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Have you tried smell training (basically you sniff 3-4 different types of essential oils daily). My girlfriend lost her smell due to covid for a year or so, and got it back about a month after starting smell training


I mean we smell with olfactory nerves. Are you saying they can be 'trained' so-to-speak? (Looked it up- sure enough [1])

I've never heard of such a thing but if so I'm glad there's something to at least try.

I don't personally know anyone who still hasn't regained their sense of smell, but for some it was a year or more before it returned fully.

I do know 2 people with 'long covid' who are just super low energy (not a severe case).

Im just excited it's all being looked into now as opposed to being blown off or labeled misinformation.

[1] https://www.uab.edu/reporter/patient-care/advances/item/1000...


Interesting. It is like "rehab" for smelling.




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