced (see quote below).
"Some coronavirus patients may start to regain their sense of smell as their olfactory neurons regenerate over the course weeks or months. These patients often develop "parosmia" — a distorted sense of smell — as they recover, which can turn otherwise pleasant aromas into foul odors like chemicals or burning."
There is olfactory training (smell/taste therapy) to regain sense of smell by Dr. Zara Patel, assistant professor of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at Stanford University. It is simple and done twice a day for 1 minute, for 4 months.
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 11:32 am
I got my smell and taste back probably about a wk & 1/2 after I got corona.
I am taking the Supreme Health 45 day vitamin regimen. I wonder if that's what did it.
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 2:41 pm
DH lost taste and smell in March and still waiting... tried Vitamins, Supplements etc. Spent a fortune at health food store and nothing worked.
Tastes salt only
Most flavors are distorted and have a terrible taste- can't have coffee, peanut butter, onions, garlic, spices, chicken on bone, meats, chocolate.
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 4:08 pm
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Months and months. I didn’t do anything to help it though. People say taking zinc helps. I still dont have my full senses back and I think it’s pretty much a goner.
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Wed, Jan 13 2021, 4:25 pm
| amother [ White ] wrote: | | Does this also help for taste, or just smell? I need taste more than smell... |
They work hand in hand. I do the olfactory training therapy from Stamford University with great success BH. Use special jars, lining paper, and 4 specific essential oils.
https://www.imamother.com/foru.....08112
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