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Post covid loss of smell
I got covid on 24th of April.
I lost my sense of smell by 26th.
It's been almost 3 months now and I still have not recovered it.
I went to my local ent and he gave me omnacortil, fluticasone and nucoxia and ebas 20. Fistr for 5 days.
Then for 10 days.
After which I got this weird chemical kind of smell from everything. From coffee to toothpaste, everything had that same smell.
Now after 15 days of leaving medication the I can't smell much again. Even that chemical smell has reduced.
What to do?
I have a high inter ocular pressure and hence don't want to take anymore corticosteroids.
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For loss of smell you have wait for six months for recovery of smell,if it is not recovered, u have a problem of loss of smell May be permanent
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Recovery of smell takes 6 months. Don't worry. Take strong smell every 3 hourly like Camphor, coffee.
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