Does It Pass The Smell Test?

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You MUST decide.

This morning.

Loss of taste and smell are being added to the official list of symptoms for COVID-19.

Medically known as anosmia, this will now be included in the government’s definition of what patients may experience when suffering with coronavirus.
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The advice now says people should isolate if they have a new continuous cough, or fever, or anosmia.

The symptoms of loss of smell and taste have been reported in many patients for several weeks.

Coronavirus: Loss of taste and smell added to official symptoms list (Sky News)

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14 thoughts on “Does It Pass The Smell Test?”

  4. V'ness

    ah ffs
    lost of taste and smell are also a side effect of Hay Fever and allergies
    And asthma
    me head is melted with all the this and that aboutery

    1. millie in quarantine

      Is it? Ive had asthma since infancy, and I’ve never experienced that as a symptom. Nor from hay fever, come to think of it.

      Must look into it. Every day a school day etc.

      1. millie in quarantine

        I’ve not found anything to indicate that asthma symptoms or side effects lead to loss of smell or taste, V. Did you have a source for it by chance?

        You’re dead right about hay fever though. I’ve been driven mad with the fits of sneezing the past few weeks too.

        1. V'ness

          I’m the source

          I’m an asthmatic
          and a hay fever sufferer
          one presents as a dry rasping cough over a prolonged period
          last really bad attack was after a General Anaesthetic (in that episode it my second time to go under in less than four months which didn’t help matters) that was so severe it cracked ribs

          In some of the early BS.tv shows you’ll see me in the cusp of one minor one – lasted about a fortnight

          and the hay fever is a beast I live with – sneezing, runny eyes and drippy nose, anything can trigger, even petrol fumes

          but I can absolutely swear when I’m in an asthmatic episode I have no sense of smell or taste, and no amount of inhalers,even via a spacer, steroids and nasal whatits works

          some relief alright from Alupent but I found myself getting very attached to that stuff – so I don’t get that prescription filled anymore

          Taste and smell is most definitely attached to lung and ENT function or dysfunction in this case

          1. millie in quarantine

            Yikes that sounds horrendous. I’ve been hospitalised with the asthma on more than one occasion, and the result is that we have a nebuliser in the house for year round use. May and October/November are the worst months for a flare up, for me.

            And of course, the hay fever starts in Feb and goes on til about Xmas. When I’m in the height of it, not even an antihistamine will cut it, and I’m not even going to mention those nasal sprays/rinses. The horror.

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