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Recent research has revealed that the most common symptom that a person experiences when infected with COVID-19 or corona is losing their sense of smell and taste. Here are five things you need to know about the symptoms of losing your sense of smell and taste.
1 How common are symptoms of loss of smell and taste?
Justin Turner, medical director of the Smell and Taste Center at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), said it is not uncommon for people with COVID-19 to lose their sense of smell and taste temporarily or even permanently.
Reported by VUMC, as many as 80 percent of people who are positive for COVID-19 complain of losing their sense of smell and taste. Most patients think their sense of smell is problematic. However, the senses of smell and taste are related. Because the sense of smell is needed when tasting the taste.
2. What is known about the COVID-19 cases where these symptoms occurred?
A study shows that people with COVID-19 with a normal sense of smell have worse symptoms. They are currently hospitalized and may be placed on a ventilator.
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“The data we have so far show that loss of smell and taste can be the first or even the only symptom,” Justin explained. He added that losing the sense of smell and taste could be the first screening tool for COVID-19 infection.
3. What causes sufferers of COVID-19 to lose their sense of smell and taste?
“We believe the main cause of loss of the sense of smell is a virus that causes inflammation in the nose and loss of smell,” added the professor of otolaryngology who specializes in head and neck surgery.
4. Is this loss of smell and taste dangerous?
Dr. Nina Saphiro, a UCLA Medical School children’s head and neck surgeon, calls these sensory problems can be dangerous. “If you have a gas leak, you may not necessarily be able to smell it. And if people lose their appetite because of the taste of food like cardboard and even rotten meat, they may be deficient in vitamins,” Nina said as quoted by NBC News.
The risk of other symptoms of loss of smell and taste in COVID-19 is depression. “The nose affects the emotional state. It helps us live life and makes us feel like we are in the right place,” said Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.
5. How do you know if you have lost our sense of smell and taste?
You can test your sense of smell and taste to detect COVID-19 virus infection. Quoted from Healthline, here’s how to test whether you have lost your sense of smell and taste.
Odor: Look for foods that have a distinctive smell like coffee beans, cinnamon, or garlic. You can also use baby powder to scented candles.
Taste: Choose foods with different taste characteristics such as chocolate (sweet), orange (sour), coffee (bitter), and cheese (salty).
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