Change in taste but no loss of smell

[AliciaWhiskers]

Has anyone else had this? Does loss of taste and smell tend to go together or can you have one without the other?

Just had a yoghurt which is usually really strong tasting, but I could barely taste it at all. I can still smell fine.

A lot of people I have spoken to with Covid-19 say that their food doesn't taste right even without loss of smell, this is of course just my anecdata.

Hmmm. Not what I wanted to hear

Have you spoken to many people with COVID?

DS has a sore throat and snotty nose also starting today. No other symptoms though.

Sorry @Northernsoullover I reread that message and it didn’t come out how I intended it to at all!

I’m using it as an excellent excuse to eat ice cream, just to test if I can taste it

I get that all the time with colds. Has this never happened to you before?

The Covid symptoms guidance on the NHS website says loss of taste OR smell. I think you should get tested.

It’s loss of taste or smell that can be a symptom of Covid.
I’d try to book a test

@PremierInn yes, but when I have a cold and a blocked nose. I don’t have a cold or a blocked nose. Just an odd sense that things don’t taste right.

A friend's first symptom was a loss but not a total loss of taste.

He thought his beer had gone off!

I had COVID without a loss of smell or taste but my sense of taste was distorted- stuff tasted bad or bland for the first week. Not that I was eating much tbh.

[quote AliciaWhiskers]@PremierInn yes, but when I have a cold and a blocked nose. I don’t have a cold or a blocked nose. Just an odd sense that things don’t taste right.[/quote]
I get that quite often as my only sign or first sign I am coming down with something, not when I have a blocked nose
I guess if you do a test and its negative then you'll know that you do too