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UrbanFootprint t1_is7rrvg wrote

Reply to comment by Smooth_Imagination in SARS-CoV2 enters the brain through the olfactory nerve in rhesus monkeys, causing neuroinflammation. The virus spread further into the brain in aging animals. by andyhfell

You seem very knowledgeable in this area. I’ve had no taste or smell now for 3 months since my infection. It was my only symptom and the only way I knew I even had Covid. Is there any way to ease this immune response to ease the anosmia?

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Larnak1 t1_is9xhn7 wrote

I'd assume it's less a question of easing the immune response, as more about healing the damage that virus and immune response have dealt.

Typically, viruses infect cells, and the immune system identifies those cells and kills them before they can produce more virus.

I didn't look into the background of this, but there's certainly a possibility that not all of the damage is always reversible.

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