Postmortem assessment of olfactory tissue degeneration in patients with Covid-19

Re:Postmortem assessment of olfactory tissue degeneration in... by jdminhbg on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:23PM (#31005636)

I had Covid-related anosmia for a few days, and it was very different from just being stuffed up and unable to smell/taste like with a regular cold. I could stand over e.g. a fire, and instead of smelling smoke, I had a sensation of smelling "nothingness."

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Re:Postmortem assessment of olfactory tissue degeneration in... by doubled112 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @07:43PM (#31009580)

This is probably the best way to describe it.

I was in the shower, squirted shampoo, lathered, and it hit me. Something was missing. I couldn't smell anything.

I went so far as to take the bottle and squeeze air from it into my nose. I could feel the puff, but that was it.

It was actually a little bit jarring. It was complete loss for a couple of days and got progressively better until back to normal a couple of weeks later.

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