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Had mild covid late October 2021. Lost sense of smell and taste until mid December. All was fine until two weeks ago. I'm not ill, but taste and smell changed. Awful taste to eggs, onions, fresh garlic, coffee and some meat. Many other foods just taste odd. Even a ritz cracker taste weird. Any others complain of this oddity Covid test was done and it was negative.
The experience of altered taste and smell is not unusual for Covid infection but in most instances after full recovery there are no further episodes of altered taste and smell without another infection. However, we are only just beginning to learn and understand all the different effects of the virus. Could it be that the spring allergy season is playing a role in causing you to experience altered taste and smell after some damage from the Covid virus infection? I don’t have answers, but I believe a lot of people are dealing with many different aspects of “long Covid” and this longer-term altered taste and smell is probably one of the unfortunate after-effects of this important infection. There is some data that suggests that re-training your olfactory (smell) and tastebuds may help with recovery.
