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"Things taste of sewage and smell like they're burning": What it's like to have your senses wrecked by Covid
23.01.2022 - 11:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Alexandra Castellani was standing directly next to a food stall at Flamingo Land when she was suddenly hit by a wave of nausea.
For months after losing her taste and smell from coronavirus, her senses had not returned.
But during the family day out at the theme park in Yorkshire, the mum-of-two suddenly began to notice a pungent smell - what she can only describe as soured cream mixed with something burning.
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It was the ordinarily tantalising smell of hot dogs that was wafting in the air - but for Alexandra, the smell was so revolting she wanted to vomit.
Since that day, the 37-year-old from Heaton Mersey has been suffering with a distorted sense of taste and smell - a condition called parosmia, which can be brought on by coronavirus.
She is one of thousands of people who are suffering with the distressing side-effect, which can cause sufferers to feel physically sick when eating or smelling certain foods.
Alexandra contracted coronavirus in the first week of August 2021, whilst she was 30 weeks pregnant with her second child.
"I had a cough and cold symptoms. I also had body aches, cold sweats and completely lost my sense of taste and smell," she said, speaking to the M.E.N.
"Thankfully having covid didn’t affect my pregnancy and I have now given birth to a baby boy.
"I was standing next to a hot dog van at Flamingo Land in October and the smell was making me want to vomit. That’s when I realised it had come back but now everything is distorted."
The mum says that anything with a 'strong' smell such as garlic, perfume and petrol - all smells the same. Meanwhile, everyday foods have the same unpleasant, 'sour cream and something burnt'
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