For older people loss of smell seems to indicate a higher probability to die within 5 years. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182669/#!po=0....
Wow, was not aware something like this exists. Informative. Thanks for your comment
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
#82I 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…
thats very interesting. in 2012, I got the worst sick I have ever been. body pain so bad it helped to moan to ease the pain, and a really bad pnenomia. but one of the things that was the kicker, eating food caused me to gag. I couldnt do it, I wonder if I had lost my sense of smell and didnt know it.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
There’s a good story in the Ben & Jerry’s cookbook about how Ben and Jerry argued about which size chunks of Heath bar to use in their ice cream. They ended up with the perfect mix of little shards and big chunks by freezing a case of Heath bars and throwing it onto the concrete floor from the top of a ladder.
It was my favorite ice cream...wish somebody else sold something similar...
I went to visit the factory, the have a flavor “graveyard” with gravestones with all the discontinued flavors.
I became a little disappointed watching them wear Ppe masks and pour guar gum into the icecream liquid..They said it smooths the texture...
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#84I 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 lost most of my sense of smell a few years ago. I've lost much of my ability to differentiate tastes as well. As a former supertaster, lover of bourbon (I used to be able to tell my bourbons apart by smell), serious cook, and total foodie this has been the most depressing experience in my life. Think about the experience that you have when you walk from one room to another, or into a field of flowers. I can't smell…
So so sorry. You really articulate how hard this is on you.
How did you end up Losing it?
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#85My mother (73) had Corona in March. She had a throat ache, headache and loss of sense of smell and taste. The symptoms passed after a couple of days but her sense of smell did not come back. Even today, almost 3 months later, it has still not fully recovered.
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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.
Aversion to the texture of eggs, dairy products, meat, or fungi (mushrooms) is relatively common so probably not.
That's great to know. Whenever I tell people my problem with mushrooms is that I can't stand the texture, they look at me like I'm a total weirdo.
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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.
1. Is there such evidence? I don't consider articles to be evidence. 2. How MUCH more than the flu? 0.00000000000000001%? Any amount is enough to justify mass hysteria, right?
Given that this disease is killing more people than malaria, while infecting far fewer, I don't think you want to find out just how bad it can get if we don't take strong measures to stop it.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#88I 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 lost most of my sense of smell a few years ago. I've lost much of my ability to differentiate tastes as well. As a former supertaster, lover of bourbon (I used to be able to tell my bourbons apart by smell), serious cook, and total foodie this has been the most depressing experience in my life. Think about the experience that you have when you walk from one room to another, or into a field of flowers. I can't smell…
Err... I'm not trying to sound snarky at all, and as somebody with raging un-curable tinnitus and other severe health ailments, I can definitely relate and feel awful for your loss of smell.
But like... are you sure you weren't some sort of super-smeller before hand? I don't appear to have smell issues (I believe) - but I definitely don't experience the subtleties you did, and that's coming from a person who obsesses over the fine details of things. Maybe I have some slight smell issues...
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#89I 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…
Most of our sense of taste comes from smell.
Re: Some coronavirus patients haven't gotten their senses of smell or taste back yet
#90Apparently that's a very small number, so that anecdote is irrelevant.