Anyone who’s taste has changed since having covid.

[Doggitydog]

So I had Covid way back in November, no cough, just headache, aches and loss of taste and smell for 3-4 weeks.
When my taste and smell came back I was so delighted and just so glad it was back that I didn’t notice at first how it had changed. Foods that I used to love no longer taste the same. Cups of tea taste totally different to what I remember, some things have a different smell to what they used to.
Mint toothpaste is absolutely disgusting now, it took several change of brands before I realised it was me and not the toothpaste.

I know it’s something to do with the olfactory nerves, I just wonder if when they regenerated (after Covid) that they regenerated differently.
My OH hasn’t noticed a difference at all.

I went off tea for ages but am back on it now. Chocolate tasted like paracetamol too. I would say it has changed my taste and also my smell isn't what it was so that probably influences it too. So odd!

Really weird. My dd has been saying for weeks that her food tastes weird, now I wonder if she also had Covid the same time as us despite not having symptoms.

I had Covid last spring, 3 days if zero taste and smell, it mostly came back and then went really strange in the sumner. It's been odd since then.
For me the bonus is that I can no longer smell the dog when she farts😄
The downside is coffee smells revolting and chocolate tastes awful too.
Spoke to an ENT consultant who recommended smell training. You can get kits from the Abscent charity website. It's definitely helping.

Ah thanks, I’ll have a look at that now.

Coffee smells disgusting to me now too. So strange so many people have that. Tuna smells awful too 🤢