Came down with a bug a week ago. Not sure which COVID it was (cold, Flu, Novel-19), we dont run to the doctor every time we get sick and the fever broke in a day. A lot of coughing though...still shaking it off. Wife got it pretty good too.
As we got more interested in eating again, we were going to make salads. Just opening a bottle of Italian dressing repulsed me, I couldn't stand the smell. didn't bother the wife though. The other day I decided to make some Balsamic vinaigrette, thinking it may have been the herbs in the Italian dressing and immediately, same thing, it smelled "acrid?". I then confirmed this sniffing some white vinegar....I cant stand vinegar now!
I've heard of people losing sense of taste with COVID, but I always lose sense of taste with a cold, anytime the sinuses are clogged its hard to taste anything because much of taste is smell. But specifically vinegar?
I searched it and there IS a known condition called "parosmia" associated with COVID and there were some conversations on Reddit about exactly the vinegar thing. Most people say it fades over time. I also noticed coffee smelled unusual and that is starting to return to normal already.
Not good! I love vinegar, pickles, etc. and even mustard with my corned beef and cabbage last night was affected by this.
Anyone ever experience something like that? Some years ago I got a touch of pneumonia that lasted a month. Since then, I cant stand the taste or smell of Kale cooking (dried kale chips, not a problem though). After my dad had his heart attack, he still cant stand the taste of spinach 22 years later and he had no problem with it before.
As we got more interested in eating again, we were going to make salads. Just opening a bottle of Italian dressing repulsed me, I couldn't stand the smell. didn't bother the wife though. The other day I decided to make some Balsamic vinaigrette, thinking it may have been the herbs in the Italian dressing and immediately, same thing, it smelled "acrid?". I then confirmed this sniffing some white vinegar....I cant stand vinegar now!
I've heard of people losing sense of taste with COVID, but I always lose sense of taste with a cold, anytime the sinuses are clogged its hard to taste anything because much of taste is smell. But specifically vinegar?
I searched it and there IS a known condition called "parosmia" associated with COVID and there were some conversations on Reddit about exactly the vinegar thing. Most people say it fades over time. I also noticed coffee smelled unusual and that is starting to return to normal already.
Not good! I love vinegar, pickles, etc. and even mustard with my corned beef and cabbage last night was affected by this.
Anyone ever experience something like that? Some years ago I got a touch of pneumonia that lasted a month. Since then, I cant stand the taste or smell of Kale cooking (dried kale chips, not a problem though). After my dad had his heart attack, he still cant stand the taste of spinach 22 years later and he had no problem with it before.