ST. LOUIS - Some people who had COVID-19 are looking for ways to regain their senses of smell and taste.

Doctors are working with patients on a variety of treatments from therapy to medication.

Jim Dean from St. Louis County tested positive for COVID-19 in November

"I was considered severe," Dean said. "It lasted for about 30 days total."

Months later, Dean says peanut butter and pasta sauce taste foul. He describes certain foods as "metallic" and others as "sewage-like".

Dean told 5 On Your Side he thought he was going crazy.

It's a feeling Dr. Jay Piccirillo a Professor of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine says is typical.

"It's very disorienting for the patients and we've had people say 'you know doc, when I had no sense of smell that was better than what I have now, the parosmia can be very disturbing," Dr. Piccirillo said.

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