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Haven't we known this for a long time now? Like even back in March? I recently read that you can also have phantom smells with COVID. I looked that up because I
by partiallypro 6y ago
Haven't we known this for a long time now? Like even back in March? I recently read that you can also have phantom smells with COVID. I looked that up because I thought I had a phantom smell recently, but I think it was actually the heat kicking in when it had been off all summer.
- Duller-Finite 6y agoYes, there were a lot of reports back in March about the loss of smell as a frequent and specific symptom for COVID-19. I'm not sure why this article acts like it's a new thing. And, yes, patients recovering from the loss of smell (hyposmia or anosmia) can often have smell distortions and disturbances (known as parosmias and phantosmias).