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Get vaccinated.
While I will agree that everyone should get vaccinated to stop the spread, my best friend is a nurse and fully vaccinated, and he still got covid, and while still not as bad thanks to the vaccine, he still lost his taste and hasn’t recovered it yet.
Your comment is ignorant and rude.
No, getting vaccinated after your infection shows some promise in reducing and treating long covid symptoms
The 5th booster brought my sense of smell back for a month, but it quickly disappeared again :/
I have read it could take about 3 months but may vary among individual cases. Ask your GP.
I got mine back after about 3 days
That would have been a scary three days for me. My diet is terrible, but I enjoy it. Losing my sense of taste would absolutely suck.
I’m glad you’re OK!
Related question: Does everyone that gets covid lose their sense of taste?
No one is saying it explicitly below so I will. Loss of taste is a VERY low chance with current variants, albeit possible when getting Covid.
I even got Long Covid, but I never lost my taste or smell. I kind of wish I did. Because I’m too weak to brush my teeth regularly.
No. I’ve had it twice and have had no long-term effects (that I know of). I’ve been vaccinated twice and gotten a booster. I didn’t even lose my sense of taste while experiencing symptoms.
Interesting. Thanks.
It’s a waiting game, unfortunately that’s how viral infections & their symptoms work. It could be a few days, a few weeks, a few months… and yes could even be a few years. And for some people the lingering symptoms due to a viral infection never really go away.
For what it’s worth the people I know that have lost their sense of taste due to covid regained it after a few weeks/months.
This but also the infinite fatigue
I’ve heard some good things about fluticasone propionate. Normally it’s an over the counter allergy med (nasal spray), but I saw a study where a lot of people that used it got their sense of smell (and by extension a lot of taste) back in about 5 days.
Worth a try, at any rate. They sell it at Costco and most drug stores.
