COVID‐19: Recovery from Chemosensory Dysfunction. A Multicentre study on Smell and Taste

• DOI: 10.1002/lary.29383
• Publication Date: 2021-01-07T23:34:11Z
• Authors: Andreas Steenholt...; Julia Draf; Caroline Huart; Constantin Hintsc...; Simone Bocksberger; Eleonora Maria Co...; Ludger Klimek; Serge D. Le Bon; Aytug Altundag; Thomas Hummel
• Keywords: Anosmia; Hyposmia; Taste disorder

With the COVID-19 pandemic, chemosensory dysfunction are among most prevalent symptoms. Most reports subjective evaluations, which have been suggested to be unreliable. The objective is test and recovery based on extensive psychophysical tests in during course of disease.Prospective cohort study.A total 111 patients from four centers participated study. All tested positive for SARS-COV-2 with RT-PCR. They were within 3 days diagnosis 28 169 after infection. Testing included olfactory testing Sniffin' Sticks threshold, discrimination identification abilities, Taste Sprays Strips gustatory function quasi-threshold taste abilities.There was a significant difference During infection 21% anosmic, 49% hyposmic, 30% normosmic. After only 1% 26% 73% For function, there all qualities, but significantly sour, bitter, score. Twenty-six percent had 6.5% Combining 22% combined no dysfunction.Chemosensory very common COVID-19, either as isolated smell or dysfunction. people regain their first days, quarter show persisting dysfunction, should referred specialist clinics rehabilitation function.3 Laryngoscope, 131:1095-1100, 2021.