A new study from the Journal of Internal Medicine suggests that there may be a COVID-19 symptom that may be permanent or at least last longer than others.
What happens?
The study found that 86% of patients with mild cases of COVID-19 “experienced a loss of their sense of taste and smell.” A significant amount of these patients regained their senses. But there were some who never got their taste or sense of smell back.
- In fact, the study found per. PennLive 15.3% of patients still did not get their senses after 60 days. After six months, 4.7% of people had not regained their senses.
Some doctors told The Wall Street Journal that some cases revealed “people̵
Neurological expert Leo Newhouse, LICSW, wrote on the Harvard Health website: “Some of us may never regain our sense of smell or taste.”
Sense of smell and taste
Losing your sense of smell and taste was considered a symptom of coronavirus back in March 2020, which I wrote about for Deseret News. In fact, it was one of the first symptoms discovered among researchers.
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Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert tweeted at the start of the pandemic that he felt he was losing his sense of taste and smell because of the virus.
- He tweeted, “Just to give you an update, odor loss and taste is definitely one of the symptoms, have not been able to smell anything in the last 4 days. Does anyone experience the same? ”
