TASTECOVID-19COVID-19 pandemicSMELL disordersThe article discusses a study of several COVID-19 patients in Italy, revealing that recovery of smell and taste issues after mild infection extends over three years, with taste problems resolving more quickly than smell.Harris, E...
Change in the sense of smell and taste is common in patients with COVID-19, with 40-50% of people on average reporting these symptoms globally. But little is known about the clinical course of these symptoms or how many patients develop persistent problems. To address this knowledge gap, an...
3D print of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—in front of a 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle. The spike protein (foreground) enables the virus to enter and infect human cells. On the virus model, the virus surface (blue) is covered with spike ...
Taste dysfunction may linger after acute COVID-19 infection and may not necessarily be a consequence of olfactory dysfunction, a cross-sectional study in Italy showed. In a group of people who reported losing their sense of taste for months after they had COVID, 42% were found to have true...
declines in new reports of smell/taste changes following lockdown than a country that adopted less stringent lockdown measures. We propose that an increase in the incidence of sudden smell and taste change in the general population may be used as an indicator of COVID-19 spread in the ...
However, a major limitation of the study is that the participants had themselves reported whether or not they experienced a loss of smell and taste during and after a Covid-19 infection. That means several participants ...
Another strength of the study was its use of analysis of covariance in which age and time between testing and COVID-19 diagnosis were controlled for some analyses. Limitations of the study include the lack of multiple test periods after the initial viral infection and the inference of the SARS...
Reply: taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reply: taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysisLetter to the Editor: our reply We acknowledge the concerns that we may have overesti- mated COVID-19-...
Re: After my Covid infection, food does not taste the same Covid affects the nervous system, among other things. I assume you also have altered smell as well. The change in taste is related. Probably your olfactory nerve has been damaged to some degree, but it can heal.Zinc and PQQ ...
The researchers estimated that almost 28 million Americans had been potentially left with a decreased sense of smell after a COVID infection. Bhattacharyya said one of the motivations for the study was his patient who lost 50 pounds due to COVID-related smell loss. ...