Hot off the presses, a little good news about anosmia, loss of smell. https://archive.is/dqhGD
tldr: While colds, flu, sinusitis can all cause loss of smell due to one mechanism, obstruction and swelling, Covid 19 has another mechanism. It attacks the substrate supporting the olfactory nerves. This can even lead to loss of the peripheral olfactory nerves. The somewhat good news is that they regenerate. The not so good news is that it takes a long, long time. And though it doesn't say so here, possibly in some cases the substrate destruction can't be overcome.
Loss of taste and smell has ALWAYS been a symptom of the common flu. Here’s an article from 1988.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-mn-44059-story.html
Yep- this is very different. I caught the bioweapon and had parosmia before getting my smell/taste back fully. Everything tasted like chemicals and/or blood. It was really disgusting and very scary actually as I felt like it wouldn't get better.
Agree… but it took me 6 months to get my taste and smell back from the vid. Only taste I had was my wife’s homemade ginger snaps!! Life wasn’t bad!! 😁😁😁
Just a thought. Various posts here have advocated spraying a very dilute solution of either hydrogen peroxide or iodine up the nose to kill the virus there. This will probably prevent the damage if sprayed, say, twice a day at the first sign of soreness.
(Not much help if you already have the problem.)