I Got COVID-19 As A Young Healthy Person And It Kicked My A–

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A taste came back, but not a good one

I’d heard reports that some people get this metallic taste in their mouth, and a weird stinging/strong smell in their nostrils when they have the virus. By day five, none of that had happened to me so I thought I was out of the woods, but that’s just when it hit me. For the record, when this taste takes over your mouth and nose, you will miss the days when you couldn’t taste anything. You will long for the time when you couldn’t smell anything. You’ll drool over the idea of a favorite food – pizza, steak dinner, nachos, whatever – and you’ll make it or order it. And then, that tinge will hit your nose. That…rusty penny smell. And you know it’s over. You take that first bite of food, and it all just tastes like metal. Some describe it as Windex. It’s a bit different for everyone, but one thing is for sure: it’s not appetizing.