16 days of no taste and smell

[Leadust92]

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place to post but I need some reassurance if possible please. I've had no sense of taste or smell for 16 days now, zero! I'm also 15 weeks pregnant so I rang the advice line at my antenatal clinic, she said likely to be coronavirus and to ring back if I developed anymore symptoms. I don't have any other symptoms and am grateful if this is just a low dose of corona, but I am so low about the no taste now and worried it won't return as I've seen most cases return within 7-14 days. I had a hard first trimester with constant sickness and one thing after another and this is really tipping me over the edge. I know I need to eat but it's like chewing air. Please if anyone has had this symptom can you give me some reassurance that it will come back. :( :(

If it helps Matt Hancock said today that his has come back now.

Mine has been gone for just over 2 weeks, it's minimally back but I literally had my nose in the Vicks jar yesterday and got only the slightest whiff. I've had an exceptionally sensitive sense of smell since my first pregnancy, so it's extra weird.

I know I still have a high sinus infection of some kind, so expecting to get a bit more back when that goes.

I totally sympathise, but there's nothing you can do, so just be glad you can't smell everything which often means extra puking in early pregnancy! Xx

It's horrid isn't it! Can't even make staying in that little bit more bearable by comfort eating! Haha. I do have some very slight sense of smell back but not taste. Hoping it's a positive sign. Hope yours returns soon! X

Hello! I have this also, I am 13 weeks pregnant!
It’s horrible. Mine has been 13 days today!

Mine is just returning after losing it with flu 6 weeks ago.

I'm on day 7 with no taste or smell it's horrible! No point in eating anything nice as I can't taste it!! Might make myself a spinach smoothie

Another one here- over 2 weeks with no sense of smell or taste at all (and ill with lots of other CV symptoms).

Am hoping it comes back soon, it's so weird!

What other symptoms do you have??