Loss of taste from a cold can take about 3-5 days or more to recover effectively. Cold is a very common clinical disease, mostly caused by viral infections or cold. Colds can be manifested as respiratory symptoms and systemic manifestations, such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sputum, etc. Some patients may experience loss of taste, which is mainly related to the local inflammatory stimulation caused by colds, mucosal congestion and edema. This loss of taste is a temporary phenomenon, there is no need for special treatment, you should actively control the cold, with the improvement of cold symptoms, the sense of taste will be gradually restored, about time in 3-5 days, some of the heavier cases of colds may be a little longer recovery time, about 5-7 days or more, this case do not worry too much, active treatment of colds can be.