[theold]

For those looking for a reprieve from smell loss, smell training using essential oils may help.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/202110...finds.aspx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR4Zfpuzo-o

[theold]

The field’s standard therapy is what’s known, logically enough, as “smell training.” It involves sniffing strong-smelling substances—typically cloves, rose, lemon and eucalyptus—each day in hopes of re-forging the pathways that mediate scent. But smell training can take weeks or months; for many people, it never works at all.

https://time.com/6113909/covid-19-smell-taste-loss/

[debono]

The field’s standard therapy is what’s known, logically enough, as “smell training.” It involves sniffing strong-smelling substances—typically cloves, rose, lemon and eucalyptus—each day in hopes of re-forging the pathways that mediate scent. But smell training can take weeks or months; for many people, it never works at all.

https://time.com/6113909/covid-19-smell-taste-loss/

It is frightening to discover that the smell training, may take many months or cannot work. It this the product of 'long covid'.....?

[theold]

What was once delicious or pleasant, might now smell or taste more like garbage or rotten food.

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2021/04/02/doctor...ter-covid/

[debono]

What was once delicious or pleasant, might now smell or taste more like garbage or rotten food.

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2021/04/02/doctor...ter-covid/

But they suffer from anosmia and later on parosmia...

[sgxin]

It is frightening to discover that the smell training, may take many months or cannot work. It this the product of 'long covid'.....?

I think the inability of the older survivors to recover should be due to their ageing NERVE cells that have shortened telomeres.
When a nerve "circuit" is destroyed by the coronavirus, the cells are not able to regrow a new one to transmit and process the "signals" from the nose.
And according to the article posted on hwz, the Covid virus also makes it even harder for repair of damaged cells.

PEER REVIEWED: SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threa...o.6637714/

Telomeres, lifestyle, cancer, and aging

Telomere length shortens with age. Progressive shortening of telomeres leads to senescence, apoptosis, or oncogenic transformation of somatic cells, affecting the health and lifespan of an individual. Shorter telomeres have been associated with increased incidence of diseases and poor survival. The rate of telomere shortening can be either increased or decreased by specific lifestyle factors. Better choice of diet and activities has great potential to reduce the rate of telomere shortening or at least prevent excessive telomere attrition, leading to delayed onset of age-associated diseases and increased lifespan.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370421/


https://theory.labster.com/telomere-length/

[watchfirst9]

I think the inability of the older survivors to recover should be due to their ageing NERVE cells that have shortened telomeres.
When a nerve "circuit" is destroyed by the coronavirus, the cells are not able to regrow a new one to transmit and process the "signals" from the nose.
And according to the article posted on hwz, the Covid virus also makes it even harder for repair of damaged cells.

PEER REVIEWED: SARS–CoV–2 Spike Impairs DNA Damage Repair and Inhibits V(D)J Recombination In Vitro
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threa...o.6637714/

Telomeres, lifestyle, cancer, and aging
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370421/


https://theory.labster.com/telomere-length/

During the illness maybe they should wash their nose frequently 
to inhibit the virus growth thereby make recovery faster.

[singlon]

But their immunity loss is 5% per week