Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[EnricoPallazzo]

SvennoJ said:

Hiku said:

I hope we agree that losing your sense of smell and tatse permanently is a serious complication.

I hope it's not permanent for my wife. She spend hours on making us a great early christmas dinner and she says she can't taste it, just tastes flat to her.

EnricoPallazzo said:

Yes it is and definitely I dont want it to happen to me (although maybe it would help me lose weight), but it does not seem that a considerable amount of people is losing it permanently.

It won't help you lose weight, probably make it worse. She can still taste sugar and fats, veggies and fruits are all bland.

I hope your wife gets well soon, most likely it will last for a few weeks but unfortunately some cases take months. 

As for losing weight, I dont know, my mother in law already lost 6 pounds as she says she no longer wants to eat as every thing tastes like dirt. In the end Im a fat bastar and I would eat a lot even not being able to taste it.