Loss of smell and taste

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Asked for Female, 34 Years

Hi , In April 2nd week I had fever headache and had lost my sense of smell and taste my covid test was negative but since I was in direct contact with covid positive person I was asked to take up medication course of covid. It's been more than a month I can only get the taste of salt and sugar. Can someone tell me how much it takes to get back the sense of taste and smell any therapy one has to undergo.

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Dr. Anil Gupta

Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Specialist 12 yrs exp Lucknow

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It will take few weeks Steam inhalation twice daily

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Dr. Siddharth Vashistha

Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Specialist 16 yrs exp Gurgaon

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It can take a month post covid for these sensation to come back however no definite time period is defined ... Kindly keep on taking ur multivitamin supplements ... Eat healthy and drink lots of water ... Talk to a specialist if required