First patient in UK tests new treatment for loss of sense of smell

<p>Chrissi Kelly, who says anosmia is a ‘like a bereavement’, is trialling a simple procedure that could help those who lost sense of smell during Covid or other viral infections </p><p>Smell loss was a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/24/do-me-a-flavour-adjusting-to-life-without-a-sense-of-smell-after-covid">defining symptom of Covid</a>, and for some people, a curse. Most people regain their sense of smell as their infection fades, but some never recover. It means not being able to tell if milk is off, if there’s a gas leak or what your newborn baby smells like.</p><p>But for victims of anosmia and its crueller sibling, parosmia, where ordinary smells are transformed into the stench of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/30/like-sewage-and-rotting-flesh-covids-lasting-impact-on-taste-and-smell">rotting flesh or sewage</a>, there is new hope. Researchers have discovered that a simple procedure can help people recover their sense of smell years after losing it to viral infections such as Covid, or even decades later.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/15/anosmia-smell-loss-hope-for-sufferers">Continue reading...</a>