We hoped we could forget it, but yet the covid-19 is still there. In France, last week, he invited himself to the Bayonne Festival. And in the USAthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces a slight increase in hospital admissions, emergency room visits and positive Covid-19 tests.
Until now, loss of smell (anosmia) and loss of taste were two widespread symptoms in people affected by covid-19. But according to an American studythe variants currently circulating would not cause the same symptoms.
Anosmia affects 3 out of 100 patients
“Only 3 out of 100 people affected by covid-19 have their sense of smell affected and experience anosmia,” says Dr. Evan Reiter, Medical Director of the Center for Smell and Taste Disorders at Virginia Commonwealth University Health, lead author of the study.
Using early 2020 levels as a baseline, the scientists calculated the relative risk of smell and taste loss for each wave of variants. Although it’s not yet clear why the symptom of loss of smell has diminished over time, vaccinations and pre-existing immunity could play a role, the researchers say.
However, despite this dramatic decline, Dr. Reiter still encounters patients who have completely lost their sense of smell or have a distorted sense of smell, which significantly affects their quality of life.
Source : Covid-19 associated chemosensory loss continues to decline, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, August 2023
