Now, locked down at home in London, I could smell nothing of my domestic world, which made life feel alien and flat. After her COVID-19 diagnosis, the author discovered that the properties around humans’ sense of smell can tell us much about our physical and mental health. I was elated when, around the sixth month after infection, my sense of smell began to return, at times fleeting and often barely perceptible. AdvertisementThe realisation that my father’s olfactory loss had not been seen as a medical red flag at the time bothered me a little, too. Many multiple sclerosis patients suffer smell and taste loss, and it is an important early marker for patients suffering Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Source: Libya Today September 02, 2022 06:00 UTC