Myself, I've never had a PCR test.
But the olfactory bulb is right up there adjacent to the nasal passage, so any viral (or other) damage to the nasal mucosa could easily affect olfactory receptors or pathway neurones.
And of course taste and smell are linked - which is why I put them together as taste/smell. Technically, it is the sens…
But the olfactory bulb is right up there adjacent to the nasal passage, so any viral (or other) damage to the nasal mucosa could easily affect olfactory receptors or pathway neurones.
And of course taste and smell are linked - which is why I put them together as taste/smell. Technically, it is the sense of smell that went (for me) - no problem with sweet/salt/sour/bitter, the actual taste senses.
Myself, I've never had a PCR test.
But the olfactory bulb is right up there adjacent to the nasal passage, so any viral (or other) damage to the nasal mucosa could easily affect olfactory receptors or pathway neurones.
And of course taste and smell are linked - which is why I put them together as taste/smell. Technically, it is the sense of smell that went (for me) - no problem with sweet/salt/sour/bitter, the actual taste senses.