Long Covid sufferers developing symptom where they smell fish and burnt toast constantly
The long-term symptom, known as parosmia, seemed to affect young people and healthcare workers in particular
27 December 2020 • 2:05pm
Long covid sufferers are constantly smelling fish, sulphur and burnt toast according to the doctor who identified the “strange symptom”.
Professor Nirmal Kumar, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon, said the "very strange and very unique" long-term symptom known as parosmia seemed to affect young people and healthcare workers, in particular.
The surgeon, who is also the president of ENT UK, was among the first medics to identify anosmia, loss of smell, as a coronavirus indicator in March, and urged Public Health England to add it to the symptom list months before it became official guidance.