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Recognizing Anosmia, A New Symptom In Positive Covid-19 Patients

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NOVA.id – Recently, the public was worried about the new symptoms of Covid-19.

Supposition lost the ability to sense of smell this is known as anosmia.

Of the thousands of new confirmed cases, anosmia detected in the majority of patients.

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So, what is anosmia?

Quoting Health Tribune from WebMD, anosmia means a complete loss of your sense of smell.

The loss of this ability makes food taste different, even a person becomes unable to position himself when in a dangerous situation.

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However, anosmia is not always an early symptom of Covid-19.

Quoting Kompas.com, there are other causes of anosmia, among them:

Nasal polyps, or a condition where there are small non-cancerous growths on the nose

– Injury to the nose or smell nerves as a result of surgery or head trauma

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-Exposure to toxic chemicals, such as pesticides or solvents

-Take certain medications, including antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-inflammatory drugs, heart medications, and others

-Cocaine abuse

-Elderly. Ability and hearing, sense of smell can also become weaker with age.

-Radiation treatment of head and neck cancer

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An obvious sign of anosmia is loss of smell.

However, some people with anosmia notice changes to the way of smell.

For example, familiar things start to go undetected or lose their smell.

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