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Parosmia: ‘The smells and tastes we still miss, long after Covid’ – BBC News
A small proportion of people who’ve had Covid end up with a scrambled sense of smell and taste. Here 13 explain what they miss most.
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Last week we published a story about the phenomenon of post-Covid parosmia, a condition where tastes and smells are distorted, and pleasant smells often become disgusting. It’s thought that roughly one in 20 people who have Covid end up with parosmia, and though some have already recovered, others are still waiting, up to 10 months later.
Some readers got in touch to tell us, in about 100 words, what flavours and aromas they miss most.
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