I lost my sense of smell for about a mo th which was my primary Covid symptom. I think I am now back at least 75% after two months (I was in the early wave of NYC).
Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
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Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#52I 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…
Years ago, I also lost my sense of taste for a few days (toothpaste burned my tongue)... I would also describe it as terrifying and immediately depressing. The next day I had pizza and cake with tons of frosting, but everything tasted like soap. I was really concerned that the damage to my taste was permanent. I was in disbelief for a few days. As I ate my regular meals, I just reminded myself that they were things I enjoyed. I can still vividly remember the pink frosting and the texture of the cake, and the burning sensation on my tongue that I thought was just a really effective oral hygiene move
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
The US is nowhere near the highest death rate in the developed world.
Countries with higher death rates per million people include Belgium, Spain, UK, Italy, France, Sweden, Netherlands, and Ireland.
Also, it seems fishy that you're even using the phrase "in the developed world" because all of the countries that have the highest death rates are developed countries anyway.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
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!
"You're killing grandma!" isn't an attempt to have a discussion. It's at best a primal scream and at worst a bullying tactic - it aims to shut down discussion, to make anyone who disagrees with you look bad.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#55Well, 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.
I'll be surprised if over time a few million people in the US don't end up with blood clot related complications from having mild cases of Covid. I suspect the healthcare industrial complex will wave their hands at the notion that Covid caused the damage (they do this with anything inconvenient to their interests, like the millions of people damaged by Cipro, a drug they've handed out like candy to millions of people…
I'm not so sure. We're already starting to see people publish studies on how nasty this is an long term issues. This is too big for it to be ignored down the road.
Time is all it will take for us to know.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#56I 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…
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Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#57I 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…
Curious, my partner is also extremely texture-sensitive and has not been able to stand eating eggs or meat for as long as they can remember, but can definitely sense smell and taste. I wonder if there's some interesting connection there.
I know a few people that really have an adverse reaction to oatmeal. The texture makes them nauseous.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#58I guess it's good for all those Chinese eating shit and dead bugs. Virus operating as designed.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#59Losing 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…
And about 30% of ICU patients die. If you get to that point, it is really, really bad, worse than most cancers.
The thing with losing the sense of smell is that it seems to happen mostly to mild cases. Cases where you wouldn't even call yourself a "survivor" any more than you would call yourself a flu survivor or a common cold survivor.
That's the scary part, we are not talking about a few percents, most of them elderly people. This is about middle aged, healthy people, who may not even be part of the statistics, and therefore more likely to be underrepresented.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
The world is already being extremely cautious about the coronavirus, and I'm sure it will continue to do so.
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.”
If you keep posting this kind of flamebait to HN, we are going to end up banning you. We've warned you many times.