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Like Padden, Angelo Torres, 31, of Stockton, California, suspected he had COVID-19 once he couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell or taste food. He remembers the moment vividly: An order from Wingstop that was seemingly devoid of flavor or appetizing smell. That was in spring of last year. As of last week, certain foods still didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t taste the same. Torres says he also still gets random bouts of fatigue. There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a safety aspect associated with being able to smell, too. Sense of smell helps people gauge when food may be spoiled. Smelling smoke could also alert you to a nearby fire. In Texas last month, a family who lost their sense of smell because of COVID-19 nearly died when a blaze tore their house and they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell the smoke. 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Then, she lost her sense of taste and smell and that gave her pause.

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Months later, Padden still hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t fully regained her sense of smell.

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Certain techniques are more far-fetched than others. , some people have been charring oranges, peeling the skin and mixing the fruit with brown sugar. That method did not work for Padden.

In her dogged search for answers, she came across UC Davis Health바카라 게임 웹사이트�s . Experts there are examining those who have survived the virus but suffer lingering symptoms.

Eventually, she was able to enroll and was connected with Dr. Toby Steele, an assistant professor of otolaryngology who has been treating patients who are suffering from loss of sense of smell, known as anosmia.

One of the smell-retraining methods he recommended to her was something she had encountered in her own research. It바카라 게임 웹사이트�s called olfactory training.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Olfactory training is essentially based on this principle that you can practice smelling. And by practice smelling you can sort of regenerate some of those smell nerves,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he said.

As part of this smell training, he has his patients purchase four different essential oils 바카라 게임 웹사이트� rose, eucalyptus, lemon and clove. Two times a day, they are to smell one oil for 10 to 15 seconds, let their mind rest and then move on to the next oil.

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A second therapy, which doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t have as much scientific backing, is a sinus wash with a medicine that decreases inflammation.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�We know that setting up this environment where the smell nerves can function helps you succeed with olfactory training,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Steele said.

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For Padden and the many other COVID-19 survivors who haven바카라 게임 웹사이트�t fully regained their sense of smell, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s been frustrating and saddening at times.

Some 86% of people with mild coronavirus cases lose their sense of smell and taste but recover it within about six months, . Their sense of smell returned after about 18 to 21 days, the study found, but about 5% of people had not recovered olfactory function at six months.

also noted that only about 4% to 7% of people with COVID-19 symptoms described as moderate or severe lost their ability to smell and taste.

, a Roseville, California, pastor and coffee shop owner, contracted COVID-19 in November. He still can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell and taste like he once did.

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Like Padden, Angelo Torres, 31, of Stockton, California, suspected he had COVID-19 once he couldn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell or taste food. He remembers the moment vividly: An order from Wingstop that was seemingly devoid of flavor or appetizing smell.

That was in spring of last year. As of last week, certain foods still didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t taste the same. Torres says he also still gets random bouts of fatigue.

There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a safety aspect associated with being able to smell, too. Sense of smell helps people gauge when food may be spoiled. Smelling smoke could also alert you to a nearby fire. , a family who lost their sense of smell because of COVID-19 nearly died when a blaze tore their house and they didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell the smoke.

Beyond that, being able to smell certain things is simply just nice sometimes.

Padden, who cross-country skis in Minnesota during the winter, can바카라 게임 웹사이트�t smell the pine while she recreates.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s comforting things, like when you come home to your house and it smells like your house, or you kiss your husband and he smells like his aftershave or his deodorant,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Just the comforting things that you know you hold onto 바카라 게임 웹사이트� you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re devoid of all of it. It just leaves a really weird, unsettling, uncomfortable 바카라 게임 웹사이트� you바카라 게임 웹사이트�re missing something. You바카라 게임 웹사이트�re missing more than you know.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

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Padden, however, says she has reason for optimism in her quest to smell again.

A few weeks ago, she thought she was able to detect the odors of essential oils she had been sniffing. So she blindfolded herself and had her husband test her. She identified them correctly.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Either that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s working or maybe it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s coming back on its own,바카라 게임 웹사이트� she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I mean, it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s hard to say. But I definitely think that smell training seems to be helping because the more I do it, the stronger then scent seems to me.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

She says she바카라 게임 웹사이트�s been experiencing parosmia, a distorted sense of smell. That could be an encouraging sign.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�The people who have persistent smell loss, and we바카라 게임 웹사이트�re talking on the sort of duration of months, are often describing what we call phantosmias or parosmias, and these are these sort of phantom odors like you smell cigarette smoke or you smell the sewer and sometimes that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a precursor to return of sense of smell,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Steele said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�So that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s what a lot of patients will describe to me, but that바카라 게임 웹사이트�s also an area under study.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

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CNN contributed to this report.

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