Anosmia in the first coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in Europe: functional recovery after eight months
| Autor: | M Capelli, P Gatti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Anosmia Population Olfaction Young Adult Sex Factors medicine Humans Respiratory system Young adult education Epidemics Aged Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry Age Factors Main Articles Outbreaks Outbreak COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study SARS-CoV General Medicine Recovery of Function Middle Aged Prognosis Europe Smell Otorhinolaryngology Female medicine.symptom Symptom Assessment business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology and Otology |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | BackgroundSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is a formidable virus, responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 and endowed with marked neurotropism. The damage it causes to the nervous system is manifold. The main neurological manifestation is anosmia. Olfactory damage is often transient, but there are no data reflecting an observational period of several months.ObjectiveThis study evaluated the trend of anosmia in patients affected by coronavirus disease 2019 in the eight months following diagnosis.MethodsFifty-five subjects who presented with symptoms suggestive of coronavirus disease 2019 and who developed anosmia, between the end of February and the beginning of March 2020, were investigated. The patients were interviewed after eight months to determine functional recovery and assess the degree of recovery.ResultsNinety-one per cent of the population reported olfactory recovery and, of these, 53 per cent had total recovery after eight months. Females and younger age groups seem slightly advantaged in functional recovery. The elderly population appears to have excellent prospects for full functional recovery.ConclusionAnosmia represents a frequent neurological manifestation during coronavirus disease 2019. Fortunately, it is transient in most cases, and only a small percentage of patients affected by it report long-term functional deficits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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