Long-term loss of smell, taste likely in 5% patients post Covid-19: study
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Loss of smell and taste
The loss of smell and taste due to Covid-19 could be a persistent problem for about 5 per cent of the patients recovered with Covid-19 or 27 million people across the world, says a new study published in ‘The BMJ’.
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Long term deficiencies
The researchers from National University of Singapore and King’s College, London estimated that at least 15 million children and 12 million adult patients may experience long-term smell and taste deficiencies respectively.
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Anosmia
In Mumbai, during the first and second wave of Covid in 2020 and 2021 respectively, loss of sense of smell called anosmia emerged as a common symptom, a Mumbai based doctor Shrinivas Chawan was quoted telling.
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Warning
The BMJ study warned that “given the huge impact that loss of smell and taste can have on quality of life and general health, this could contribute to the rising burden of long Covid.’’
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Olfactory nerves
The Covid-causing SARS-CoV-2 affects the olfactory nerves that affect that sense of smell. The degeneration of these nerve endings cannot be fixed for some patients, hence some of them will continue to suffer the loss of smell, a Mumbai based renowned doctor Divya Prabhat said.