‘My whole world changed’: the repulsive smells that linger for months post COVID

For people living with long COVID, the development of unpleasant smell distortions, called parosmia, can be very distressing. Here we look at the causes and some potential treatments
illustration of woman smelling food before and after parosmia

Parosmia. You’ve probably never heard of it. I hadn’t. Not, that is, until my 13-year-old daughter developed the condition after a mild bout of COVID-19 in September 2021.

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