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TexasTowelie

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Fri Nov 26, 2021, 04:05 PM Nov 2021

Long haul COVID symptoms torment survivors with 'sewage' smells

TEXAS, USA — 3.5 million Texans have contracted COVID-19 and many of these people are still dealing with stubborn symptoms from the virus.

A common symptom is losing your sense of taste or smell. A less common one affects about 10% of people who have had COVID according to a Wiley study in June.

It's called Parosmia, a smell disorder that distorts odors. It can make things someone once loved smell and taste like sewage, garbage, gasoline, mold or ammonia - just to name a few.

Henderson resident Angela Johnson got COVID in late December. She's still trying to recover her senses.

"I've sort of had to re-learn what things smell like... A lot of things smelled like raw or rotting meat," she said.

Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/long-haul-covid-symptoms-torment-survivors-with-sewage-smells/501-219fe4d1-8db4-4b34-b298-81c1a91be51e

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