Smell and Taste is lost

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Asked for Male, 42 Years

I got acute viral flu last 5 days and lost smell and taste from last 4 days. This is 6th day and still No smell. Would like to know when the smell will come back and are there any medications to get smell back?

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Dr. Chirag Yashlaha

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Dr. Saiyad Saif Naziruddin

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Do smell retraining therapy

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Dr. Manisha.M

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Plz don't worry it will take sometime...

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