I lost my smell and taste 12 weeks ago after getting Covid 19. I got my taste back two weeks later however I still cannot smell anything at all. I have tried steam inhalation, steroid nasal spray, smell training, saline nasal spray and it has not improved. What should I do?
Hi! Covid has been somewhat a new entity and thereby we have been seeing its effects in detail on the human system. Loss of smell or anosmia has been one of the peculiar atypical features of covid and there have been lots of theories and explanations behind it. In all circumstances, loss of smell and taste are always associated together irrespective of the cause. This is attributed to the close approximaty of both the processing centres in the brain. It usually takes around 1 to 6 months to regain the perception of smell in covid patients. There are a lot of aspects that we need to study on regarding ethnicity and its relation to the covid, prognosis etc which will take time as its not an easy process. There is nothing that you need to worry about, make sure you dont have any underlying allergic issues in addition. For now you can enrich your diet with loads od fruits and vegetables. I dont recommend any drug without any scientific evidence of it being useful for the condition mentioned above. I hope i have answered your query. If there is any thing more you want to know or enquire, please do let us know and will revert back ASAP Warm Regards