But a related, rarer and more frightening side effect occurs for some: when taste and smell is finally regained, their food doesn't taste like how they remember it.
"Ever since I've regained my smelling and taste back, I have smelled this smell and tasted this taste that is disgusting and I cannot figure out what it is," explained one person in a story shared by the Covid Parosmia Support TikTok account.
For those who have parosmia, things that once smelled pleasant — like body wash, say — might now smell repulsive.