Is It COVID-19 Or Seasonal Allergies?
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Julia Austin
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Loss of taste and/or smell
Could be either COVID-19 or allergies
A loss of taste and/or smell is associated with both COVID-19 and allergies. Naturally, when your body is producing excess mucus in response to allergens, and your nose is inflamed, you may struggle to detect certain tastes and smells as well as you normally would. In fact, the CDC says this can occur “sometimes” with allergies. However, they say it’s “usual” with COVID-19. The main difference would be that, with COVID-19, the loss will come on suddenly, often before other symptoms, and be rather long-lasting. With allergies, your sense of taste and smell can come and go as the other symptoms fluctuate.
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