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New advice for people who lose sense of smell after Covid

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox People who have experienced smell loss as a result of past coronavirus infection should try “smell training”, scientists have recommended.

Smell training involves sniffing at least four different odours, twice daily for several months. Smell loss expert Prof Carl Philpott, from the University of East Anglia’s Norwich Medical School, said that the method “aims to help recovery based on neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to reorganise itself to compensate for a change or injury”.

Research by an international group of smell experts, published in the journal International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology, advised against using steroids to treat smell loss.

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