Nagpur: Covid-19 infection has brought complications that until the lower time is known to be in the form of parosmic where patients experience aroma changes.
Rishi Dubey 24-year-old Nagpur suffered from this rare post-covid disorder for the past seven months.
Rishi couldn’t eat any dish, how could it be, because the dishes smelled like a rotten food for him.
He can’t visit restaurants and hotels as preparation for food that smells like waste or garbage for him.
Even the smell of foul odor.
At the temples, it was impossible for him to stay long because the aroma of the stick of incense smelled like a rotting animal to him.
“My father was contracted Covid-19 in April, 2021, when the second wave was at its peak.
I have to fight a lot to find a hospital bed for him.
During this period, I lost the ability to feel and kiss.
Considering it as a symptom of Covid-19, I isolate myself, “Remember Rishi.
Even though he recovered at home with several basic medicines, the taste and smell of Rishi barely returned.
Gradually, things with a good aroma began to smell bad for him.
The same thing happens with taste.
“For almost a month, I have no taste.
Now, even if I bite spicy food or sweets, it feels like dirt for me.
I can’t eat,” Rishi said.
This disorder has forced it to stop socializing.
He also loses weight.
Rishi managed to eat only Dal-bread and white rice as simple as other things caused severe nausea for him.
He also consulted a specialist.
Modern medicine recognizes this disease, but does not have complete drugs.
The doctor told TOI that Parosmia was a potential symptom of Haul Covid-19.
It is believed to originate from the damage that occurs in the network involved in the smell during the SARS-COV-2 infection.
“Parosmia can go as time,” said Dr (Major) Vaibhav Chandankhede, head and neck of the surgeon, IGGMCH.
“We have seen several cases of parosmia followed by Covid-19 in recent months.
It takes time to recover.
Sometimes, it can stay for months together,” he said.
According to him, the technique called Bau Training can be used to treat parosmia because of Covid-19.
“We call it an olfactory training.
This involves sniffing a group of the same aroma for 20 seconds at once.
This is usually done at least twice a day for 3 months or more,” said Dr.
Chandankhede.
Making various lifestyle changes can also help patients recover.
This involves avoiding certain aromas that can trigger parosmic such as meat, onions, eggs.
Neurosurgeon Dr.
Ninad Shrikhande said parosmic cases had increased after the second wave of Covid-19.
“This is rare, but we have received an increase in the number of patients in the past six months.
We do not have drugs targeted on it.
The general nerve reconstruction drug is prescribed.
But, in the end, patients recover only with time,” Dr.
Shrikhande said.
He shared a case where a woman suffered from Parosmia for the past year and still hadn’t recovered.