Alexandra Castellani was standing directly next to a food stall at Flamingo Land when she was suddenly hit by a wave of nausea.
For months after losing her taste and smell from coronavirus, her senses had not returned. But during the family day out at the theme park in Yorkshire, the mum-of-two suddenly began to notice a pungent smell - what she can only describe as soured cream mixed with something burning. READ MORE:Mum, 36, spent Christmas and New Year in Covid coma and can still barely move It was the ordinarily tantalising smell of hot dogs that was wafting in the air - but for Alexandra, the smell was so revolting she wanted to vomit.
Since that day, the 37-year-old from Heaton Mersey has been suffering with a distorted sense of taste and smell - a condition called parosmia, which can be brought on by coronavirus.
She is one of thousands of people who are suffering with the distressing side-effect, which can cause sufferers to feel physically sick when eating or smelling certain foods.
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