How to Get Your Smell Back After Covid with Smell Training
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2020
- Lost your smell after Covid? Here's how you can use olfactory training or smell training to restore your sense of smell. Most cases of anosmia (lack of smell) return after 2-3 weeks after a viral infection like Covid19. Most people regain their sense of smell and taste within 7 days, but don't lose hope if you've been waiting for 2-3 weeks or more and still can't smell. Smell therapy (like physical therapy for your sense of smell!) has shown to be an effective way to restore your sense of smell, even with long term cases of anosmia.
Based on the most commonly cited study by Dr. Thomas Hummel, olfactory training uses four unique scents designed to cover different fragrance categories using:
Lemon for fruity smells: amzn.to/34DU9bH
Rose for a flower fragrances: amzn.to/3mKPCuc
Cloves for spicy or bitter smells: amzn.to/3nYwD05
And Eucalyptus for ethereal odors or resinous smells similar to fresh cleaning solutions: amzn.to/3hkuREL
How to Perform Smell Training:
Step 1: Find at least 4 familiar fragrances such as Lemon, Rose, Cloves, and Eucalyptus (see above). Place 5-6 drops of oil on a piece of absorbent paper like watercolor paper and place into an amber glass jar: amzn.to/2M3Q2zq
Step 2: Twice a day, smell each container for about 10 to 15 seconds, taking just take a couple small sniffs of the fragrance. Try to keep the smell at the top of your nasal cavity instead of taking a giant whiff of the jar.
Step 3: Track Your Progress
Keep track of your progress each day by rating how strong you find each smell with each attempt.
Research on Smell Training or Olfactory Training:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30848...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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How many days until your smell came back? If you're still waiting to get your smell back, how long has it been?
I really appreciate that someone is talking about this. Because not tasting food is literally depressing. Hopefully this works for me
Losing my smell is the worst. I can't smell a thing. All i can taste is salt or sweet
Lost my smell since July. I gave up hope till the other day when I smelt my own fart for the first time in months. It’s sad such an awful smell brought me great joy. I’ll say try eucalyptus oil over hot water steam
Just got covid 4 days ago this shiiiiii whack
Wow I never would have thought I’d be sitting here unable to smell or taste.
I was not able to smell or taste anything for 2 weeks after I was tested positive for covid. During those two weeks, I did steaming daily and also took Vitamin C and Zinc tablets which were really effective. During the third week, I was able to smell strong smelling substances like deo, nail polish, camphor, etc and I got my smell and taste back gradually. It's been a month now and both my senses have been restored back to normal. I can smell and taste 100% now 😊 . Wishing everybody a speedy recovery 😁
Its so depressing.. I really crave certain foods and while I'm eating i can only imagine what it tastes like.
To all. One thing to remember is we're all blessed it isn't sight or sound that is lost.
Ok everybody is venting here…how about coming back and posting if the smell training worked for you.
You know when you wake up on mornings, you can actually gets this smell of fragrance... you feel so much rejuvenated & happy thanking God for another day... I wake up each morning now grateful to God for another day & for the Breath of Life🙏🏻 but only God knows how sad it feels that I just wanna scream cause I lose my sense of smells 😢 it's over 8 months now, having to trust in God that one day he'll restore me🙏🏻 its only prayers & trusting in the Father gives me hope.
God please give these people back their sense of smell and taste, including myself, as quick as possible. In Jesus name 🙏🏻❤️
Damn, we really don't realize the blessings we have until they're lost. Man, I'm on my 6th day of getting covid-19 and i want my sense of taste and smell back already😭😭
I went 3 years avoiding covid, but it finally got me. I'm on day 5 now and finally starting to feel better but I woke up today with no sense of smell. I'm already discouraged, food is one of my few pleasures left in this post covid world. I can still taste but its all very basic, I get no complexity. Finding this video is very helpful, even after 3 going on 4 years into the pandemic, seeing so many folks recover, and knowing there are things I can do is giving me hope that it will come back for me as well!
I’m 75 and I’m going on 3 years. I am trying your training.
I never thought I’d ever be practicing smelling.
I'm 29 and I lost my sense of taste and smell for only 3-4 days. I did do this training exercise but with the essential oils I had which were Tea Tree, Grapefruit and Peppermint. As far as supplements I continued to take Elderberry w/ vitamin C & Zinc, another Vitamin C and Blackseed oil. I also drank a lot of orange juice. So glad to have my sense back!
Guys update: my sense of smell are coming back thank god 🙏🏿💕 I prayed and prayed and it’s coming back slowly tho my smell is at like 31% now and everyday it gets better thank you god and Tim for helping me now for the people out who going through this trust me it’s coming back you just got to be patient trust me I hope y’all get YALL smell back 🙏🏿
This is my punishment for making jokes about Covid. Now I have Covid. No taste or smell. Life sucks.
Lost my senses 5 days ago, and my smell and tastebuds are coming back now! I would say it's around 70% It feels so good to finally smell a hint of coffee again! Hope u recover quick, keep up the hope guys!