A systematic review of 49 imaging studies highlights how COVID-19 affects the human brain. Researchers found widespread structural and functional changes in areas responsible for memory, emotion, and attention, providing insight into enduring neurological symptoms like brain fog.
I guess I won the brain damage lottery because cilantro no longer tastes soapy to me
Ah damnit, I got the version that makes my soap taste all cilantro’y.
Bone apple tea!
I’m pretty sure I’ve never regained my sense of smell. My 2 year old will poop and I typically can’t tell unless I visually confirm because he’s walking weird… I also can’t tell if something in our fridge has spoiled.
My wife uses my dulled sense of smell as a litmus test. If I can actually smell something it must mean it’s horrifically rancid…
Same here, although it was so gradual it took me years to notice. Also I can smell some things even if they’re relatively subtle, but only for a second or two. Then nothing at all.
I know that human sense of smell gets used to constant sensation and ignores it. Apparently, mine just does it super quickly. I learned to trust my instincts, because usually the ability to smell something goes away before I notice it consciously and I can’t just smell it again.
Wow, that’s pretty crazy
Idk if it was the Covid but when i made my homemade tacos with cilantro it was amazing but before that every time it tasted like soap
Cilantro tasted like soap to me before 2011, after that it was delicious. Not necessarily covid that caused your change, cant explain mine except that I was eating a lot of it in delicious meals so who knows
A lot of people have changes in their sense of smell after contracting covid. It will be interesting to see if the “soap” taste comes back to you eventually.
https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/2022/09/change-smell-after-covid-19-infection-what-you-need-know
https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/loss-smell-post-covid-how-severe-it-and-how-long-can-it-last
Yes I have bad nose blindness. I get hints of things then it goes away.
Hell yeah, cilantro is the shit!
I wish I got that.
Damn, the first time I had it, it made chocolate taste like soap for months. Probably better for my diet.
Unfortunately, ever since the second or third time, raw carrots all taste like soap. I used to eat carrots with half my lunches, and now I can’t stomach them.