Causes of taste disorders and a loss of taste include:
upper respiratory infections, such as the common cold sinus infections middle ear infections poor oral hygiene and dental problems, such as gingivitis exposure to some chemicals, such as insecticides surgeries on the mouth, throat, nose, or ear head injuries radiation therapy for cancer in this area of the body Causes of smell disorders include:
getting older smoking growths in the nasal cavities conditions that affect the nervous system, such as Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease Some medications may also affect a person’s ability to taste. These drugs include:
antifungal medications macrolides, which can treat some types of infection fluoroquinolones, a type of antibiotic proton pump inhibitors angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors protein kinase inhibitors HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins)
I was a believer of: no such thing as covid. My husband & I got covid, we were down for 4 weeks. It was like a bad case of bronchitis. My husband thinks we both had pneumonia. We each lost 20 lbs. It's behind us now & we still can't smell. Once in awhile, we might smell for a few seconds. I have to salt all my food now because it tastes flat to me. The truth is nobody has to die. We went through frontline doctors ( frontlinemds.com ), they got us all the meds we needed. They even called us last week to check on us. We got sick on April 26, 2021.
It sucks doesn't it! Took 6 months for my lungs to recover. I suppose you have been taking zinc as part of your meds.
In February of 2020, a co-worker went to visit her sister in NYC. She brought back an illness that ran through our company like wildfire. I was one of the last to get it. We joked about it being Coronavirus, not realizing it was already here.
I was so weak I could not make it upstairs to go to bed.