Sniffing Out the Cause of Smell Loss

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Imagine if your morning cup of coffee one day smelled like rotting garbage. Or, if your favorite comfort food had no taste at all. For some COVID long haulers, this is their new reality. What causes these distortions in smell and taste in the first place? And, what treatment options are available for these patients? On this episode, we’ll speak to Stanford University smell expert Dr. Zara Patel, who says olfactory training – or “smell training” -- can help some people re-gain a lost sense of smell and taste. Plus, long COVID patients share their stories, and the resources that have helped them cope with their diagnosis. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was the summer of 2020 and Sikina Benjamin tested positive for COVID-19.
0:08.3	I immediately lost my smell, my taste, all the symptoms that you heard early on about
0:13.6	what people lose.
0:14.8	I lost everything.
0:17.3	A month later, Sikina felt like she had recovered.
0:20.6	She had regained her sense of smell and taste.
0:23.4	I started to feel like myself again or my old self, whatever that was.
0:28.7	And moving forward, tried to start living a normal life again and all that changed on
0:35.4	Halloween of 2020.
0:39.4	So I was basically chilling on my couch in West Philly.
0:43.2	And I think I was getting ready to watch Halloween.
0:46.8	I'm scared.
0:47.8	There's nothing that scared of.
0:49.6	Are you sure?
0:51.6	I killed him.
0:52.6	Hey, you okay, I killed the boogie man.
0:57.1	Get in there, come on, Tommy.
1:00.2	I lost the door.
1:02.2	I was like sitting around eating some candy and had some garlic-parm truffle fries.
1:09.2	I put in the air fryer to try to make them nice and crispy and just the best.
1:14.4	Sikina was cozy, she was feeling pretty good, and then suddenly something startled her.
1:21.4	Something out of a horror movie.
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