Tag: loss of smell

Ways to Regain Sense of Smell After COVID

Among the many aftereffects of COVID-19 infection, one that has garnered much attention is the loss of smell or taste. For many people, the condition is long-term and treatment remains elusive. Why does this happen to some people and are there effective treatments available to restore our sense of smell after COVID? Loss of Smell…


Ways to Regain Loss of Smell After COVID

Among the many aftereffects of COVID-19 infection, one that has garnered much attention is the loss of smell or taste. For many people, the condition is long-term and treatment remains elusive. Why does this happen to some people and are there effective treatments available to restore our sense of smell after COVID? Loss of Smell…


Immune Assault May Explain Loss of Smell in Long Covid

An ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells may explain why some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19. The finding, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, provides an important insight into a vexing problem that has plagued millions who have not…


3 Tips to Regain and Improve Long Term Sense of Smell

Loss of smell is a unique symptom after COVID-19 infection and one of the most commonly reported symptoms in the early stages of infection. Unlike other viral infections, post-infection loss of smell, or anosmia, occurs suddenly and without blockage of the nasal mucosa. A new study in the British Medical Journal states that 5 percent…


Long-COVID: 3 TCM Tricks to Improve Long-Term Loss of Smell

Loss of smell is a unique symptom after COVID-19 infection and one of the most commonly reported symptoms in the early stages of infection. Unlike other viral infections, post-infection anosmia occurs suddenly and without blockage of the nasal mucosa. A new study in the British Medical Journal states that five percent of patients may experience…


43 Percent Infected by COVID Suffer From Long COVID Symptoms—Half of Them Are Neuropsychiatric

A study looked at the data of 1.6 million COVID-19 patients worldwide. The researchers were trying to understand a phenomenon called “long COVID,” where the patients who clear the infection are left with lingering symptoms or new pain after several months have passed. The researchers have found that about 43 percent of infected patients developed…


Quick Loss of Smell Predicts Dementia Brain Changes

A decline in a person’s sense of smell over time can predict their loss of cognitive function, and foretell structural changes in regions of the brain important in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, research shows. The findings, based on a longitudinal study of 515 older adults published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association,…


Lost Your Sense of Smell? 6 Remedies for Anosmia

Loss of smell, or anosmia, can significantly impair your quality of life, but options like smell training, alpha-lipoic acid and turmeric may bring back your sense of smell naturally It’s easy to take your sense of smell for granted — that is, until it’s gone. Anosmia, or the inability to smell, isn’t a life-threatening condition,…


Retrain Your Brain How to Smell Again

Loss of sense of smell, a condition known as anosmia, has emerged as a hallmark symptom of COVID-19. It’s estimated that 33.9% to 68% of COVID-19 patients1 — and as high as 98%, according to one study2 — experience some type of olfactory dysfunction, which is often regarded as more of an inconvenience than an actual health…