Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet • Hacker News Board

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by claudeganon » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:09 AM UTC

mmmeff wrote: post #22

claudeganon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Citation needed for the US. The two sides seem to be “workers and grandma need to die for the economy” and “workers and grandma need to die for the economy, in phases, as described by this PowerPoint.”

Let's leave the political jabs out of HN and keep this civil. Realistically, the US isn't trying to kill their grandmas.

The US has the highest death rate from COVID in the developed world, leaving over 100K dead, a lot of which has been centered in long term care facilities.

As of early May, Taiwan has had 7 total deaths.

Taiwan is what “realistically” not trying to kill your grandmas looks like.

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by macintux » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:14 AM UTC

irq11 wrote: post #38

macintux wrote: post #3

So much emphasis is placed on the fatality rate, but there’s a lot of middle ground between asymptomatic and dead.

This is the same middle ground that exists for every other cold and flu, every single year. Anosmia is a common side effect of a variety of illnesses, and in the vast majority of cases, it resolves on its own. But this fact doesn’t make good headlines.

Indeed, but there is no shortage of evidence that this disease is more damaging than the flu.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-12/covid-19-...

> “These data demonstrated that the recovered SARS patients had a poor quality of life 12 years following recovery, and were susceptible to inflammation, tumors, and glucose and lipid metabolic disorders,” researchers wrote.

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by vmception » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:15 AM UTC

lykr0n wrote: post #2

Well, that truly sucks. COVID-19 is going to cause long term problems for this generation. I'm glad I got over it without issue, but I have to wonder what's in store for my future.

such as prior exposure being the pre-existing condition that everyone else dismisses your life for

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:16 AM UTC

mmmeff wrote: post #22

claudeganon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Citation needed for the US. The two sides seem to be “workers and grandma need to die for the economy” and “workers and grandma need to die for the economy, in phases, as described by this PowerPoint.”

Let's leave the political jabs out of HN and keep this civil. Realistically, the US isn't trying to kill their grandmas.

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Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by bufferoverflow » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:17 AM UTC

bashinator wrote: post #9

I lost my sense of taste a few years ago, from a combination of extreme stress and the flu. Lasted about a week, and it was utterly terrifying. I first noticed it when I tried to eat, iirc scrambled eggs, and couldn't stop gagging on the texture. Once I figured out what was going on, it took a couple days to figure out what I could eat without retching. I ended up being entirely vegetarian - meat without taste is a h…

I once loss most of my taste sense, and only could taste the sweet. It might seem like a cool thing, but it's annoying as hell. Everything tasted sweet. A nice beer turned into a disgusting carbonated drink. Eating a burger was like chewing mushy candy. I didn't feel like eating anything.

Thankfully it only lasted a couple of weeks.

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by freecodyx » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:19 AM UTC

I remeber I was always happy when I lose my sense of taste and smell because of flu, this will help eat more, I don't eat a lot, and my options are limited because of high sense of smell and taste,

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by perl4ever » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:19 AM UTC

I know someone who is in the age range most vulnerable to covid-19 who always says she has no sense of smell, but my impression is it's a long-standing thing, possibly related to allergies or something.

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by asveikau » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:20 AM UTC

mmmeff wrote: post #22

claudeganon wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Citation needed for the US. The two sides seem to be “workers and grandma need to die for the economy” and “workers and grandma need to die for the economy, in phases, as described by this PowerPoint.”

Let's leave the political jabs out of HN and keep this civil. Realistically, the US isn't trying to kill their grandmas.

You can't just declare a statement to be "politics" and claim to be above the topic, have it be automatically "uncivil" as if that shuts down a discussion or saves you from evaluating the claim. I'm sorry to say, such an attitude does little to save grandma!

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by samatman » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:24 AM UTC

freecodyx wrote: post #46

I remeber I was always happy when I lose my sense of taste and smell because of flu, this will help eat more, I don't eat a lot, and my options are limited because of high sense of smell and taste,

That... doesn't sound typical of influenza, to put it mildly.

Blunted senses are the last thing on my mind with persistent nausea, dizziness, sweating buckets, and having to lean on the wall on the way to the kitchen.

Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet

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Post by perl4ever » Tue, Jun 02, 2020, 2:25 AM UTC

H8crilA wrote: post #37

Losing your sense of smell, while painful, is nothing compared to what other things can happen to the surviors. 50% of ICU patients have clotting problems. In fact it's so common that all covid patients are now put on anti-clotting medication, immediately, no questions asked. Would you mind losing your leg (getting that clot stuck in lower limbs)? Or getting a stroke (getting that clot in your brain), and losing a si…

I think in high school someone was trying to scare us into not driving drunk or recklessly, and imprinted on me that while you may see in the newspaper someone is no longer in "critical" condition, and be like "oh, good they're fine now" they may have devastating life long effects.

No matter what kind of illness or injury, you don't see how bad and permanent it often is unless you are personally involved or close to the person, but by the time you are an adult, you should know this is generally the case. The outside world, including the keepers of medical statistics write down on their scorecard that someone recovered, but it's not really like that.