Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
For scientist at Nice learn more about the loss of olfactory ability of patients covid-19. They teamed up with a perfume maker from Grasse, the closest perfume producing city, to be tested on patient covid-19.
Several fragrances are produced, such as the notes of rose, jasmine, and almonds. Scientist Alexandra Plonka then put the fragrance under the nose of Evan Cesa, an 18-year-old Covid-19 patient who lost her sense of taste and smell.
He admits that eating, which is usually his favorite habit, has turned into a duty to stay alive because it only feels like chewing cardboard.
In the study, Cesa failed to recognize the smell that was inhaled. The scent of jasmine is unidentifiable. He also mistakenly identified the scents of lavender, chocolate, pear, and rose.
Only the aroma of almonds is recognized, “Almonds have a smell that matters to you. So you can immediately identify them,” said Alexandra Plonka.
Before the pandemic, they used fragrances to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. It was also used to soothe children who were victims of the truck attack in Nice in 2016 during their post-traumatic treatment process.
Now, Alexandra Polka and other researchers in Nice are also exploring the possibility of complaints related to the smell of Covid patients related to cognitive difficulties such as concentrating.
“What we hope is to improve the treatment to make it wider and to regain all the nuances and memories of tastes and smells connected together,” said AurianeGros, neuroscience project manager as reported by AP.
Damage and changes in smell are common in someone infected with the corona virus. Because of this, some researchers suggest an inexpensive and simple olfactory test to track coronavirus infection in countries with few laboratories.
For most people, smell problems are temporary and often get better on their own within a few weeks. However, a small proportion complained about persistent dysfunction even though other symptoms of Covid-19 had disappeared.
Not a few also reported that their ability to feel and smell disappeared partially or completely six months after infection. Even now, some doctors say a case of losing the sense of smell can be close to a full year.
(chr / agt)
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