Has anyone had a positive covid reult but NOT had change in taste/smell

[Comefromaway]

Just wondering really.

I'm convinced ds and I had it back late February early March ( persistent cough lasting 3 weeks, shortness of breath, slight headache, tiredness) Ds complained his food tasted funny, at the time it wasn't a symptom so I didn't think anything of it. I honestly can't remember if I was affected.

Since then my asthma (I'd been inhalor free for several years) has been playing up every now and then and I get a cough but I assume its asthma related. My sense of taste and smell is absolutely fine though. I'm envisaging having to get tested every few weeks at this rate but wondering if the taste/smell thing can be an indicator.

Loads of people have had coronavirus without any impact on their sense of taste and smell. For a long time that wasn’t even acknowledged as one of the main symptoms.

@RemyHadley

Loads of people have had coronavirus without any impact on their sense of taste and smell. For a long time that wasn’t even acknowledged as one of the main symptoms.

This, there are such a range of symptoms there will loads of people with every combination and none.

I'm really surprised that that message hasn't got across after 6 months, there is no one typical set of symptoms.

Everyone I know who’s had a positive test has had some alteration in taste. A work colleague for example said I had no symptoms at all except my smell went funny and only tested because my mum was positive. All the people with coughs etc who tested negative said their taste & smell was fine.

Every cold I get my taste/smell changes

I could never tell if I had covid unless I got actually ill