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Taste and smell problem

2020-08-23 21:00:46
From past two days I can't taste anything, my mouth tastes metallic and my nose is blocked. I can breathe normally but can't smell anything. Please prescribe me with some medicines so that I can get back my taste and smell.
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Hi, in this pandemic -loss of smell is one of the COVID symptom , nothing to get alarmed about, try to consider once for COVID test just to rule out Do you have any other symptoms?
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Loss of smell and change of taste are one of the primary symptoms of covid 19. Kindly get tested immediately and self isolate.

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