The results revealed that 80% of participants who reported a change in their smelling ability after having COVID-19 earned low scores on a clinical scent-detection test taken about two years later. Of this group, 23% were severely impaired or had entirely lost their sense of smell.
Notably, 66% of infected participants who did not notice any smelling issues scored abnormally low on the evaluation as well, the authors say.
— Read more in While It May Go Unnoticed, Loss of Smell May Linger for Years After COVID-19 at PRNewsWire.
Robin, thank you for sharing. Many people are thinking Covid and its complications are a thing of the past, but they’re not.
And please feel better! Don’t resume your many responsibilities too soon- your body has been through a lot!
No worries LesLiesse, I am VERY careful about my health (other than my few chosen cheats, ha).
Long may our Pirate Queen reign!!!
My daughter and I had covid at the same time. I lost my sense of smell for three days. She lost hers for three years. It has only very recently started coming back.
I’ve had COVID once (a little over a year ago) and lost my sense of smell for three or four days. It was more deeply unsettling than I could have imagined. Glad that your daughter’s is returning; here’s to a complete recovery!
Gosh, I’m so glad it has started to come back!
My sister’s has been compromised (not totally gone though) for a couple years.