Injection might help long COVID patients smell normally again
The same or similar strategy has sought to decrease PTSD...
I'm so glad my normal sense of smell returned, though it took several weeks. I really feel for anyone who has this continued symptom. While it was never confirmed that it was covid that made me so sick in Dec 2019/Jan 2020 through Feb 2020, since we had no test kits back then, I'm pretty sure that's what I had.
For me, it wasn't loss of smell, but that normal things smelled putrid to me - food, my own body, my car, my sheets, towels... I also had a rash over my torso, which was unexplained as well, but thankfully went away after about 2 weeks.
Interesting to read the possible cause of the smell issue is a "sympathetic nervous system" as mentioned in the article:
"Some think the distortion to a person's sense of smell might be due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system, sent into overdrive during the COVID-19 infection, Sowerby said. The theory is that the injection "resets" this part of the nervous system, he said."
Deodorant?
No amount of deodorant, air freshener, cleaning supplies, solved the smell issue I had while I was so sick in Jan 2020. At the time, I had no idea it may have been a side symptom of the unknown sickness I had. I just thought everything around me stunk, but I was too sick to do much about it. Silly to think of all the carpet shampoo and effort I went into trying to solve the issue - when I was the only one who thought my car etc., smelled awful. Glad to know there is a scientific explanation of why that happened.
@Mooolah ROFL!!!!
Somebody needs to proofread the headlines these days!!