A resident of the English city of Whitstable, Kent, who had been ill with COVID-19, complained of a distorted sense of smell and taste, because of which she thinks that any food smells like rot, reports the Daily Record.
Sarah Govier, 44, tested positive for coronavirus in April, but she did not have the usual symptoms such as cough or high fever. One day she came home completely tired and had a sore throat. The next day, the woman did not go to work and signed up for a repeat test on May 2.
Soon after taking the test, Govye lost her sense of smell and taste. After a few months, these symptoms disappeared, but the woman faced a strange new symptom – a distortion of her sense of smell and sense of taste. Her favorite food now seems rotten to her. The Englishwoman compares the taste of meat to floral soap or perfume. Her toothpaste looks more like gasoline than mint, and her coffee smells like car exhaust or tobacco smoke.
“Onions and garlic smelled terrible, I can’t even describe it. Since these vegetables are in almost every recipe, it became very difficult to cook. If I walked into someone’s house where they were preparing food, I could smell a mixture of wet dog smells. wool and rancid water. I had to sniff food before I could eat it. I felt like some kind of strange wild animal, “Govye said.
The woman can still eat cheese and fish, as well as avocado with shrimp. But she worries that these dishes will soon bore her. She said that she lost three kilograms because she could not eat her favorite food.
An Englishwoman has created a support group on Facebook for those who suffer from parosmia or anosmia as a result of coronavirus disease. More than four thousand users from all over the world have joined it.
Previously it was reported that a resident of the American region of New England was infected with COVID-19 and as an experiment ate very spicy food from a Thai restaurant. She began to experience severe physical pain, but decided to finish her meal anyway.