Millions of Patients Do Not Have Full Recovery of Smell or Taste Senses After COVID Infection, Study Finds

Massachusetts Eye and Ear
June 13, 2023

Retrospective analysis of national data led by investigators from Mass Eye and Ear estimates that over 20 million COVID patients experienced loss of smell or taste in 2021, with a large portion of patients never fully recovering these senses.

https://www.masseyeandear.org/news/press-releases/2023/06/millions-of-patients-do-not-have-full-recovery-of-smell-or-taste-senses-after-covid

#ageusia #anosmia #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #research #SARSCoV2

Millions of Patients Do Not Have Full Recovery of Smell or Taste Senses After COVID Infection, Study Finds

Retrospective analysis of national data led by investigators from Mass Eye and Ear estimates that over 20 million COVID patients experienced loss of smell or taste in 2021, with a large portion of patients never fully recovering these senses.

Mass Eye and Ear

Loss of smell, taste after mild COVID improves within 3 years, study shows

CIDRAP
November 9, 2023
By Stephanie Soucheray

“Mild COVID-19 infections can cause a loss of taste and smell, but a study today in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery suggests that almost all cases resolve within 3 years of initial infection.”

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/loss-smell-taste-after-mild-covid-improves-within-3-years-study-shows

#ageusia #anosmia #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #LossOfSmell #LossOfTaste #research #SARSCoV2

Loss of smell, taste after mild COVID improves within 3 years, study shows

In the small cohort study, 88 patients with loss of smell and taste were compared to 88 controls.

There was a time I would have assumed this is a troll, because no one could possibly be this stupid. #LauraLoomer #covidiots #LongCovid #ageusia
At least I can still taste and smell. Other chefs are not so lucky. I have chef friends who can no longer work at all.
This Michelin starred chef is forced to close his restaurant because of #Ageusia, #anosmia, #LongCOVID. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11393299/Top-chef-closing-Michelin-rated-restaurant-Shropshire-losing-taste-smell-Covid.html
Top chef is closing Michelin-rated restaurant in Shropshire after losing taste and smell to Covid

Chef Mark Sebastian Fisher from Sebastians Restaurant With Rooms (pictured) in Shropshire cannot sample the dishes after losing his sense of taste due to contracting Covid.

Daily Mail