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 ...
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...
smell/taste changes are better correlated with the number of COVID-19 admissions to hospitals than the current governmental indicator i.e., the ratio of ER consultations for suspicion of COVID-19 to general ER consultations
the researchers enrolled 309 patients who are a part of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center convalescent plasma trials. All of them had been diagnosed with Covid-19 recently when the trial had...
Pictured Recipe:Crispy Chickpea Grain Bowl with Lemon Vinaigrette Know That Taste and Smell Changes Often Go Away in Time If you've recently recovered from a cold, flu or another virus, you might be frustrated to find that your sense of taste and smell is still a little off days or weeks...
The loss of smell or taste for COVID-19 survivors who experience those symptoms frequently leads to depression, a loss of appetite and a decreased enjoyment of life, according to an ongoing Virginia Commonwealth University study.
Chemosensory scientists have been skeptical that reports of COVID-19 taste loss are genuine, in part because before COVID-19 taste loss was rare and often confused with smell loss. Therefore, to establish the predicted prevalence rate of taste loss in COVID-19 patients, we conducted a systemat...
For many people, one of the most noticeable lingering effects of being infected with COVID-19 has been a loss of smell or taste. One study found that 69% of people had changes in their sense of taste or smell immediately after a coronavirus infection. About 14% still hadn’t ...
It included 93 people, average age 63, with COVID-19 who were admitted to an Italian hospital in March. None of them ended up in intensive care. Loss of smell and taste was reported by nearly two-thirds (63%) of the patients, and lasted an average of 25 to 30 days among those 58...
Similarly, of those who experienced a loss of taste due to COVID, about 76% fully recovered the sense, 20% only partially recovered, and more than 2% did not recover at all. The researchers estimated that almost 28 million Americans had been potentially left with a decreased sense...