Tag: Anosmia (Poor Sense Of Taste Or Smell)

Women less likely than men to recover their sense of smell, as are those with greater initial severity of dysfunction

However, roughly 10 percent of pre-omicron COVID-19 patients report recovery took more than six months

Rapid olfactory decline also associated with smaller gray matter volumes on MRI in olfactory- and memory-associated brain regions

In phase 2 trial, subjective assessments suggest improvement in COVID-19-related olfactory dysfunction, but study results were inconclusive

Lower risk for developing chemosensory loss observed with alpha, delta, and omicron variants

Authors say validated psychophysical tests can better identify true burden of chemosensory dysfunction

Research needed on how to treat olfactory dysfunction lasting six months or longer as a symptom of long-term COVID-19

Fatigue remains the most common symptom among otherwise healthy people

However, participants tend to underreport the return of normal smell compared with objective evaluation

About half of those with compromised sense of smell during acute phase had not regained sense of smell at average of 150.1 days postdiagnosis