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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMonths after his positive COVID-19 diagnosis, @GovernorVA still can't smell: -peanut butter -pepperm
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"I can't smell anything."
Months after his positive COVID-19 diagnosis, @GovernorVA still can't smell:
-peanut butter
-peppermint gum
-coffee
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Months after his positive COVID-19 diagnosis, @GovernorVA still can't smell: -peanut butter -pepperm (Original Post)
soothsayer
Mar 2021
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. My niece's husband could not smell anything in the beginning.
I think it took him 2-3 months to get back to normal.
FeelingBlue
(682 posts)2. I think "recovery " from anosmia...
Induced by upper respiratory infection, is around 18 months.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)3. My sister lost hers entirely but it came back as soon as she felt better
JI7
(89,276 posts)4. Doesn't that affect taste of food also ?
I wouldn't want to get it just for this reason alone.