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People often lose smell when they have a cold. Is this loss different?
by neonate 7y ago
People often lose smell when they have a cold. Is this loss different?
- phreeza 7y agoIsn't that due to mucus buildup in the nose? I think Covid doesn't have that.
- nsxwolf 7y agoI had a cold once that led to a total anosmia that lasted for over a week after my nose had cleared. It was very disturbing. I couldn’t smell anything at all. Not peanut butter, ammonia, gasoline, anything. Then like a light switch it all turned back on.
- masklinn 7y agoIt's a possible symptom but not a primary symptom, at 30~40% the anosmia seems way more frequent than nasal congestion.
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- fab1an 7y agoThe researcher who first described this symptom said that some mothers said they couldn't smell the full diapers of their kids, so: yes https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/gesundheit/coronavirus/virologe-hendrik-streeck-ueber-corona-neue-symptome-entdeckt-16681450-p2.html https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/gesundheit/coronavi...
- neonate 7y agoA severe cold can definitely do that too.
- cechmaster 7y agoI had the virus. This happened to me. The loss of smell and taste is as if someone completely cut off that function from your body. No stuffy nose during the illness, pre, during or post. It started coming back after about a week.