Imagine having to force yourself to chew and swallow substances because you will die otherwise.

  • arin@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Happened to me with COVID, lucky i recovered in a few days and can smell and taste normally after.

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      20 hours ago

      i partially lost it from covid, but the flu in '18 made me lose my apetite for a while, it was pretty surreal to not want to eat.

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      I’m glad you got your taste back! One time I had chewed cinnamon gum all day and I guess inadvertently burned my taste buds. I couldn’t taste anything for a month or two!

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        Oh speaking of burning, having raw onions kinda burns my tongue but i can taste things more afterwards. The onion probably cleaned my tongue microbiome so i have a stronger ability to taste.