The symptoms of COVID can vary wildly, from headaches to digestive disorders to extreme fatigue. However, there is one set of symptoms that have become a hallmark of the virus around the world: loss of taste and smell. According to a meta-analysis of 8,438 COVID patients published by the Mayo Clinic, 41 percent of those with confirmed cases of the virus experienced loss of their sense of smell or taste. While many people regain their ability to taste and smell when they recover from the virus, those senses are not always the same when they return. According to a new report from Eater, there is one particular food that many people who have recovered from COVID simply cannot eat. Read on to find out what it is, and for more signs you could be sick, check out If You Can’t Smell These 2 Things, You May Have COVID.
Among a group of five people who recovered from COVID and were subsequently interviewed by Eater, three said onions stood out as a particularly indigestible food months after their infection subsided. One former COVID patient described onions as ‘gruesome’ to taste and another described them as ‘revolting’, while a third said that the smell of onions had become so harmful that they smelled ‘rotten’ and ‘dangerous’.
However, that’s not the only confusing change in your sense of taste or smell you may experience after COVID. According to a person interviewed by the BBC, COVID had made meat products taste like gasoline; and a Newsweek Interviewee who had recovered from COVID said wine “tastes like oil” after infection.
While a disturbed sense of smell or taste can be an unpleasant persistent COVID symptom, it is far from the only symptom that affects those recovering from the virus. Read on to learn what researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine and members of the Survivor Corps group found to be the most common persistent symptoms in COVID long-haul aircraft. And for the latest on the spread of the virus, check out Dr. Fauci just gave this scary update on the new COVID strain.
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