More than a quarter of the COVID-19 group still experienced olfactory dysfunction two years after infection, but after three years, the condition wasn’t significantly more common than in controls, the researchers found.
That’s reassuring for the 28 million Americans estimated to have endured a worse sense of smell after COVID-19.
— Read more in Loss of smell from COVID-19 takes up to three years to return, study finds at The Seattle Times.
This is qualified good news; it kind of sucks that the anosmia can last as long as 3 years, but at least 3 years is not forever. It is also reassuring to know that current variants aren’t causing this particular symptom as often. Finally, I am glad that anosmia is finally getting some serious attention and study, although I wish it would not have taken a global pandemic to bring attention to it.
It really is…one good thing to come out of covid is all the research on olfaction.
We are hopeful. My teenage daughter lost her sense of smell with covid in September 2021, and also she still has problems eating most meat and peanut butter as she says they taste horrible. Things do not seem to be improving for her.
Fingers crossed for her, that is so hard!