Persisting olfactory dysfunction improves in patients 6 months after COVID-19 disease
| Autor: | Marie-Luise Bork, Martin Sylvester Otte, Philipp Heinrich Zimmermann, Jens Peter Klussmann, Jan Christoffer Luers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Disease 03 medical and health sciences Olfaction Disorders 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans In patient 030223 otorhinolaryngology Smell Disorders business.industry Follow up studies COVID-19 General Medicine Recovery of Function Ageusia Middle Aged Otorhinolaryngology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Sensory Thresholds Female medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Acta oto-laryngologica. 141(6) |
| ISSN: | 1651-2251 |
| Popis: | Smell disorders persist in about half of the patients with other symptoms of COVID-19 disease, but the exact duration of the symptoms is yet unknown. Especially, only a few studies used validated olfactory tests for this.The aim of this study was to investigate how many patients with olfactory function impairment, which was detected in a validated olfactory test 3 months after COVID-19 disease, showed improvement in olfactory function after 6 months.About 26 patients with a PCR-confirmed, former COVID-19 disease, with an impaired olfactory function after three months, were included in the study. The olfactory function was evaluated with the sniffing sticks test, the taste function with taste sprays.Smelling function improved in all but one patient (96%). All measured subitems, i.e. olfactory threshold, identification and discrimination of odours significantly improved. In the whole mouth taste test all patients showed normal taste function.6 months after COVID-19 disease, olfactory function improves in just about all patients. Long-term measurements must investigate whether complete regeneration of the olfactory function will occur in all patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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