Smell Training Is One of the Most Common Treatments That People Are Using

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Some people have partial smell loss, but not the sort of anazmia or total smell loss that we've talked about. Smell training is like reminding your brain how to smell again and right? There's a lot of other things that researchers are doing to test possible treatments.

One of the most curious symptoms of COVID-19 is the loss of smell and taste. For most, this phenomenon is short lived, but for many around the world the symptom can persist for months or even years after the infection has cleared. Once a tell-tale sign of infection, this sensory disruption is now becoming characterised as a chronic problem and scientists are only recently getting clear answers about the mechanisms behind it. In this episode of Coronapod, we dig into the most recent studies on the causes of smell loss after infection with SARS-CoV-2, as well as the treatments scientists are proposing to tackle it.

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