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You can buy a nasal gel called Neilmed which is soothing. You can see a video about smell training hereĤ. Your nose can be sore and inflamed with Covid 19. Yuo can buy the right jars and essential oils from I have already ordered mine He recommends the use of essential oils in the following or similar scents – rose, lemon, cloves and eucalyptus are the four smells used in many of the published research studies. This was discovered by Prof Hummel from Germany. You can use olfactory (or smell) training which involves repeated short-term exposure to odours as this can potentially be of benefit to people who have been affected by olfactory loss, particularly those who have lost their sense of smell as the result of a virus. If you have struggled to do this effectively you can do this more effectively by adopting the "Kaiteki" position (this means comfortable in Japanese) You do this by lying on your die with your head tilted backwards 20 to 30 degrees and the chin turned upwards 20 to 40 degrees. The advice is to tip your head back slightly and place 2 drops into each nostril daily. You can take Vitamin A drops 10,000 units daily dropped into the nose daily for 8 weeks. You can purchase these through Nutriadvanced where you can get a 15% discount by calling them on 08 option 1 and quoting my account number 3185555. You can take supplements like Alpha Lipod Acid Supplements. Biologically, lipoic acid is often referred to as the “universal antioxidant” since it is both water-soluble and fat-soluble. The symptoms usually resolve in 2-3 weeks. We are left with just a sense of salt and sweet from the taste buds on our tongue.

This then affects our ability to taste as 80% of what we taste is actually derived from our sense of smell. It is believed that COVID-19 attacks the nerves that allow us to smell. 32% develop anosmia after the onset of other symptoms.58% of people lose their sense of smell along with other symptoms.

10% of patients with anosmia (loss of sense of smell ) develop this first and then go on to get the other common symptoms – fever and cough.

I recently attended an excellent webinar about just this. You can still pass the virus on even with only that symptom. It may occur in isolation and if you or anyone you know develops this, they should self isolate for 7 days. It is recognised as a common symptom now. I have spoken to several patients with Covid 19 who have also lost their smell and taste. I haven’t had a cough at all so this disease is clearly very variable. I was very lucky – a slight temperature, symptoms of a cold, a blocked nose and then I lost my sense of taste and smell.