A new study from the Journal of Internal Medicine suggests that there may be a COVID-19 symptom that may be permanent or at least last longer than others.
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Margarita Hernandez, who tested positive for the coronavirus, is waiting in a tent to visit a doctor for her allergic reaction to medicine at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills ward of Los Angeles, Tuesday, December 22, 2020.
What is happening?
The study found that 86% of patients with mild cases of COVID-19 “experienced a loss of taste and smell.” ‘A significant amount of the patients returned their senses. But there was a piece that never regained their taste or sense of smell.
- According to PennLive, the study found that 15.3% of patients still did not recover their senses after 60 days. After six months, 4.7% of people did not get sense again.
Some doctors have told The Wall Street Journal that some cases have revealed that people’s senses may never return.
Neurological expert Leo Newhouse, LICSW, wrote on Harvard Health’s website: “Some of us may never get our sense of smell or taste again.”
Sense of smell and taste
Losing your sense of smell and taste is considered a symptom of the coronavirus in March 2020, as I wrote about Deseret News. In fact, it was one of the first symptoms discovered among scientists.
- Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert tweeted at the start of the pandemic that he feels he is losing his sense of taste and smell due to the virus.
- He tweeted: ‘Just to give you an update, odor loss and taste is definitely one of the symptoms, and could not smell anything for the past 4 days. Has anyone experienced the same thing? ”
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