Commentary: COVID-19 can affect your smell and rob you of life’s simple pleasures

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From weight loss to intimacy barriers, a disrupted sense of smell after COVID-19 infection has had devastating effects, say UK professors.

NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom: It took a while to be officially recognised, but smell loss eventually became known to be one of the defining features of COVID-19.

The first thing that struck us was how unpredictable and disorientating the sensory loss experience could be. For some, the effects were absolute. Less obviously, some people reported weight gain. These were usually people with anosmia, who were “chasing flavour” after losing their sense of smell. "Food satisfaction is lacking and I see myself eating more to try to get that satisfied feeling … I am gaining weight due to a constant urge to satisfy what can never be satisfied."But it wasn’t all about food. Until you lose it, you don’t realise how essential eating is to everyday joys, especially social pleasures.

 

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