No sense of taste or smell !!

[Donegal john]

Caught the dredded Chinese virus last week and been stuck in my room for the past week and it’s been a living nightmare. Have little recollection of Monday or Tuesday. Today woke up with no sense of smell or taste. To me this is a major problem as I love brewing and drinking hoppy beers and if I can’t taste them or smell them then am I soon to become a non drinker ? (Doubt it lol)
Question is has it happened to anyone else and if so how long did it last ?

 

[terrym]

A one minute internet search suggests for some, Covid induced loss of smell and/or taste could be long term. I suggest you do your own in depth search and find out more and then draw your own conclusions.

 

[Donegal john]

A one minute internet search suggests for some, Covid induced loss of smell and/or taste could be long term. I suggest you do your own in depth search and find out more and then draw your own conclusions.

Thank you for the reply and of course I have done research in the form of a 1 minute google search.
The reason I posted here is to ask other people’s experience with the same. But if you haven’t been through it then I’m sure you can’t have an opinion on it from a personal level.

 

[Gerryjo]

I spoke with a work colleague who had COVID19 with these symptoms and described eating a magnum ice cream like eating a bar of soap...

 

[Donegal john]

I had a large bowl of very spicy soup for lunch not realising it had gone and the only thing I could detect was a slight tingle on my lips. It really is a total and complete loss of everything. Really worrying.

 

[Braufather]

Hopefully it will improve with time. Brew something this weekend and hopefully you will be able to appreciate in full it when it’s ready!

 

[Richie_asg1]

One of our friends was poorly for 2 weeks but back at work after that. Not sure when the worst bit was.

 

[Donegal john]

Hopefully it will improve with time. Brew something this weekend and hopefully you will be able to appreciate in full it when it’s ready!

I haven’t worked out how to get past the guard at the door !!

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Yes my mate had the virus back at Easter time, and totally lost smell and taste. On the plus side, he now has it pretty much back to normal - but it‘s been a long, slow process. YMMV...

 

[user 18729]

Have you tried a sniff test? Stinky cheese or vinegar?

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

If I recall correctly, @pilgrimhudd had the loss of taste/smell too - not sure whether he’s got it fully back yet?

 

[Donegal john]

Yes my mate had the virus back at Easter time, and totally lost smell and taste. On the plus side, he now has it pretty much back to normal - but it‘s been a long, slow process. YMMV...

Could save me a fortune in hops then

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Could save me a fortune in hops then

Aye, and think of the extra money you can make moonlighting as a septic tank engineer....

 

[pilgrimhudd]

If I recall correctly, @pilgrimhudd had the loss of taste/smell too - not sure whether he’s got it fully back yet?

All back, taste took 2-3 weeks, smell much longer, 6-8 weeks?

 

[Donegal john]

All back, taste took 2-3 weeks, smell much longer, 6-8 weeks?

Good to know , I would prefer taste over smell however I’d be happy with either at the min

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Good to know , I would prefer taste over smell however I’d be happy with either at the min

Funnily enough my sense of taste & smell is poor anyway and I only realised that something was really wrong when I opened a bag of hops in the kitchen and my kids, sat the other side of the room started complaining about the smell and I hadn't even noticed! Stuck my head in the bag and nothing!

 

[user 18729]

I’m always amazed every time my other half and I open a nice bottle of wine- completely different smells and flavours a lot of the time

 

[Donegal john]

Funnily enough my sense of taste & smell is poor anyway and I only realised that something was really wrong when I opened a bag of hops in the kitchen and my kids, sat the other side of the room started complaining about the smell and I hadn't even noticed! Stuck my head in the bag and nothing!

It’s weird. Been the worst bout of sickness I have ever had and I’m not sure what it’s preparing me for that I don’t need taste or smell but on the upside the wife’s dinners don’t taste bad

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Arrgh, luckily the loss of taste and smell was all I had, hope you get better soon!

 

[Mr_S_Jerusalem]

I actually had that symptom last year when I had a particularly bad cold. I remember we ordered dominoes and I got every chilli topping I could and the chilli sauce to go with it in the hopes it would some how reinvigorate my taste buds.
Nothing. Didn’t even know I was eating a chilli. I reckon I could’ve eaten a naga and not tasted it.

fascinating isn’t it? Lol

That lasted about 4 days for me but that was no doubt a completely different virus so who knows