These weird smell and taste tests can quickly tell you if you might have COVID-19

[Yoni Heisler]

• The coronavirus can cause some patients to suddenly lose their sense of taste and smell.
• Many impacted patients have reported that typically flavorful food can suddenly start tasting like paper or cardboard.
• With the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the country, the CDC this week made a major change to its coronavirus safety guidelines.

The coronavirus and the flu may share many of the same symptoms, but there's no question that the damage the coronavirus inflicts upon patients is far more severe and extensive. Aside from the expected range of respiratory symptoms such as coughing, fatigue, and troubled breathing, doctors are just now starting to understand the extent to which the coronavirus can impact a person's cognitive abilities.

Beyond that, one of the more bizarre aspects of the coronavirus is that can cause people to suddenly lose their sense of taste and smell. And while this symptom certainly isn't as life-threatening as some of the respiratory symptoms above, many patients who can longer taste their favorite foods or smell their favorite scents say the issue can take a huge emotional toll.

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